JOHN BRADSHAW - It Is Written

16 BABYLON RISING
A centralized population would make universal
apostasy from God’s truth much easier to effect, but
with the devastating results of Satan’s rebellion having
only recently been witnessed, God’s desire was to
safeguard the human family. A decentralized population
would be essential to the future spiritual well-being of
the human family.
Led by Nimrod, the great-grandson of Noah, the
inhabitants of the plain of Shinar rebelled against God
and decided to remain clustered together rather than
disperse as God had asked. “Let us build us a city and
a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us
make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the
face of the earth” (Genesis 11:4).
Their disobedience to God’s express wishes exposed
the world to heightened spiritual danger, prompting
God to intervene to prevent a repeat of the decadence
that prompted the devastating global flood.
God intentionally confused the speech of the people,
so that instead of just one language being used on
the plain of Shinar, a multiplicity of languages was
suddenly being spoken. It isn’t difficult to imagine how
a massive building project would be utterly frustrated
when it became all but impossible for fellow workers to
communicate with each other.
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the
Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and
from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the
face of all the earth” (Genesis 11:9).