Making A Name For Ourselves: Babel

Genesis 11:1-9 tells the story of a people who build a city and a tower in order to make a name for themselves and to not be dispersed throughout the earth. But God, in love and judgment, comes down to graciously destroy their project by confusing their languages. As the narrative of scripture goes on, we see the Spirit come down to reverse the judgment of Babel and eventually all the peoples of the earth being reconciled to one another under the name of Jesus.