The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this (build a tower that reaches to the heavens), then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." (Genesis 11:6-7)
As I'm flying in airplanes, starting diving, working at bridges and high-rise buildings under construction, I've come to wonder with awe about how much man have gone beyond themselves to achieve what we've achieved.
Man, being land creatures, have somehow figured out a way to defy gravity and fly. We can fly! It's still beyond me how we can make such heavy things get in the air, while carrying a few hundred people or other heavy cargo at the same time. What about going through the air faster than the speed of sound? *boggled*
We can't breath underwater. Has that stopped us from venturing into the deep blue world? No. Somehow, man has figured out a way not only to stay underwater for a certain period of time with SCUBA, but to live in mighty underwater torpedo-like fortresses that can go on and on underwater for months on end! (Especially if they're nuclear-powered)
So what if there's a vast body of water between where we currently stand and the land across the other side? We will "walk on water" and cross to the other side! And so, bridges have been built, bigger and longer, allowing us to "walk on water" or "skate on water" or "whatever-mode-of-transport-you-choose on water" to get to the other side. (My engineer friend has disclosed to me that of all structures, bridges are the most challenging to build)
What about space travel? *boggled beyond words*
Man has achieved the practically unachievable.
Can you imagine what man would have REALLY achieved in this day and age, had we still been speaking the same language and be able to unite in one common form of verbal communication?
"Then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." (Genesis 11:6)
What great potential God has endowed on man.
Yet the more pressing question is, how would man handle such potential had we still been allowed by God to speak the same language and unite in one common form of verbal communication?
Frightening.
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." (Genesis 11:4)
That's the kind of attitude in which man would have handled the potential.
Why would man have handled it such?
The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. (Genesis 6:5-6)
Man has been given a beautiful earth. It is a good place to enjoy and live in. But man has been turning it upside down pretty fast, in the name of so-called progress.
Man discovered nuclear energy. It is good as a long-lasting source of power and fuel. But man has used it for destruction and for gaining superpower status.
Man established mass media. It is good for dissemination of information. But man has used it to advance selfish and evil intents.
So on and so forth.
Core issue: sin and evil.
"Dear God, we're so sorry that we've screwed up everything You've given us. We're sinful. Thank You for Jesus Christ who has rectified the issue of sin and evil. Yet, what have we done with Jesus? What are we doing with Jesus? What are we going to do with Jesus? May we not screw this one up."
Posted at 05:09 pm by sodiumchloride
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