Worship into the Week- Pentecost

Worship into the Week-

Genesis 11:1-9- The Tower of Babel

"At one time all the people of the world spoke

 the same language and used the same words.

As the people migrated to the east, 

they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there."

So far so good. Then things turned sideways.

They decided to make a great city, 

with a tower that reached to the sky, 

so they would be famous.

They thought this would keep them together.

 The Lord came down to look at the city

 and the tower the people were building. 

It wasn't pleasing to God. 

They would believe nothing to be impossible for them.

He then confused the people with different languages, 

and they couldn't understand each other.

They scattered all over the world 

and stopped building the city.

"That is why the city was called Babel, 

because that is where the LORD confused the people

 with different languages. 

In this way he scattered them all over the world."

This Old Testament story gets reconnected

 on Pentecost in the New Testament.

When the Holy Spirit came to the believers assembled 

in Jerusalem they began to 

speak many native languages other than their own.

Devout Jews for every nation were living in Jerusalem 

and they quickly came to hear the believers

 speaking in their own native language.

"They were all completely amazed. 'How can this be?'

they exclaimed. "These people are all from Galilee."

 

Pentecost is often seen as the reversal of the curse of Babel. 

Babel scattered humanity and confused languages.

Pentecost united people and enabled communication

despite differences. 

The Holy Spirit brought a way to unite the people and

lessen the confusion and scattering caused by human pride.

The people of Babel wanted to be famous 

and make a name for themselves.

The apostles wanted to proclaim the name of Jesus 

and tell about the gifts from God.

Both times God interacted with humanity 

to move forward His plan.

Pentecost came by God's grace to allow the apostles 

to spread the Gospel message into all of the world.

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