The Tower of Babel

If you have been reading all of my posts on the this Genesis series my posting might start to sound like I'm repeating myself. I am. Don't get me wrong idea about what is going on. My goal in all of these postings is to show you how Jesus is consistent throughout the scriptures. I would be doing a disservice to the writing of the scriptures if I was not showing how Jesus is at the heart of the Old Testament. We see that the people are trying to make a tower to God. Genesis 11:4 is the verse that I want to park at for a little bit. ";i[-Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth." They are trying to build a tower to reach the heavens. They are trying to work their way to God. This might not be looked at as a big deal. Sometimes we look over verses as if they are just little details in the scriptures. This is not just a little detail. We are reading an essential piece of our faith. We must live out of our faith and not out of our works. They are doing some thing that only God can do through Jesus. This is what we do practically everyday. We try to save ourselves. It is Jesus that saves us. If we go to verse 5 it talks about God going down. Does God come down to us from the heavens? Yes, Jesus came down to us. Jesus came down to unite us. He made us one nation. In Genesis he confused our speech but, on the cross Jesus makes us a nation united by God. The Tower of Babel is just one more illustration of the Gospel. It is shows us how we can not do this by ourselves. It is by the grace of God. I could go longer but I just want you to grab some pieces to think about. I hope that this has been beneficial for you. 

The Sons of Noah(Genesis 9:18-29)

This is a portion of scripture that I have never heard anyone teach about so here we go. This is the story about the sons of Noah. I think I need to state this before I continue further. As I write this I assume that you have looked at or have some basic understanding about these scriptures. I am not really providing an outline or back story on most of these.  So, as we see Noah has become drunk off of  wine. This is a repeated theme that happens throughout the bible. God blesses someone and starts new but they then can not walk completely in that blessing placed on them. Adam did it and now Noah is continuing the cycle. This further illustrates our need for a savour in Jesus. Because Noah could not sustain the covenant that he made with God, his sons had to cover his nakedness(SIN). Noah's sons are being like Jesus by covering him up. Jesus blood covered all our sins. Sometimes I really have to search long and hard to see Jesus in all scripture, but this one really stands out.