Thursday, 23 July 2009 00:00 | and posted in Downward Spiral
As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there… “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the… earth.” Genesis 11:2 & 11:4
The Mediterranean Sea formed Israel’s western border while desert stretched out from their eastern border. Moving east represented to the Israelites moving into a place of danger, hostility and enemies. In Genesis moving east is used as a picture of humanity moving farther and farther away from God’s dream.
At Babel the people are celebrating their ingenuity and God comes and disrupts their plans. In which direction (metaphorically) is your life moving?