Scattered at Babel... Gathered at Pentecost, A Tale of Two Cities

In Genesis 11, the whole earth spoke the same language. The people decided to build a great city with a tower reaching toward heaven and make a name for themselves.

God reasoned that if he allowed this then nothing would be impossible for them. So God took away their ability to communicate with each other by giving them different languages. They were babbling to each other and were confused and thus were scattered over the whole earth.

In Acts 2, God poured out the Holy Spirit to allow his disciples to proclaim the Gospel to anyone of any language. Language was no longer a barrier.

At Babel, God confused their languages to scatter the people. At Pentecost, God overcame those language barriers to gather people together in the great name of Jesus Christ.

With a gathered united people God could build his own great city… the Church.

Believe and be baptized, receive God's Holy Spirit, and enjoy life in the greatest city ever built.