The SURPRISING Truth About the Tower of Babel!

All Christians need to know THIS about the tower of Babel. In this presentation, Bodie Hodge debunks common Babel myths and shows us how the tower of Babel reveals the origin of ethnicities.
This is an edited version of a longer video on the tower of Babel:
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[@shaccooper4828]

As a Black Christian, it’s some times been difficult to listen to answers in Genesis and especially the Discovery Institute because of a type of politicalized Christianity of “us against ‘them’ trying to take our country.” There are also on both sides of the aisle that seemed to be only concerned with self preservation through politics. Anyway, I appreciate it when hearing you guys lately simply stating racism exists, it shouldn’t, we are one race, end of story. There’s really no discrepancy. What God says is the main topic. We need more no nonsense ministers like this. I love Stephen Meyers and Michael Behe because they never get side tracked with all the divisive motives like many who are tied up with the institute. I also have taken noticed to Ken Ham who I think often is on this platform who is consistently stating the oblivious: we are one race. Ppl need to get that through their heads. I identify with Black from my cultural experiences. However, I consider myself 100% Christian. My allegiance is with Heaven before anything else. And my allegiance is with my fellow Christian sister and brother before anyone else. I love when Jesus said these are my brothers and sisters right here, as to say, not even blood make us family.

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Like you, I despise racism. However, it seems to me that most people aren't able to distinguish between ''race'' and ''species''. They have conflated the two in some misguided attempt to eliminate any scientific foundation for racism. [There isn't any scientific foundation - but not because the words mean the same]. Muddling words doesn't serve the purpose. It only confuses. I have it that there is only one SPECIES of human - all descended from Adam and Eve. However, there are certain ''breeds'' of human - just like there are of dogs and cats. No one breed is any better than any other; they're just different. With humans, ALL humans are made in the likeness of God. Therefore, all humans are indeed ''of one blood''.

[@shaccooper4828]

@@v1e1r1g1e1 I agree but race is a fairly new invented construct. Race is identified by the color of one’s skin. This is something that was solidified through the Atlantic Slave trade. This concept did not exist in antiquity. So, yes, there is just one race. On the other hand, even the concept of ppl groups are different today that in antiquity. You can even see in the Bible that no such thing existed. People were discriminated against or despised but not in sense as some Whites and Blacks do today. In fact, their were groups of even common lineages that saw each other as different ppl groups. This had nothing to do with complexion on any physical features. They discriminated based on what the group believed, warring, etc. we see this all throughout the Bible. Conflict between ppl groups based on what they believed or simply in some type of conquest to take their possessions. There are cases when physical features are mentioned of different groups but that was never why they saw them as being a part of a distinct group. Today, is clear that classifying a group by the amount of melanin in their skin is nonsensical even culturally speaking.

[@cosmictreason2242]

It is a sin to vote democrat. Anyone doing that and calling themselves Christian needs to take a long hard look

[@lauramann8275]

They are trying to take our country. It might be hard to listen to, but everyone needs to know the truth. They're trying to take God out of everything, brainwash and pervert our kids and our society. A lot of our politicians have lost God or never had Him in the first place. We need to vote in more God fearing Christians.

[@zerosteel0123]

I agree with you on the race thing and who I identify with but I don't go for Discovery institute. I like some of their stuff but their old Earth creationism bugs me.

[@Me2Lancer]

Thank you Answers in Genesis for presenting the biblical world view and proclaiming faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. God bless you.

[@danielclingen34]

they are not proclaiming christ, they proclaim their love of money and their love of deception and pushing people away from christianity

[@razark9]

They're certainly not presenting any science or anything plausibly scientific, like ever. Just religious sermons, pseudoscience and anti-science sentiments, conspiracies and the likes.

[@MichelleTwo4]

Rhe word of God, what's that. The bible is written by anonymous bronze aged goat jherders, it has been translated and edited through multiple languages amd its full of errors and contradictions. If ypu god wanted a message passed on shouldn't he have created a perfect bok in an instant, a book that could never be destroyed and created in a way so that it would never be misunderstood or misinterpreted. But alas he seemingly though it was best to allow a bunch of illerate sheperds to do that job for him

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

All they need to do now is admit to the scientific evidence of a 4.6 billion year old planet and the impossibility of a world wide flood ever happening.Genetics,historical,practical impossibility how so few people can look after millions of species when takes an army of zoo keepers to look after a hand full of animals.Were did they store the tons of water and food needed and how did they dispose of waste in there toxic unventilated coffin with one small window.

[@metapolitikgedanken612]

Race Denial isn't a 'biblical world view'. It's universalist humanism that it stems from and that uses slogans like "One Race, The Human Race" to promote itself. Very clever to get Christians first by that ideology and then use them to sell it.

[@jonathanbaker4361]

And now we know where we get the phrase, "what are you babbling about."

[@user-up5pu6dh9w]

😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@user-up5pu6dh9w]

Bro, what's his point

[@lisashao2449]

The Holy Bible is God's His-story book. I've learned about world history by reading the Holy Bible. Thank you, LORD Jesus, for your word.

[@joshbenton4080]

Amen!

[@stevescuba1978]

Please stop with the his-story garbage. The origin of the word history is NOT "his story". It is derived from the Greek word historia, which simply means inquiry. The Greek word that (sort of) means man, is anthropos. Your use of "his-story" shows that you have fallen for a false interpretation of not only the origin of the word, but also its meaning. It is a divisive way of thinking. I don't mean to insult, but I have seen many people use this word as an indicator of some hypothetical patriarchal phenomenon, when in reality, the only patriarchy is God in charge.

[@tylersoto7465]

@@stevescuba1978 I heard people say that before , people keep twisting the definition of words too much these days like for example at the white house when they do a open pray they say amen and awomen thinking "men" in amen has anything to do with sex

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

It was written in the Iron Age. The Bronze Age stuff is based on oral tradition. It's not an accurate depiction.

[@stevescuba1978]

@@FAITHandLOGIC the oral tradition is actually quite reliable. There is mountains of evidence to this. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were handed down through oral tradition and written centuries later in various parts of the world with very minor inaccuracies, as one example

[@roberttrough6439]

We’re all one race.

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

Yes we are. The human race. Our only differences are ethnicity and cultural differences. But they push the “different races” Iie to cause hatred between mankind. It’s very eviI.

[@RCSNIPER34]

​@@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christit's all about causing hatred and division. If we all are united, then the world powers wouldn't be able to control us.

[@salvia506]

That's why racism is so weird. They're supposed to say discrimination. Or it's because they believe they are monkeys like in darwinism. Then it's another race😂

[@samuelguzman5348]

​@@salvia506just as Darwin believed that black folks (such as Australian Aborigines) were somehow "less evolved" than his own. Crazy!!

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

The devil has a lot of lies circulating the world, one of which is that we are different races and some are superior to others.

[@sojournersunrise2290]

saying we came from animals gives people an excuse TO ACT like an animal. self deceivers do the devil's work FOR him; what a fate

[@SkyfallenVT]

Do people act like animals? Or do animals act like us? What is the difference between us and animals other than technology? What do animals do you find so appalling? Your friendly atheist ~Sky~

[@razark9]

That's a dumb and nonsensical excuse for science deniers to demonize people who aren't in religious denial of reality. People have thought they were special magical creations for many thousands of years. Believing such fairytale nonsense never stopped anyone from "acting like animals". Not saying there's a correlation here, but the world has become a much more peaceful prosperous place since the time practically everyone BELIEVED we were dirt + incantation spell.

[@travisbicklepopsicle]

Humans *are* animals.

[@stussysinglet]

Truth is truth... Even if it did make people behave worse... secondly the fact you believe there was a time when the whole world was so wicked they all deserved to be drowned by a flood and that this happened way before the teaching of evolution shows the irrationality of your perception...

