Go Forth and Scatter…

We have been discussing the book of Genesis, also known as the book of Creation in the Hebrew Bible. God, as creator, began all life as an act of love, care, nurturing, and design. God created order out of chaos, humans in the image of their divine creator, and offered humans the potential to choose good and live forever. Since humans have free choice, as opposed to creation which obeys the voice of God, we also have the potential to rebel, disobey, or choose that which is not good. This episode will discuss the famous “Tower of Babel…” Since the flood the population of people has once again spread throughout the earth. In Genesis 10 there are lists of Noah’s descendants and their various tribes and languages. They had responded to the command that God had given both Adam and Noah—“Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth…”They were doing well but something stopped the movement. A tower, a people, and fear stopped the movement briefly—yet God intervened so that the people could continue to grow, as they had in Genesis 10. Scattering, growing, and moving forward often are hindered when fear takes over. As it was in the ancient world, so it seems to be today. Fear hinders growth and causes us to struggle to be who God has called us to be. Let's open Genesis 11 and let’s search this ancient story and find hope through the God of Second Chances.