DANIEL 1 (pART 1): bABYLON

I could not get passed
the first verse of Daniel
that says,
“In the third year of the reign
of Jehoiakim, King of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, 
came to Jerusalem and besieged it.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭NIV

There is so much research
I need to do on this,
but for today I will focus
on Babylon.

Babylon is located between two rivers,
Euphrates and Tigris,
in modern-day Iraq.

It lies 50 miles south of Baghdad,
not far from the Persian Gulf.

And it’s first introduction,
in the scripture,
is in Genesis 11 -
through the story
of the Tower of Babel.

After the flood,
the descendants of Noah,
originally described
as clansmen,
became known as nations -
“All the nations of the earth.”

As the clans migrated,
to the East,
they found a plain 
in the land of Babylonia,
and settled there.

At that time,
they all spoke the same language.
They prospered and worked together. 

Their sole desire was to be famous
by building a tower to the sky.

In their hearts and their minds,
they were determined
to never again 
be killed by a flood.

Hand in Hand,
they stood strong.
United as One 
"United We Stand"

This was the foundation
that covered the land.
"Humanity not God"
was their great plan.

But then, God stepped in,
just in the nick of time.
He saw
it was not good,
so He found a way to divide men. 

"But the Lord came down
to look at the city
and the tower the people were building. 
"Look!" he said. 
The people are united,
and they all speak the same language.
 After this, nothing they set out to do
will be impossible for them! 
Come, let's go down
and confuse the people with different languages. 
They they won't be able to understand each other."
In that way, the Lord scattered them
all over the world,
and they stopped building the city. 
That is why the city was called Babel,
because that is where the Lord
confused the people
with different languages. 
In this way
he scattered them all over the world."
Genesis 11:5-9  

When He saw what people had done,
He realized that
nothing would stop humans
from trying to prevent their death.

Their desire to play God
was super strong,
a union of prideful humans
is exactly what God did not want.

This explains why God scattered
the nations all over the world?
This is why he does not want
the nations working together?

He put an end to Babylon,
​so why is He allowing Him to come back?
 
This is the question I am pondering.

What do you think?

Do you think humans
are trying to recreate Babylon?

Do you think America
should stay connected
to the United Nations?

Do you think we are still a nation
who chooses the Lord?

Do you think we are still
One Nation Under God?