The Tyranny of Babel

"The Lord said, 'Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. and this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech.'"      (NASB)

So let me get this straight... Civilization is clicking along, everyone's cooperating, people are speaking the same language, building great monuments and temples, and along comes God. He whammies them, and strikes a dissonant chord in the harmony they had created.

Why would he do that?

Tree Serpent and the Seed of Prophecy

Adam had a dream that shaped the memories of the Sons of God:

He was looking east from the bank of the river, opposite the garden. He could see the silhouette of the Tree of Life against the predawn sky. It stood above the fruit trees that had fed him his whole life. Then, in his dream, came the sunrise.

Its rays, like swords that turn in every direction, stabbed the ends of the horizon and the great dome of the heavens. Backlit by the sun of that first day, the Tree was shrouded in white light.

Adam and Eve vs The Real World

Smirk if you remember thinking you couldn’t wait till you got to be a grown up.

“Grown ups can do anything they want.”