[@aanchaallllllll]

0:00: 📚 The Tower of Babel is under attack in today's culture, with claims that it is just a myth. 3:08: 😔 The video discusses the presence of racism in our culture and highlights hate crimes as a sad reality. 5:51: 📜 The video challenges the evolutionary worldview and claims that the idea of human evolution from lower creatures is a myth imposed on generations. 8:55: 🗼 The Tower of Babel was a massive structure in ancient Babylon, consisting of multiple towers stacked on top of each other and connected by a spiral staircase. 11:57: 🗣 English is a constantly changing Germanic language that has evolved over the past thousand years. 14:54: 📚 The passage in Genesis 6:3 refers to a 120-year countdown to the flood, but people continued to live beyond 120 years even after the flood. 17:50: 🌍 The video discusses various myths and legends from different cultures that explain the origin of different languages and the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. Recap by Tammy AI

[@ambition112]

Thanks for saving my time! lovely summary with useful time stamps! where you get this tool Tammy AI?

[@metapolitikgedanken612]

People don't know what the term myth actually means. It doesn't mean that something isn't factual, but it means that it is a narrative that has power over people's minds. That those narratives are often false or embellished is another matter. And well, those that try to dismiss Babel got some explaining to do (they tried) e.g. commonalities in languages, legends of the older cultures, comparative mythology, etc. The origins narratives do indeed differ, but they also have themes in common.

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

​@@metapolitikgedanken612 Everything you mentioned is easily explained by evolution and the Afrocentric model. And that is confirmed science.

[@metapolitikgedanken612]

@@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440 Eh, no it doesn't. Even lots of twitching it doesn't. And I don't think you know what science is. Try figuring that out first.

[@fohrum4757]

Well, it IS just a myth. What's the issue?

[@hrgirl26]

I'm Jewish....but I LOVE this channel! I learn so much. Thank you for defending scripture and showing how historical it is!

[@cosmictreason2242]

My comments urging you to consider the Gospel are being censored by youtube. Please read Romans and Hebrews all the way through

[@cosmictreason2242]

And let's put this in a separate comment: look for what is the heart of the Gospel

[@quadrasaurus-rex8809]

@@cosmictreason2242Hebrews is a beautiful book of scripture.

[@valerieprice1745]

Jesus Christ is also Jewish. Gentiles are wild olives, grafted in, but Messianic Jews are the root of the tree.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@valerieprice1745 that's not true at all. Jesus is the root

[@naamansmaid2kings5kjv48]

It was very gratifying to hear you link "ancestor worship" to the Tower Of Babel. Being a black, Christian American woman, I've been waiting to hear someone of your expertise & scholarship in handling the WORD OF GOD, bring this forward. I believe the Bible itself, reasonably supports the idea that the race narrative is a fundamental pillar of ancestor worship, which is idolatry, (Col 3:5). The seeds of what could readily become ancestor worship, are seen in the Genesis 9, the events in Noah's vineyard. (Gen 9 20-29). It is not a stretch to explore within the context of Scripture alone, this account as a story of a son's resistance, to his father's authority, Ham, and what could later builds over time into that son's settled resentment towards his brothers, Shem & Japheth. That the devil would've taken maximum advantage in a situation of family discord like this seems self-evident to me from Scripture. Genesis 9, ( See Jacob & Esau in the womb, the LORD describing them as two-nations, two manner of people, twin brothers...) Noah's vineyard is about character & conduct...in relationship to three blood brothers, sons of the same mother & father...Eight souls saved, the LORD"S ARK of SAFETY, picturing the ultimate giving of His Son: One God, One Mediator, the Man, Christ Jesus our LORD!!! It is satan that has erected the racism -libel & blasphemy against the Bible, using Noah's disciplining of a rebellious son. The lineage of Ham, listed in the Table of Nations, frankly speaks for itself in terms of human history's vigor for opposing GOD. ( Cush the father of Nimrod..."let us rebel"...Canaan, Mizraim, just to name a few.) It is what it is, until Genesis 9 is brought forth, 4-square in its self-evident call & provision for human renewal in the post flood world, using the three sons of Noah, blood brothers, Shem, Ham & Japheth, there is simply no adequate, truly substantive response to the idea of "races", which is a diabolical scourg, distorting reality & mankind in his God given nature: "MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD...MALE & FEMALE CREATED HE THEM." Satan's chief aim against the LORD, the worship of mankind, using the family as the platform for his altar. vvarnado

[@cosmictreason2242]

Highly recommend "Irreconcilable views of reconciliation Voddie Baucham" life changing, show to any racist black family members you have

[@naamansmaid2kings5kjv48]

​@@cosmictreason2242 Thanks I appreciate his work. The idea of "race" and its political & social spawn cannot be squared with the Bible's account of human origins, and the LORD's redemptive program. Thoroughly evil & deceptive...diabolical. I pray the LORD will open eyes, "I once was blind and now I see." AMEN.

[@zoftazkid5331]

from a racist perspective, God told the jews to be separate. people left to their own devises typically go with their race. just normal.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@zoftazkid5331 that was religious separation. Foreigners could join the Israelite nation by converting to their religion. Rahab, Ruth, and so on

[@zoftazkid5331]

well, it was deeper than that. he told them not to take foreign wives as well.@@cosmictreason2242 1When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

[@32Brandonp]

Thank you for revealing all of this from our Bible. Outstanding presentation!

[@madddog7]

why do these things need to be revealed? Aren't they, as written, the inerrant, infallible, accurate word of your god?

[@feetyeet8538]

Jesus is the only way to heaven Being a good person won’t get you there. “but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness-for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭4‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬ if you put your faith in Jesus, repent of your sin, and follow God. God will judge you based off of Jesus’s sinless, perfect life, rather than your own sinful life making it so that God will accept you into Heaven.(

[@madddog7]

@@feetyeet8538 Is there any way you can see what is wrong with that? That a severe life criminal or a pastor that is a pedo can ask for forgiveness at their last breath and be saved and someone who follows JCs path but is not 'saved' will go to hell !!! It is obvious that your god does not give a rats behind for us while we are here. Your gott just needs fodder to wash his feet, fill the choir and sing his praises.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

@@madddog7 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 ESV [3] And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. [4] In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

[@madddog7]

@@JesusistheonetrueGod Doesn't mater what your bible says. I could write a book that is self-affirming and it wouldn't mean squat. Be brave enough to answer my question

[@simply3141592654]

Babel as it was called later, was the first version of the New World Order thinking

[@freethebirds3578]

When people say "diversity is our strength" I am reminded of Babel. Diversity of languages and cultures was a judgment on people who did not obey God and decided to build themselves up to His level. People still want to do that, only now they deny God's existence and just want to call themselves gods.

[@tylersoto7465]

Exactly that tower was a symbolic metaphor for Nimrod and his people of pride, humanism and power without the need of God . Basically ically a giant middle finger to God we don't need nor want you etc. besides there " new world order " sucked and wasn't going anywhere you can't rule the world with just a few hundred thousand people with primitive tools and a giant eyesore of a tower , unless you have a entire armada of fleets of naval ships , aircraft and soldiers or a big space fleet to back you up it ain't happening lol

[@razark9]

@@freethebirds3578 Who calls themselves gods? You think people who don't believe in your god or aren't convinced of his existence just ''wants'' to deny him or think themselves to be gods? You've got no idea what you're talking about and it seems you've NEVER had a conversation with anybody outside this culty echo chamber.

[@denisclay1536]

It was called Babel then, and later, Babylon. The word "babel" has come to mean - a confused noise made by a bunch of voices - because of the story (history) of the city of Babel.

[@aznathan91]

God wants us separated. You deny this, you deny the Bible

[@Tony_ATP]

Thank you for your work. Walk with Christ.

[@blackkman1324]

TOO BAD ITS A LIE!!!!

[@GTKJNow]

He said [Gen 11:6 KJV] 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. And they are working on the Spiritual Tower of Babel today Example, Pres. Biden said, "There's nothing we can't do together"! What do you give a rich man who has everything? Love. Give the Lord your 1st love, He gets lonely too and He NEEDS your love, are you going to be part of the bride of Christ?

