141 What Is He Building? #3 - ‘And Cain Built a City’

In this episode of What Is He Building?, we follow the story from Cain’s city to Babel and see what humanity bearing Adam’s nature is capable of building while living independently from God. Cain’s descendants raise livestock, make music and work with metal, Nimrod establishes a kingdom, and at Babel humanity brings its knowledge, skill and ability together in its own version of oneness, building from its own resources and saying, “Let us make a name for ourselves.”We look at the hierarchical systems that develop within human civilisation, the ancient background of Babel and the ziggurat, and the question of source: where did this come from, and who initiated it? We also ask what it means when the Father places His sons inside systems He did not originate but is well able to use for His purposes, before the story turns towards Abram and the extraordinary contrast between humanity’s “Let us make” and God’s “I will make.”Listener Guide - ⁠⁠https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing⁠The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by ⁠Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.⁠ ESV Text Edition: 2025.