The Word Diet: Week 1 (Genesis 1-11)Загвар

DAY SIX: GENESIS 11

Joseph Soloveitchik observes that the result of Noah and the Flood is “no leaps in human nature. A catastrophe, even of such enormous proportions as the deluge, cannot have a redeeming effect upon man.” As we’ll see throughout the Old Testament and the ministry of Jesus, miracles and catastrophe are often of little lasting use in fixing our eyes on spiritual matters. The end of the Bible’s opening section describes the Tower of Babel and lays out the genealogy which gets us to Abraham. “Babel” means “confused” and is our introduction to Babylon—biblically, the most powerful worldly foil to God and His work. Here, the impressive “Babelonian” effort at unity apart from God will not be fully redeemed until Acts 2 with Pentecost. For now, focus on details in the building and the demise of the tower.

We hope this has encouraged you. (This is week 1 of The Word Diet. In addition, those on “the Word Diet” would memorize Genesis 1:1 or Genesis 1:26.) For more information, visit: https://thoroughlyequipped.org/about/the-word-diet.