[@jgrahamiii7749]

I heard a late night radio program several years ago about the history of the central American tribe called the Olmecs. They supposedly have an oral tradition of having come from Africa, but prior to that they arrived in Africa from "the land where the languages were confused".

[@antav9371]

Whats the reference for "the land where the languages were confused"? Was it from the program or a book you read? I'd like to check into that.

[@jgrahamiii7749]

@@antav9371 it was the Art Bell show called Coast ot Coast AM. It was around 1999. I do not remember the guest's name. It was supposedly Olmec oral tradition.

[@jgrahamiii7749]

@@antav9371 the land is the "land of Shinar where the Tower of Babel was located.

[@antav9371]

@@jgrahamiii7749 Ok, thanks. (I knew what the land of Shinar was just didn't know that statement was connected to the Olmecs....miss Art Bell)

[@user-su9dd1fw9g]

The Olmec were black with Asian eye features. They know their numbers. But, not their letters. When that is known we will know very much more about that era. They say others in Mexico copied the Olmec calendar. Time will tell. We find as GOD wants.

[@mizmera]

Yes! "Us". Even in Genesis Jesus was there. Always said this is already where God shows the trinity and Jesus.

[@rwbaira]

Is the "us" in Genesis 3:22 also the trinity? Compare with verse 5. That interpretation doesn't add up for me. It's apparent to me that it was the "gods" or angelic beings like the serpent himself. And if that's what it means there, then that would seem to be the best explanation for Genesis 1:26 and 11:7, especially in light of the reference to the sons of God at Babel in Deuteronomy 32:8.

[@mizmera]

@@rwbaira wrong. God never speaks of angelic beings as Us. They are waaay below Him. Quite a difference between sons of God and the trinity.. Also note the Us is with a capital letter. Is it angels or Angels? Angels in lower case. Also in the beginning was the Word of God. Now read John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" Again pointing to Jesus. God saying Us also points to it.

[@rwbaira]

@mizmera they are way below him as they are his creation, but they they were created to rule with Him as we will (Revelation 20:6). You can see an example of how this plays out with the angels in 1 Kings 22:19-23. And who's the "I" and the "us" in Isaiah 6:8? So if they're working together, why wouldn't He say "us"? This time, try actually doing the suggested research and actually think about it. Don't just jump to conclusions based on what you want to believe. That's how bad theology persists. And quite frankly, that was a very poor argument about why God wouldn't use the word "us" with anyone outside himself.

[@mizmera]

@@rwbaira again. Not us, but Us. It is clear.nowhere EVER does God set himself at same level as the angels. Nevet. God is above all. Thus, Us is not the angels. Gof also did not make them to rule, but as His subjects.

[@rwbaira]

@mizmera who says He puts them at the same level? Using "us" does nothing of the sort. If God interacts with someone, he can describe that interaction to someone else with words like "we" and "us." The only only way He'd never use those terms is if he never interacts with them, but clearly he does. Why is that so hard to understand?

[@bonniefranklin6097]

Thank you. Love in Christ Jesus.

[@ronlanter6906]

Thank you for helping us keep our eyes and ears focused on our Lord ✝✝✝

[@blackkman1324]

BUT THIS IS JUNK SCIENCE!

[@razark9]

Aha. Anything but learning actual science? Gotta keep focusing on that FAITH and pretending that's what science is.

[@user-pf3zw5sl8o]

Amen 🙏 God create us all

[@--..-...-..-.--....]

And the devil taketh 👹👹👹👹👹

[@user-jp5ko9wx1q]

Morgan Freeman said it better than any civil rights justice warrior , "STOP Talking About it"!!!!

[@miraagnieszka7100]

As a Polish Catholic woman I have to really thank you for this whole tremendous piece of work about Genesis! I'm amazed how you make all the answers. I'm convinced that The Bible is trustworthy and true. Sometimes I Wonder why only Catholics in Europe are first to obey this biblical History😢

[@reverendterminator]

Enthusiastic and well spoken preacher!

[@damaj6222]

I like the selfie of Nebuchadnezzar at the Tower of Babel! 😎✌🏻✝️ Great presentation!

[@joannagg9707]

That reference story of the American Indians could be them passing down the history of Babel rather than their actual time. When I visited LiFou island in the South Pacific, unlike neighboring island of Noumea, said Christianity was easy for them as a people to convert because their folklore/ancestry history handed down orally had the creation story of Adam and Eve etc, so it all made sense, whereas those people/tribe who settled in Noumea didn't accept Christianity as they had chosen way back to worship the darker side of things (witchcraft, cannibalism etc basically rebellious to God from early times).

[@JB-yb4wn]

I think the fact that the missionaries had guns did a lot to convert people.

[@tkreiester]

Thank you for preaching the truth on this! We are one people, one blood, and one race.

[@timb8970]

I love this channel. God bless those involved in making this channel!!!

[@razark9]

I dunno, man. You're not supposed to lie, and the owners of this channel and propaganda mill literally does nothing but lie non-stop.

[@Cheryl_Lynn1]

​@razark9 proof please

[@MyNameIsChristBringsASword]

This is exactly the information I am looking for thank you so much.

[@razark9]

Misinformation* That's practically all AiG offers. Misinformation, propaganda and pseudoscience.

[@luningningcampo7968]

Thats why i dont take wikipedia as source when it comes to Biblical insights .

[@JaneH3675]

Wikipedia run by secular people. Not Godly people. And their definitions change as often as the wind blows. I don't look to it at all.

[@nancymarihart1835]

Excellent! Thank you Bodie. I have read your book on the Tower of Babel and recommend it to others.

[@Gary-fq8cx]

Why do you recommend it? Does he have concrete proof The Tower of Babel existed?

[@razark9]

Not interested in pseudoscientific religious propaganda, thanks! I'll read up on some actual science instead.

[@nathanielmills4678]

​@@razark9such as?

[@razark9]

@@nathanielmills4678 Hmm.. Not sure yet. Something scientific so not creationism, that's for sure. Maybe something about the SCIENTIFIC THEORY of evolution? Or the big bang THEORY. Not sure.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@Gary-fq8cx Apparently the original real estate listing was found in an old copy of the Jerusalem Times. 😂

[@roberttrough6439]

Professor in college flunked me in biology because I wouldn’t believe in evolution. Hahaha 🤣 I knew I could make it up. I wanted to make a point with him in his “Christian” college. Professors need to be better vetted. 😊

[@newcreationinchrist1423]

Good for you, bro. That's awesome! I'd do the same. 🙏

[@redacted3144]

@@LordMathiousbecause it isn’t

[@thomasjane4167]

​@@LordMathious How could numerous, successive,slight modifications lead to the origin of Male and female? By definition, sexual reproduction requires the existence of both genders. For the sake of argument , let's say that millions of years ago, a female evolved. How would she have passed on her "female-ness" to her offspring, if offspring are impossible without a male partner? How will she maintain this evolutionary advance if males are millions of years away in the evolutionary future?

[@samuelguzman5348]

@@LordMathious I think that this is the best argument against evolution, which is "the mystery of male and female"... ‘God created them male and female.’ That simple phrase heaps a world of problems on those who believe in evolution. Evolutionists tell us that in the early stages evolution would have produced creatures that reproduce without the need for male and female. They then suppose that some mutation would have produced the gender differences, but what advantage would these differences offer? Quite the contrary, these differences would be a disadvantage and become quickly selected out. An even more serious problem is that, according to evolution’s history of life, the male and female sexes must have developed in different kinds of creatures dozens of times. No one has the slightest idea how one or a dozen mutations could have produced male and female. To change a creature from having no gender into a male or a female requires developing several new organs, changing some others, creating entire new hormone systems, and changing others. New organs and systems would have to be immediately integrated into the workings of the rest of the body. In addition, the independently developed male changes would have to work with the independently developed female changes. Changes would also have to be made in the brains of the new creatures so that they would want to mate with each other. And evolutionists tell us this must have happened dozens of times! Yes, that simple phrase ‘God created them male and female’ leaves evolution with an imponderable mystery. This mystery is solved easily by God’s Word. What a mistake it is to say that the Bible is obsolete in our modern scientific era! REF.: Ocvirek, Steven, ‘The gender gap,’ Bible-Science Newsletter, Dec. 1990, p. 5.”

