God’s Plan Through Israel and the Church – Part 4

For Your Edification and Encouragement

After the flood, God gave Noah and his sons a simple command:

“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.”
— Genesis 9:1

But mankind, still carrying the Adamic nature, rebelled again. Instead of spreading out, they gathered together under a man named Nimrod (Genesis 10:8–10), in the land of Shinar (modern-day Iraq), and began building a tower that would reach to heaven.

The Tower: A Symbol of Defiance

“Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves…”
— Genesis 11:4

This was more than architecture. It was rebellion—a centralized, humanistic religion. Babel was the birthplace of organized paganism and spiritual defiance. Rather than glorify God, they wanted to exalt themselves.

God Intervenes

“But the Lord came down…”
— Genesis 11:5

God confounded their language and scattered the people across the face of the earth. The united rebellion was broken, and the nations were born.

Deuteronomy 32:8–9 gives a crucial insight:

“When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations,
When He separated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the children of Israel.
For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.”

God moves from dealing directly with all mankind and to calling out one man through whom He would form race of people for Himself, His own nation—Israel.