God is Not the Author of Confusion
1 CORINTHIANS 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Would you believe that in order to execute God’s will for mankind to populate, fill, and subdue the earth, God ‘confused’ the only one language of people living on earth in those times? This is how the story goes —
GENESIS 11:1-8
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
God’s command to the family of Noah to repopulate or replenish the earth is ecologically sound. People must not only inhabit a particular place and let the other places of the earth become dominated by beasts and wild animals. Humankind, not beast, must subdue the earth.
EZEKIEL 14:13, 15
13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts…
Due to their apparent resistance to God’s will, God confused their language. This event that happened in the Tower of Babel saw the birth of different nations and languages in the human family. The rest is history.
Historically, there are four groups of ancient languages.
QUICK FACTS
Linguists divide the Semitic languages into four groups. The North Peripheral group is represented by the Assyro-Babylonian language, or Akkadian. The oldest attested Semitic language, with the oldest Semitic literature, Akkadian was spoken in Mesopotamia between about 3000 B.C. and 600-400 B.C. and used as a literary language until the 1st century ad.
The North Central group includes the ancient and modern Hebrew language; ancient tongues such as Ugaritic and Phoenician; and the Aramaic language, including Syriac, or Christian Aramaic.
The South Central group consists of literary or Standard Arabic and the modern spoken Arabic dialects (see Arabic Language). Maltese, an offshoot of Arabic, is spoken on the island of Malta and, because of its location, has been heavily influenced by Italian.
The South Peripheral group consists of the South Arabic dialects, now spoken in parts of the southern Arabian Peninsula (and in ancient times by peoples such as the Minaeans and Sabaeans); and the languages of Ethiopia. The latter include Ge’ez, or classical Ethiopic, now surviving only as a literary and liturgical language; Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia; and regional Ethiopian languages such as Tigré, Tigrinya, and Gurage.
Source: Encarta 2007
Because of the confusion that happened, the human race were forced to scatter in all the habitable face of the earth. As a result, a group that does not understand the language or the speech of another group was forced to depart and separate from the other groups.
But there is another question that emerges: If humankind came from only one family, why do people differ in terms of color, physical features, etc.?
The Bible tells us the root-cause and not necessarily the results. The results can be obtained in reality. Apparent reality can be traced back to the root-cause.
Mathematically, the more than seven billion people that now populate the entire earth came from a much smaller stock in the early 19th century, about six hundred million, and further, from eight souls that survived the great flood.
1 PETER 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Is there, by chance, a possibility that a family may grow up to a huge global population of different colors, breeds, cultures, and physical features? The answer is, reality; but how?
The color of the skin is influenced by the environment. In places where there is an abundance of scorching sunlight, the skin of the people there can turn darker.
SONGS OF SOLOMON 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
It may take a thousand years for the skin of particular race to achieve a complete blackening of the skin. No wonder we have dark-colored people because the human family have existed on earth for many thousands of years.
QUICK FACTS
Jablonski and Chaplin proposed an explanation for the observed variation of untanned human skin with annual UV exposure. By Jablonski and Chaplin’s explanation, there are two competing forces affecting human skin tone:
1. The melanin that produces the darker tones of human skin serves as a light filter to protect against too much UV light getting under the human skin where too much UV causes sunburn and disrupts the synthesis of precursors necessary to make human DNA;
versus
2. Humans need at least a minimum threshold of UV light to get deep under human skin to produce vitamin D, which is essential for building and maintaining the bones of the human skeleton.
Jablonski and Chaplin note that when human indigenous peoples have migrated, they have carried with them a sufficient gene pool so that within a thousand years, the skin of their descendants living today has turned dark or turned light to adapt to fit the formula given above – with the notable exception of dark-skinned peoples moving north, such as to populate the seacoast of Greenland, to live where they have a year-round supply of food rich in vitamin D, such as fish, so that there was no necessity for their skin to lighten to let enough UV under their skin to synthesize the vitamin D that humans need for healthy bones.