[@thomasjane4167]

@@LordMathious Here's another one. Recall that evolutionists explain the origin of our own species on a timescale of about 200,000 years. Using the human nuclear mutation rate such as 3.97 ×10¹⁰ mutations per base pairs a year, we can predict how many mutations would arise in the human population after 200,000 years. Since we're dealing with members of the same species we'll use a coalecence calculation. Putting these numbers into the coalecence calculation yields a prediction of around 515,000 nuclear DNA differences. Yet, on average, Africans, the first peoples to have evolved 200,000 years ago, differ from the rest of the people around the world at 4.31 million DNA base pairs, specifically, this number represents only the single nucleotide differences, not the indels or large insertions and deletions. Has evolution made another erroneous prediction? If the prediction for the 200,000-year timescale accounts for only 12% of the differences among modern humans, what explains the rest? Does the timescale of the origin of modern humans need to be bumped up as well?

[@RyanNash20]

A couple months ago I started feeling conviction that I would describe as the Holy Spirit urging me to pay more attention and stop being dismissive of the spiritual world, and the truth that it is just as "real" if not more so than the physical world we perceive and exist in. I'm not religious by nature, I'm a believer that has my reservations about the current modern state of religion as a whole, and I'm a flawed and sinful slave to the flesh just as we all are. Point being, I'm not the type to look for symbolism in everything, and believe that every little thing must certainly be a divine message. Maybe that statement is less true now, but if you're still following let me get back to the point.. I started reading my bible again, the gospels always are comforting, but I kept feeling pulled to start over. Start in Genesis, and LISTEN. So I did. Meanwhile I kept seeing repeated numbers in sets of 3 EVERYWHERE. And I dont mean small here and there weird instances of checking the clock, I mean everywhere. Articles, clocks, pictures, music, grocery labels, receipts. Everything everywhere started speaking almost. And the more I studied and prayed for discernment, the more the tower of Babel kept showing up. I stared listening, and letting myself be guided, and ive been down some rabbit holes of human knowledge, always reaffirming God's Word in Genesis. As I drove to work (half hour drive) I was listening to a video on how AI would have the capability to unite humanity in ways we've never been connected since the introduction of the internet. Babel was now creeping into the back of my thoughts and I was trying to understand what I was being led towards. I started praying for discernment and understanding, and almost IMMEDIATELY the video cut to an ad. For an audiobook service. Named Babble. (or Babel, didnt see spelling just heard the ad). Ad starts as I'm praying to God for understanding, first thing it says is "ITS BABBLE" Almost like God was saying it directly too me, waving and jumping and shouting and saying listen. All of my hairs stood up and I started crying and but it wasn't sad. I just felt a spiritual cleansing and comfort come over me. I dont know if my story is relevant to anyone else, but I felt like sharing it even if it sparks something in just one person to start listening to their heart when God touches them.

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You sound like an alien trying to be human

[@suzaniovieno2023]

Thank you I pray the Holy Spirit will guide us help us all during these trying times in his almighty name Jesus Christ lord savior king ❤❤❤. John 10:27. My sheep know my voice ! ❤❤❤. If you don’t your not my sheep ! ❤❤❤

[@chuckw8391]

Amen!

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[@scouth2429]

This was very cool! I love how he worked so much in such a short time. Really learned a lot thank you.

[@jammystarfish]

Love Bodie's enthusiasm about this😄

[@razark9]

Aha. He's an enthusiastic liar alright.

[@jammystarfish]

@@razark9 u mad?

[@razark9]

@@jammystarfish No, but I won't hide my disdain for compulsive liars and pseudoscience preaching cult leaders. Creationists in general are very enthusiastic compulsive liars and science deniers for Jesus. Creationists, not normal christians who are still sane.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@jammystarfish Nope, he is 100% correct.

[@armandraygor1179]

Thank you for this. I always look forward to Bodie's talks on Babel. The book is very informative and should be required reading in all Christian schools. (In ALL schools!)

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

Should be removed from all schools as our children deserve to be taught facts and not fantasy.Our founding fathers wisely kept church and state well apart to avoid the intolerance they escaped from in the old world.The two should not even be together in the same house let alone in bed like many want to control us.

[@armandraygor1179]

@@BobSmith-ew5oi There is nothing to remove from our schools. The Dept of Ed doesn't allow any competing religions to that of Humanism/Evolution to be taught in school. The sad thing is, they teach the religion of evolution as fact (which is why you made the comment you did). As for escaping intolerance in the "old world"; the pilgrims of that old world were indeed escaping intolerance - religious intolerance. The U.S. is quickly becoming one of the most intolerant countries in the world when it comes to one religion - Christianity. Can you make an educated guess as to why Christianity would be the sole religion wearing a target?

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

​@@armandraygor1179 You seriously need to study Biology and Philosophy. To claim that the fact of evolution or the secular worldview of humanism are religions is highly disingenuous.

[@armandraygor1179]

Please provide undisputed evidence that evolution is a fact. (It is your belief that it is fact.) If secular humanism is not a religion, what would you call it? @@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440 He can't help it, he's stupid.

[@cornpop7805]

This was pretty well done and it meant a lot to me!

[@christinedenton8949]

Wonderful presentation full of information, thank you!!!

[@razark9]

''Full of misinformation*''

[@MO51MARRIED6yrAISHA]

This channel is the source of knowledge ❤!!

[@johnl4933]

Only for believers who don't want to think critically.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@johnl4933 only for those who DO want to think critically. I've got bad news for you

[@HS-zk5nn]

it's excellent!

[@piercelee9421]

​@@johnl4933because believing nothing made everything makes logical sense

[@Gary-fq8cx]

May I ask you a question. The bible has unicorns in it. Why do you think unicorns are real when they are mythological creatures? Why do you believe that mankind was made from a god via dirt using magic when that's not how mankind can to be?

[@statutesofthelord]

All the languages came from the Tower of Babel. Interestingly, there are tortoise shells with Chinese characters scratched on them dating back to almost 4,000 years ago, which woud have been soon after Babel.

[@tone9358]

Interesting. & what method did they us to date those markings?

[@kevinkelly2162]

Funny how when God dispersed the people the ones with languages that sound similar are generally beside each other.

[@statutesofthelord]

@@tone9358 tone, I'm not sure, but I would guess carbon dating, as that would be very easy with a tortoise shell. I saw them in the national museum in Taipei.

[@brucegordon5312]

No one knows how languages came about

[@omar-uu8qo]

Nice try. No cigar though

[@jtbyrge7990]

I’m from Tennessee 😄 God bless you brother!

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I'll pray for you

[@smart22cute]

I'm learning so much from this channel in just a few minutes of listening. Thanks for making things make sense and easy to follow along. Interesting how the new language app is called babel. New subie ❤

[@urzmontst.george6314]

Thank you for this presentation.

[@igyigy]

The greater point about it not being a Myth is taken. It does seem to me, after watching some of the other videos too, that the reason given (because they weren't spreading out) for the confusion is supposition as I can't see in the text where it says that. It does say something to the affect of "now they will be able to do anything they desire" and then their language was confounded.

