God's Sovereign Scattering and Blessing of the Nations

Texts:  Genesis 11; Acts 2:1-11, 37-39 

Man’s Arrogant Defiance to God’s Reign (Gen. 11:1-4)

• In Babel, there was unity without obedience to God and ambition without submission to God.
• In Babel, man’s goal was self-exaltation, not God's glory.

God’s Authoritative Response to Man’s Pride (Gen. 11:5-9)

• God condescended to earth to see the “big” tower that man had constructed.
• God confused their language and scattered them throughout the earth.

God’s All-Encompassing Blessing to the Nations (Gen. 11:10-32; Acts 2:1-11, 37-39)

• In this list of Shem’s descendants, we see God’s unfolding promise to bless the nations through Abraham’s lineage.
• Despite Sarai’s barrenness, God’s plan to bless the nations would not be thwarted.
• In Acts 2, we see God’s plan to bless the nations in the proclamation of the Gospel in everyone’s language.