Source: https://humanskin.wordpress.com/healthy-bones/
The question about the different skin colors of mankind can biblically and scientifically be explained; but what about the different physical feature? To learn more, read: The Origin of Humankind.
Sincerely in Christ,
Bro. Eli Soriano
We know not a preacher in our time who explains the topics like Brother Eli does.
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ReplyDeleteSpiritually and Scientifically bro Eli Soriano explained the Truth by the Guidance of God..
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ReplyDelete"Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me"Another biblically based discussion by bro.Eli,yet scientifically true.Thanks be to God!!!
ReplyDeleteFor I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly.
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God is not the author of confusion because He is the truth and justice. Confusion arises from the mind of anyone if he does not understand or lack certainty in doing something he ought to do. Thanks be to God!
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Thanks Be To God! Another controversy of Bro. Eli with God's help.
ReplyDeleteGod is not the author of confusion, John 14:6 God is the way and the truth and the life. He only confused/disrupted the Language of people long time ago, to execute God’s will for mankind to subdue the earth. #TowerOfBabel #TheConfusionOfTongues #GodisNottheAuthorofConfusion
ReplyDeleteTruly, the Bible is an amazing book. No other book is comparable. It has all the answers...if only man would stop and listen.
ReplyDeletei remember a story from my elementary book that says God baked man, the first was burned and become "the black race" the second was half cooked and became Americans and finally he was able to perfect it; the Filipino race. Adults create and use stories for innocent kids to explain things they themselves doesn't know the answers. Fortunately, by God's grace there are answers to our questions and we are thankful to Bro. Eli Soriano for reading it to us. Glory to God!
ReplyDeleteIt's the most logical explanation about diversities in human race.
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DeleteConfusion Belongs Only Satan...Before God Created Man He Manifest An Order By Creating Earth That Has Everything In Its Order Since The Beginning Of Time..And Until Now He Still Manifest That He Is The God Of Order In His Creations!!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous wisdom. More power to this blog.
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ReplyDeleteThanks be to God for a wonderful blog.
ReplyDeleteConfusion is in the minds and hearts of those who refuses to believe in God.
ReplyDeleteAnother enlightening blog to ponder upon. I have learned that once upon a time, there was only one language, and in order for GOD's will to prevail, HE caused confusion to the people. However, this does not necessarily mean that HE is a GOD of confusion.
ReplyDeleteOur GOD is a God of order and discipline. Therefore if anyone has HIS wisdom, there would definitely be no doubt in him. He would be able to understand on why things happen and why not.
A million thanks to GOD!
#GodIsAGodOfPeace
Almost all people from all walks-of-life questioned almost everything under the sun. From different skin colors, breeds, cultures, physical features to what have you. Why this and why that. The Bible has the answer to all of those. If anyone desires to seek GOD and know HIS being, answers will definitely be clear. GOD is not a God of confusion to cause chaos and disorientation among people. On the contrary, our GOD is a God of peace and order. I'm sure if anyone has GOD's wisdom and understanding, then he will be able to perceive on why things happen and why not.
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Confusion is for the unbeliever of Jesus Christ...
ReplyDeleteEven in the Garden of Eden, the devil was able to confuse Adam and Eve and to believe they will not die eating the forbidden fruit...
ReplyDeleteGod is the author of love and life but the devil is the author of hate and lies confusing people.
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ReplyDeleteListening to Bro. Eli, I have faith unblemished that God is a fountain of love...
ReplyDeleteWe can be an author of love also, God wrote it in our hearts.
ReplyDeleteDo not be confused of your state of life without education my son due to a poor family where you belong with all the rich people around us because once you will see the truth of a true way of living and live with it, your will be in paradise as promised by God. Just never fail to be absent from all our gatherings in church with Bro. Eli and Kuya Daniel.
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ReplyDeleteThe confusion of language made the Babylonians scatter upon the face of the earth so humankind can subdue the Earth as what God desired in the first place. Thanks be to God for the wisdom.
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