[@cosmictreason2242]

God blatantly told them to spread out and their reason for building the tower was so they wouldn't be scattered abroad. Pretty clear

[@igyigy]

​@@cosmictreason2242 it still does not say that the reason was that or even that it was disobedience. The point I see is, It is like if I told someone to bring me and apple but they brought an orange instead. And I say, "this orange is rotten" and then throw the orange away. Now someone says the reason I tossed the orange is because I said bring me an apple. Warning flags get set off when we start saying Gods reasons for doing something are beyond the reasons given. This was not given as an outcome of disobedience to those commands as was very clear with the Israelites.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@igyigy it does say that. Your reading comprehension is dismal. Let the lurker understand, God did NOT say that he was worried the tower would reach heaven. My interlocutor is the one engaged in eisegesis

[@igyigy]

@@cosmictreason2242 since my comprehension is so low, please point out where is says that. It says disobedience or that this is a punishment for that disobedience or as to whatever the that is you are referring.

[@shellybarnes5429]

They were building a gateway to the gods. There are gates that are like portals described all over the Bible. Jacob's ladder, the gateway to Hades. Jesus describes the gates. He likely went through one when He ascended to Heaven. Elijah seemed to have gone through one. Phillip is even translated from one place to another instantly. The tower of babel was led by nimrod who is believed to have possibly been a nephilim or have been possessed by a nephilim spirit (demon). They wanted a way to bring the gods (either the nephilim or the fallen watchers) through the gate/portal. In later practices we see that baby human sacrifice as well as sex magic was involved with bringing these beings forward. We see that with the worship of Molech and the queen of heaven. Witchcraft, the occult, the Indian tribes describe how they would open Stargates and giant reptilian creatures would come through. This is a theme we see repeating. Currently as CERN they are trying to open a gateway as well.

[@AliJive]

How about us Papua New Guinea? We have over 800 different languages and dialects, just one nation..I find it so fascinating and if you could do some research or background checks for my country. Thank you for the great presentation Sir.

[@millbillygirl765]

I love the gospel message at the end. I’ve been a Christian since I was 10 and I still never tire of hearing the message preached. It is still as thrilling to hear it as it was when I was a child all those years ago.

[@gregwilkin6565]

Thank you for sharing. :)

[@7katona7]

Interestingly enough: "Let us make a name..." here the word in Hebrew: שֵׁ֑ם or השם which means "The Name" which could be used for God's name. This shows the ambition of fallen nature in one command.

[@tylersoto7465]

Humanism basically

[@attilathegod]

Hallelujah

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[@rafaels.3969]

Thank you for this video. Love when people step up and share common sence Biblical Truths.

[@deanweaver4469]

Hope this channel finds many more😊❤🙏👫

[@nathan3961]

This thought popped into my mind out of nowhere while listening to this.. Scientists say that they have proven that the universe is constantly expanding.. So then, I thought about how the Tower of Babel was intended to reach Heaven to overthrow God.. Now for God to be concerned enough about this project means that building a structure that could reach Heaven was possible.. So God, had to make sure that didn't happen by confusing the language this by saving mankind from themselves because they all would've died due to lack of oxygen the higher you go in the atmosphere/ stratosphere.. Now could it be that Heaven was closer to Earth than it is now, or God knew that it ain't no air up there for them to breathe.. Could this be why the universe is expanding even till this day? Or..? Could it be that Heaven wasn't close to Earth at all, (during this time), and that it was the fact that what they considered "The Heavens" the actual sky as the first Heaven, and outer space as the second Heaven etc., there's no air up there and they would've died and suffocated anyway.. And maybe God also knew that some of mankind might misinterpret them dying due to lack of oxygen as "God taking them to Heaven" and probably would've began worshipping the "Tower of Babel" itself and not Him.. Either way, God is Holy and deserves all praise, glory and worship..

[@razark9]

Neither. You're pulling on threads out of pure imagination. The universe is expanding, that much is known. It has nothing to do with bible myths, legends and allegories. I don't mean to be too mean here, but thinking the almighty and omnipotent god himself being worried about men building a tower into space and suffocating so he sabotages it might just be one of the dumbest things I've heard in my entire life.

[@busker153]

The curse of Babel (confusion of languages) was PRONOUNCED at a time in history, but the curse is an ongoing one, primarily augmented by teenagers.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

Lol, also people who practice foolishology

[@busker153]

@@JesusistheonetrueGod I fully agree! And I love the term you came up with for those who practice the worthless, scientifically defunct, state sponsored religion of macro-evolution. Those people are true fools. Kudos to you for having the courage to say so openly!

[@chisexton5845]

So glad I found this ministry. Thank you for your work. Which location has the zip lines?

[@answersingenesis]

Both locations have zip lines. - Moderator

[@gsmith5140]

We are one. Periodt. ❤

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Yes, we are all in sync

[@billjohnson9472]

it is puzzling that he doesn't mention what language they were speaking and writing before this event. and what writing he proposes are examples of this language.

[@donaldhlebert55]

Thanks! Love ❤ your video here.

[@donaldhlebert55]

@@LordMathious When I am taught anything that is Truth, Just like if I bought it in a Book Store or a Movie Theater or a Lecture I have a tendency to pay. That is my way of saying Thank You with a physical gift. Yes, I can Thank with a different gift but sometimes it is a good thing to put your heart where your money goes. The Book within the Biblical Narrative is Truth, it is what some call The Living Word. How About You?

[@donaldhlebert55]

@@LordMathious Now I am intrigued, because usually I just go off of what is getting my attention. Usually seeing a bit of Truth is enough for me to reward (sometimes). I will investigate this further and see for myself what these people are all about. Thank You for your concern. It’s always a good thing to be aware. If there is more to this than just people seeking and speaking Truth. I will come back and say so.

[@donaldhlebert55]

@@LordMathious After delving deeper into this organization I have this update. And it’s a Sermon. So if You want to pass on it, then it’s all good. (TLDR version at the end of this Sermon if you’re too busy to read the whole Sermon) God (our Father)-is to Truth like a Noun. Us (All of Us)-are to Truth like an adjective. At Best Sometimes we get it right and we do describe the Truth as best as we can. At Worst Sometimes we get it wrong and we describe the Truth in a very opposite way. Mostly we are somewhere in between these 2 possibilities. Now I would ask these “Apologists” a couple of questions, but I would preface them with the following statements of fact from out of the Book. Doesn’t the Bible say that the Book is written in the Heavens (Stars)? Which would be Astronomy and Not Astrology. Doesn’t the Bible say the Book is written in the Earth? Which would be Archeology. And Yes, the Flood and other stories in the Book are just the way it says they are. However I have some thoughts and questions on the matter. 1)If the Book is written in the Stars (think the Zodiac). Why is the story as written in the Stars approximately 26,000 years old? (Actually I think it is 25,960 years old) 2)If the Book is written in the Earth. Why does the Earth show its way older than 6,000 years old? Please realize that people who ask these questions are definitely seeking out Truth. I mean according to the people (sometimes secular people) who study these things, they can’t even figure out how old the Universe is, Because it is off in relation to the size across by the time in years old by 10’s of billions of years. The point I am making is God (our Father, our Lord & Savior, Yeshua and The Holy Spirit) are the only original Truth Tellers. We are the Liars. We are born into sin because (maybe) it’s in our very DNA, our very makeup. So satan and his fallen angels, the world and we are the liars. We However can seek the Path. We can seek/speak Truth to the best of our ability. And with me (personally) I am curious and I do seek out Truth. Sometimes getting it Right, Sometimes getting it wrong, Always pursuing the Truth within the Love. Because I do believe in the following, With Truth (Trust) there is Love. With Love there is Life. With Life there is Humanity. With Lies there is Chaos! With Chaos there is Destruction! With Destruction there is Death! Use that as a guide to know where people stand and you will soon see who Loves and who uses & abuses. (TLDR version) We All have a piece of the puzzle to this thing called Life. What we do with it is up to us, All of Us, individually and collectively. In other words (especially for me) Our Father/Creator is the Truth, is the Love, is the Good, is All the Things in Life we as fallen humans seek out and desire for in our lives. In fact (I believe) He is the very essence of all the Good & Great & Wonderful Things we need, we want, we desire to be and have in our lives. We can only seek/speak Truth to the best of our ability (think individually and or collectively) and that is the Journey of the Road Less Traveled! Kinda like taking it all (everyone & everything) “with a grain of salt” so to speak.

