Instead of relying on God, the world began to rely on themselves as with the account in Genesis 11. The world began to populate, there was only one language, and there was not much strive. Things were going so well that people believed they didn’t need God. Pride made them want to prove that nothing was impossible and they desired to build a city with a tall structure named the Tower of Babel.

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Because pride got the best of humanity, the punishment was confusion through their language so they couldn’t understand each other. People then began to scatter over the face of the earth and the building of the great city with the Tower of Babel was never finished.

Isn’t it interesting how even today sectors of humanity believe they have all the answers and don’t have a need for God? This belief that rejects God yet…