Jonaitis
Soli Deo Gloria
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At the Tower of Babel, God confounded the language into many because He said, "they are one people, and they have all one language; and they have reasoned to do this thing; and now nothing will prevent them from doing that which they have imagined to do." (Gen 11:6) In other words, the people had reached a point where they might accomplish things that might have been outside of God's will and ahead of God's timing. So God confounded the language and made many languages to prevent this from happening.
Today, we have overcome the fence that God placed around us in the form of technology. We now have a number of ways to interact live, in real time, with people who speak different languages than we do. Right here on Facebook, for example, a post by somebody in a foreign language can be translated with one click of a mouse. And more, we have hand held translators where one can speak in their native tongue and have it instantly repeated out loud in the language the person with the device speaks. We have overcome what happened at Babel.
What does it mean? I am not sure... but I am sure if God was able to confound the language at Babel, then surely He could have prevented us from reaching the technological level we have reached. Which means, for whatever reason, God has allowed us to overcome Babel.
We have likely built skyscrapers higher than the Tower of Babel, not even to mention manning the moon!
I believe the reason why God has allowed us to surpass all past existing generations in so many ways is that we are coming to the close of this age. You can call it "the sign of the times." Sure, everything progressed to this point, but within the last two/three hundred years (since the beginning of the Industrial Age) things have rapidly changed and has distinguished us from the rest of history.
There are other things to notice:
1. The accessibility of education everywhere, including the use of the internet at our fingertips.
2. The abundance of materialism, as well as everything desirable to eat or drink.
3. The shift of regimes in the world, such as having monarchs to becoming democracies.
4. The "Long Peace," which refers to the "unprecedented historical period following the end of World War II in 1945 to the present day" of no world powers fighting each other. Such a period of "relative peace" between major powers has not been documented in human history since the Roman Empire.
5. The major shift in gender roles in society, including the family and the church. While some of the ancient Greeks and other pagan civilizations did incorporate an exchange of gender roles in their societies, never has it been this bad.
6. The major shift in respecting religion, as well as a showing reverence and esteem to the things considered holy. It is more than God and religion being rejected, but that anything religious or supernatural is spitted on and treated with contempt. It was common in the past for every culture to have some measure of reverence to the divine, regardless if they were Christian or they belonged to some other religion. It is fun to jest at the idea that there are even deities, and to desecrate sacred things and names.
7. The major shift in the Arts, including music. It is only getting worse by the next generation. If you are interested, check out this video: Why Is Modern Art So Bad?
I can continue! We live in an unusual time, and I believe this is a sign of the times that we are drawing near to the close of the age. God has permitted man toward the end to leap over and reach beyond former boundaries that he did not permit before. So much he is allowing! So much is happening! Then it will come, judgment day.
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