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[@idbyvbrandidentitystrategy6655]

This is wonderful. Could you please do a doc on Egypt, pyramids and the Bible too.

[@philiptan2051]

In The 10 commandments, 5th law: “Thy shalt honor thy father and thy mother”. The Chinese have been honoring their ancestors for at least 5000 years. Ancestors do not become gods, but the Chinese honor their ancestors because of tradition that came from Babylon. The word “Tian” means “heaven” or the “one supreme God” who created the heavens and the earth and gives mandate to ancient Chinese rulers or emperors. This word still stays till today as China names her space station “tian gong”. Ancient Chinese characters are linked to biblical stories of genesis, such as the character for “sin” or “paradise”, etc. There is a book on the origin of ancient Chinese characters that supports the dispersal of men from Babylon.

[@followerofjesuschrist1424]

Amen and AMEN! ❤🙏✝️ #ONLYJESUSSAVES

[@JungleJargon]

We are all the direct descendants of the sixteen grandsons of Noah who’s descendants became the sixteen ancient civilizations.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

We are all direct descendants of two creations of God named Adam and Eve whose descendants became every ancient and modern civilization.

[@ericb2409]

@@JesusistheonetrueGodThe flood destroyed all of them except for Noah and his family. The original comment was correct.

[@johnl4933]

@@JesusistheonetrueGod Prove it.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

@@johnl4933 Easy. How many humans does it take to bring about another human? Two: male and female. Whst does the Bible say? In the beginning, He made them male and female. Prooved. 😎

[@igyigy]

​​@@johnl4933what can be proven by humans as we are not infinite? What form of evidence or proof would you need from another human to believe what you already disbelieve? Seek the proof for yourself in ernest.

[@landonpotts6815]

Great job on this video.

[@-tzadakim-7805]

It is 12:45 AM and I just turned 22. God decided I’d be born on August 12th, 2001 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Lived in Norwalk just south of Des Moines all my life. What about you guys? Where and when you’d be?

[@Gardentrellis]

Expedition Bible on KZbin has an excellent video on this subject.

[@newcreationinchrist1423]

One race created in the image of God 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnl4933]

Evidence?

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@johnl4933that would be Genesis 1, reiterated in Genesis 9 and 11

[@HS-zk5nn]

@@johnl4933 science

[@Cheryl_Lynn1]

The Bible is our evidence. ​@@johnl4933

[@THETWOEDGEDSWORD777]

Psalm 126:1-3 126 When יהוה gathered back the captives of Zion, We thought we were dreaming. 2 At that time our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with a joyful shout. At that time they said among the nations:“ יהוה has done great things for them.” 3 יהוה has done great things for us, And we are overjoyed.

[@about2mount]

A text of Sharkalisharri, king of Agade(Accad) in patriarchal times, mentions his restoring a temple-tower at Babylon, implying that the structure existed prior to his reign.

[@nicksmith7719]

I don't care what race you are look at the bottom of your feet and the palms of your hands. We Are All One race, the only reason we have different pigmentations of our skin is from the areas of the world in which we've lived or our ancestors have lived. Everyone of us on this planet has something in our DNA that links every single one of us is the same no matter who you are. Welcome to one big family

[@patriciareynolds2729]

yes, let us stop using black and white in politics because the suburbs are already brown.

[@razark9]

As predicted and explained by evolution. 👌 Fits like clockwork.

[@adarkwind4712]

​@@razark9 . . . . .? You don't know the history of the advent of evolution if you believe that. Darwin himself used it to describe other people groups as sub human.

[@razark9]

@@adarkwind4712 No, Darwin was way ahead of his time. He did not. He knew and described how humans shared the same common ancestry. Also, Darwin bears very little relevance in biology and evolutionary biology today. He made some important discoveries which has since been validated, but also refined and built upon.

[@razark9]

@@adarkwind4712 Let me repeat myself; he did not. That would go against his own theory. Still, should I judge every christian and christianity itself by its terrifying and often violent and oppressive history?

[@garudasomanna]

Very informative. Thanks.

[@razark9]

Informative? No. Misinformative? Very much so indeed.

[@mitiwwmom]

Hadn't thought about the reasoning behind ancestor worship as per many outliving their great...grandchildren and thus being given such status.

[@JeremySchwartz2027]

Awesome message and accounts.

[@danielclingen34]

he's pushing pushing people away from the christian faith:(

[@karlnorgaard9447]

Non Christians find my claim that I don't believe in racism, because I don't believe in races quite hard to swallow. Yet, I still maintain I've never once met a black person, or for that matter a white person. However, I've met thousands of people who are different shades of brown or red.

[@freethebirds3578]

Our differences aren't based on our physical appearances, but on culture. Some groups treat their culture as sacred and guard it jealously, "protecting" it from dilution by trying to keep "others" from adopting aspects of their culture and rejecting aspects of other cultures. Culture is, to many, their religion. I believe that's why conflicts over our differences have become so bitter.

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Are you color blind? There are black and white people. If you have a hard time saying that then you might what is technically called: stupid

[@deltadom33]

At Keswick there was a whole series done on genesis , I am a young Earth creationist it would be interesting to do a reaction

[@razark9]

''I am a young Earth creationist'' Ah, so a science denier? Gotcha.

[@rmac1199]

There is no such thing as a hate crime. A crime is a crime.

[@Tennethums1]

It’s mythology. That much is for certain. However, the more intriguing question about the fable is “why stop with the disruption of the tower”? I don’t mean why did he do it. Plenty of speculation on that. No, what I mean is since then we’ve created FAR more things that rival a tower…and no God? A tower is worth his angst and retribution…but shooting rockets into space is ok? Nuclear warfare? Biological weapons? Carbon emissions? Countless high rise buildings that would surpass 100 tower of babels? And nothing from God? Yeah, bunch of nonsense.

[@deboratedlaboyd7776]

This (What is written in the Bible )is the real history of humanity.

[@razark9]

No, not at all. Next to nothing we can corroborate in the bible. It's pure fiction.

[@davidhill4141]

The gods taught us all we know ; farming ,animal husbandry . Kingship , laws , irrigation. … everything ! After the flood the gods added two chromosomes to the wheat plant so it would provide two crops per season!

[@CDGMR1]

Thank you!!

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[@user-oe3ty7qu7m]

Good presentation! After reading the account of Babel recently I have come to a different conclusion regarding how people groups reached certain geo locations and obtained such variations of phydical characteristics. It makes sense that that since the people rebelled against God and did not go to all parts of the world, God made it happen by physically translating people groups to various world locations. He changed their languag and esome had different physical characteristics, including skin color. No one has adequately explained the skin color differences and more importantly how Eskimos, pygmies for example came to be in such a short time frame. That is why I believe God physically translated and changed physical characteristics as well as language. Seems to be the best explanation.

[@cosmictreason2242]

It is not the best explanation. It's nonsense you just made up in your head about teleportation. Nothing in the text or in the world as we know it requires it. They walked.

[@Gary-fq8cx]

The bible has unicorns in it. Why do you think that unicorns are real when they are mythological creatures?

[@raito1239]

This post is so bad I thought it was satire. Nobody teleported, and that’s not how languages evolve or change.

[@downtownbrown50]

​@@cosmictreason2242who said they didn't walk. I don't see the phrase teleportation anywhere in the dialog.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@downtownbrown50 context is when they say God "physically changed characteristics." They are talking about magic

[@michaeldeas1969]

Before the flood there was 50% more oxygen and greater atmospheric pressure with no harmful radiation from the sun. That, along with genetic load and bottleneck, is the best explanation in my opinion.

