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Genesis 11

The story of Babel.

And they said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth

The builders of the tower were in open defiance of God's command (Genesis 9:1) (53).

In the ninth chapter of Genesis, God commands Noah and his sons to "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" . On the fifth day of the creation of the Earth, God gave this command to the birds and fishes (Gen. 1:20-23). On the sixth day, and to man and woman (Gen. 1:26-28).

The other point was man was being prideful in his heart thinking they could be like God. So, God divided their languages so they would be forced to be scattered.  

A parallel can be drawn between Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts, Chapter 2. In Acts, the disciples of Jesus are at work bringing converts into the Christian church. Jesus Christ's promise of the Holy Spirit to the believers (Luke 24:49; John 14:26, 15:26, 16:7; Acts 1:5, 8) is about to manifest. When the Holy Spirit came all the disciples received tongues of fire and started speaking in different languages. All that heard the disciples speaking in these other languages were amazed. For they said, how is it they speak in our foreign tongue? Because of this sign and Peter's message 5,000 were saved! 

And not only were their spirits united, but the language barrier was broken. The disunity initiated by the scattering at the tower of Babel has begun to be reversed and this time God got the glory!

Wow! Pretty incredible!