[@cosmictreason2242]

Amber doesn't show any difference in oxygen content. This is not likely to be a noteworthy influence. Genetics alone

[@michaeldeas1969]

@@cosmictreason2242 Amber does in fact show a higher concentration of oxygen and higher pressure.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@tylersoto7465 no, this is not what the word says. First off, firmament is a mistranslation, expanse is better, secondly since birds fly in front of it and the sun and planets are in it, it is recognized as the entirety of the space from the surface of the earth to the end of the cosmos, hence why we refer to them both as the heavens - atnospheric and cosmic. That is why Paul seeing a vision of the throne room of God is the "third" heaven.

[@patriciabeyer8029]

Thanks.

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@anoc5345]

I've said this before, I appreciate Answers in Genesis explaining the gospel in their videos and presentations

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@@anoc5345 So you don't have to say it again

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@@anoc5345 So you don't have to say it again

[@Tera4m]

The Book of Jubilees xii, 25-26 25 & the Lord God said: "Open his mouth & his ears, that he may hear & speak with his mouth, with the language which hath been revealed"; for it had ceased from the mouths of all the children of men from the day of the overthrow (of Babel) 26 & I opened his mouth, & his ears & his lips, & I began to speak with him in "Hebrew" in the tongue of the CREATION

[@bbl361]

Yah bless. What a great book.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Just for clarification they weren't trying to reach heaven as in the afterlife sort of heaven but up to the sky/clouds as "heaven" is defined in the Creation story.

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How do you know??? Were you there???? Are you trying to rewrite a sacred text???? I'll pray for you!

[@justnotdeadyet007]

As in the days of Noah and Lot

[@rwbaira]

The gods weren't ancestors. What Plato said about the nations being divided up among the gods is found in the Bible, notably Deuteronomy 32:8. Note, some versions say "sons of Israel" but that's a later change and doesn't make much sense. "Sons of God" is much more likely to be the original wording. This idea is also alluded to in Psalm 82 where they're actually called gods and are condemned for ruling wickedly. These gods, or sons of God, are angelic beings created by God and alloted to rule over the various people groups at Babel. Don't be tripped up by the term "gods" here. This is not polytheism. They are different from Yahweh and were created by him. This is the origin of polytheistic beliefs, though. The "us" in those passages is not the trinity. If you interpret them that way that leads you to tri-theism. It's these sons of God again. Compare what's said in Genesis 3 verses 5 and 22 and consider what that means with each interpretation of "us". The idea of the infinite Son taking infinite punishment from the infinite Father doesn't hold up to scrutiny either, but it doesn't need to. Jesus didn't have to suffer the cumulative debt we owe. We inherited death by one man's sin because that man was the representative of mankind. Consider Romans 5:12 and explain how children die before having the opportunity to sin themselves. Likewise Jesus was the representative of mankind. So just as the sin of one man cursed all mankind, so the death of one sinless man redeemed all mankind. If you want to see Jesus in this consider this. Why was Jesus called the Son of God? Sure there's the explicit reasons given in scripture that tie into the incarnation and resurrection (Luke 1:35, Acts 13:33 [note the reference to Psalm 2], Romans 1:3-4) but there's another, less explicit reason that also appears to be present in scripture. There are hints that Adam was one of the sons of God (its more like a job title than a reference to their angelic nature) and was kicked out when he sinned, and all mankind with him, because he was our representative. Jesus, the unique Son of God, was called the Son of God because he was the human that would restore access for the rest of humanity to the "divine council" of the sons of God (John 1:12, Romans 8:14-16). It seems he was called the Son of God in the incarnation as a foreshadowing of his purpose, but was more truly called the Son of God ("in power") once he actually accomplished his purpose in the resurrection, hence the two apparently conflicting definitions in the scriptures listed above. Clarification; I specifically called Jesus a human above and that may be taken to mean that he wasn't God. I do believe he was truly God, but I don't believe that has much to do with why he's called the Son of God.

[@chuckw8391]

Well said, I learned about the Divine Council and Deut. 32 from Mike Heiser’s stuff. Love it.

[@markdurdle7710]

I agree that some of those 'us' passage in Genesis probably do include God and other heavily creatures that are not God (what we often call angels). But the 'us' in this passage 'Let us make mankind in our image' is most definitively just God. The angels are not doing the creating, only God is doing that (Isaiah 45:12). Plus the passage; 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth', in the earliest versions of the text we have, it actually says 'Gods' (plural) created (singular) the heavens. John 1 then clarifies this by confirming that Jesus was in fact there at the beginning (along with the Father and the Holy Spirit). Moses (who wrote Genesis) is just trying to describe a singular God who is Father/Son/Holy Spirit the best way he can, so he will often describe God in plural form.

[@rwbaira]

@markdurdle7710 The "angels" don't appear to be involved in Genesis 11:7 either, but Deuteronomy 32:8 tells us they did have a part to play. They weren't the ones to scatter people. Verse 8 tells us that was God. But they were involved in that they were put in charge of the groups, even though Genesis doesn't say so. So no, the angels didn't create man, but it's not outlandish to say they had some part to play, though I'm not sure what that part would be. Adam's job of naming the animals has often been seen as him taking part in God's creation process, and that doesn't mean we created animals either. As for Isaiah 45:12, and I'm just guessing here, but "hosts" suggests angels, so mentioning them in the context of creation could imply their involvement somehow under God's leadership. The Hebrew word translated as God or gods is the same whether it's singular or plural, similar to words like sheep and fish in English. Only context can tell us which is meant. So I'm not sure what you mean by the earliest versions having it plural, unless you're referring to some translation like the Septuagint. Even then, the original was Hebrew, so the translators had to insert their interpretation there. The earliest hints of the ideas that eventually developed into the doctrine of the trinity long post-dated Moses. If "us" meant the trinity anywhere, Moses didn't know it. And if he wanted to describe God as plural, he consistently failed to do so with the verbs that tell us whether the noun is singular or plural.

[@markdurdle7710]

@@rwbaira i think you are reaching to equate naming some to creating it. Plus Deuteronomy 32 is talking about God giving over some of the different people groups to be managed/looked after by angels. Nothing to do with the angels creating humanity. I am talking about the earliest Hebrew versions of genesis that have God in plural. This is well known amongst Jewish Hebrew scholars, so not sure where you are getting your info from. Plus Moses did see Jesus, he is The Messenger of God (or the angel of the lord as some translations put him) that is referred to in the OT. If you check through the passages he appears, you will see that he is often referred to as God. While there still being another that is also called God in heaven (e.g. when Abraham goes to sacrifice his son). Early Jewish people saw this as well, so you had doctrines like the 2 powers in heaven, as attempts to try and understand what they were seeing in scripture. So when the church comes up with the idea of the trinity, it has its roots in a time long before Jesus.

[@rwbaira]

@markdurdle7710 Not creating. Being involved in the process. And not me. I think it's reaching too, but this idea comes from scholars. I think they get the idea from trying to understand what the image of God is. They figure the context is God in the act of creation and they see the implication as being that man is reflecting that somehow. Something like that anyway. Either way, I'm not actually claiming the angels were involved in creating man necessarily. The use of "us" referring to angels doesn't necessarily mean that anyway. I'm just saying it's a possibility. I mentioned Genesis 11/Deuteronomy 32 because Genesis 11, like Genesis 1, doesn't tell us the angels were involved when it says "us," so the parallel implies they may have been involved in Genesis 1, too. I'm not suggesting Genesis 11 and Deuteronomy 32 have anything to do with creation. Maybe your confused about the Hebrew word elohim being plural because it has the plural ending, so it looks like a plural word. But whether it's actually plural in meaning is indicated by the verbs used, like "the sheep is" versus "the sheep are." Elohim isn't the only word that works this way either. The word for face, panim, works the same way, for example. As you said, two powers theology came from people trying to understand passages that confused them. It didn't come from the people that actually wrote it. If it had, they could have explained things better. If you look at the kinds of things that led to two powers theology, some of their arguments were just ridiculous, some were understandably misguided, though some were a bit more sensible. But it's evident that the idea didn't arise from cultural tradition or from interaction with God. It clearly came from people struggling to make sense of certain passages of scripture. As for the "angel of the Lord," I've studied the subject carefully. The conclusions are overstated. He's not a distinct person. The term, when it even refers to God (it doesn't always), refers essentially to a localized manifestation of God. It's even called God's presence in one place. The angel speaking of God in heaven is therefore not unlike Jesus referring to himself in the third person as he often did, or when Jesus refers to God as though he himself were not also God. God can be manifested locally and be omnipresent at the same time. There's even one passage where Yahweh and the angel seem clearly distinct, but then another passage refers back to that and identifies the angel as the Yahweh he was apparently distinct from.

[@JaneH3675]

Yes, Acts 17:26 . . All descended from Adam, but referred to as peoples, nations, and tongues. As far as race goes, we are all the human race.

[@johnjreckhart2429]

Great job 👍

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

8:02 Nebuchadnezzer did NOT claim to have built the Tower of Babel. He only claimed that he built upon the ruins of the foundations of the original Tower. It was this second, much much smaller tower, - a ziggurat, actually - that was still standing in Herodotus' day.

[@jacobramirez5935]

I don’t think he’s implying he built but walked up the ruins of it.

[@Tera4m]

Clearly stated, "he" (Nebuchadnezzar) standing by an old dilapidated tower, that in his day,, still existed Shalom & JAH Bless…

[@tempestvenator9809]

​@@Tera4mWhich is kind of cool when you think about it. Back in those days the remains of the Tower were still there.

[@NewSquallor]

Doesn't even say it was the ruins of Tower of Babel. It clearly says he restored the temple of Marduk built by Hammurabi. And Herodotus never refers to it as tower of Babel but as the Temple of Bel(Baal) which he says is their Zeus. I'd much prefer this guy teach what things actually say then imply things say things they do not. It COULD have been Babel's ruins that Marduk temple was built on but no ancient source claims this.

[@deantsar6246]

How magnificent were the Greeks then. Everything we have in society today goes back to the Greeks. Even the New Testament that chronicles the life of Jesus Christ, was written in Greek. Hence the original Orthodox Christian religion is the closest to the teachings of Christ. No one will enter the Kingdom of Heaven other than through Jesus Christ. 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️

[@deanc.miller9766]

He speaks Truth 🤗💖🕊️✨🙏🏼🛟🌞🧩🛟

[@chuckw8391]

That archeological find is way cool.

[@roberttrough6439]

United Nations Building is the newest tower or Babel.

[@samuelguzman5348]

Could be, in those who want "globalism"..

[@WKDMOUSE67]

They have done there best to make it so.

[@andrewf.bradley1106]

As a linguist, this is hard to watch

[@Daniele63]

Elaborate ?

[@andrewf.bradley1106]

@@Daniele63 No.

[@Daniele63]

@@andrewf.bradley1106 So you have no arguments, m'kay

[@andrewf.bradley1106]

And Bodie Hodge does?@@Daniele63 There's no linguistic phylogenetic evidence that all language families stem from Mesopotamia (geographically). I can't prove a negative. I can't prove to you that pigs can fly. All evidence offered to us so far suggests that pigs can't, in fact, fly. Anyway, it 'is' an argument after all. That's true. My authority comes from linguists and your authority is divine. There's no amount of linguistic evidence I could offer you that would change that since your source of legitimacy is quite literally infallible to your mind. It's futile to attempt to argue this legitimately and in good faith. However, the historical linguistic knowledge shared in this video is pretty poor. THAT MUCH is true.

[@travisbicklepopsicle]

​@@Daniele63no arguments are needed, I mean, what's the point? We know through the sciences of linguistics, anthropology, and other fields that the Tower of Babel story does not accurately represent how the world 'got its languages'.. come on, that's absolutely absurd. It's akin to a geologist telling you the Earth is not flat, and you asking that person to present evidence supporting their claim. The Tower of Babel story is myth, meant to teach a lesson of some sort. It is not an accurate representation of reality.

[@martinportelance138]

300' x 300' is a pretty much smallish base for the supposedly awesome Tower of Babel. Elamite ziggurat Chogha Zanbil (1250 BC) has a 350' square base and yet only achieves 150' in height. The Great Pyramid's base itself is something like 750' square, now that's threatening. I thought God was taller.

[@yajeel]

The tower was never going to reach the heavens. Even today’s technology doesn’t allow for that. But it’s the heart of the people that Scripture is referring to. Secular humanism. That’s alive and well today.

[@martinportelance138]

@@yajeel Wait wait wait: are you telling me that the bible's message is first and foremost philosophical in nature? That it isn't a history nor a natural science book? That it uses parables, allegories and metaphors? Bummer. 🙃

[@yajeel]

@@martinportelance138 I wouldn't say the Bible is first and foremost philosophical in nature. Scripture is God's divinely revealed Word to us. It's what He has communicated to us for us to know. There is a ton of Scripture that is very historical in nature. Scripture also speaks of natural science. It doesn't speak of every aspect of science in detail, but as it relates to learning about life, wisdom, and godliness, it is unmatched. I was replying to you glibly stating that "I thought God was taller." Obviously you think this is all a joke, likely including the notion of God. I was commenting that even with all of our technology today, we cannot build a tower into space. But we engage in the same activity as in the days of the Flood and Tower of Babel, in trying to supplant God. It's foolish.

[@martinportelance138]

@@yajeel I believe that when god - in which I believe - "writes', he doesn't uses lowly words but natural law. I don't put much stock into an actual, wise bearded old man bonded to a human-looking persona and perfoming magic tricks. It's so much more than that. The snake in Eden, the killing of Abel, the Tower of Babel - all of these tales have the same message: The desire for human evolution conflicts with god's plans. Yet, if your daughter was suffering an illness that would be curable by science, would you hesitate even a second about it?

[@rybik7267]

AMEN...!!

[@dominiqueubersfeld2282]

Still more incredible: the Tower of Babel was made by Elon Musk Himself after he invented a Time Machine and went back to the Biblical Times!

[@arthurmaven2333]

Until some actual credible evidence supporting these folk stories as factual accounts emerges, there's no reason whatsoever to accept a single word of it.

[@bikesrcool_1958]

No reason to accept yours either 🤷‍♂️

[@bikesrcool_1958]

Also the Steele is a cool historical item wether you believe the Babel account or not, it’s an awesome piece of history

[@cosmictreason2242]

Been done, you're just in denial

[@keithtam8859]

but how they built it?? and how did they able to spread and travel so far??

[@GaveMeGrace1]

Thank you

[@stevenshumate3430]

"Battle over the bible " "it rages" big scary words for the fear proned sheep. Keeping them in fear by feeding their ignorance keeps them in church.

[@mytwocents777]

I think a much more likely location for Babel is Eridu, Iraq. On Google Earth you can see at 30 degrees 49' 01 N / 45 degrees 59' 45 E a square foundation that closely fits one stadium (about 185 meters or 606 feet) square, as it is just over 200 meters wide. More interestingly, the broader area that surrounds it is bordered by what appears to be a retaining wall that resembles a Freemasonic square and compass symbol. The Freemasons revere Nimrod, and this peaks the curiosity that this may be where they got the inspiration for their symbol.

[@patriciareynolds2729]

is nimrod not a evil idol or egyptian idol??

[@lloydandbethbeiler8127]

He is listed in Genesis as a mighty hunter "against" God.

[@patriciareynolds2729]

then is masons are against God, why are they still so many men in the lodge?@@lloydandbethbeiler8127

[@mytwocents777]

@@patriciareynolds2729 Indeed

[@mytwocents777]

@@lloydandbethbeiler8127 Yes, although it said "before" Yahweh in many translations, the preposition "al" is ambiguous and can mean "in the face of", and we can see by Nimrod's attitude and actions that he very much defied God's will; a hunter and gatherer of men in spite of God.