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My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》 
Day 
Day 52

Text: Genesis 11: 5-9

MEDITATION

Genesis 11:5-9

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
6 And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The LORD’s concern

a. He had blessed the sons of Noah.
b. They had been able to be fruitful and multiply.
c. They had obviously made much progress so that they could build cities.
d. He came down to earth to see how mankind was doing.

2. God saw the evil intentions of the heart

a. He saw beyond the development of the city and the tower.
b. He saw the following:
i. Arrogance
ii. Disobedience
iii. Greater evil in their hearts as they made further plans for the future.
They would feel that they could do any and everything they wished.
iv. God was not in their hearts.

3. The Tower of Babel

a. The original plan of the inhabitants of Shinar was to build a great name for themselves.
b. God took steps to prevent this from happening.
He confused their ability to understand each other.
c. The LORD then scattered them so that they would occupy the whole earth.
d. This was necessary for ultimate survival of the human race

经文：创世记 11:5-9

沉思

《创世记 11：5-9》
5 耶和华降临，要看看世人所建造的城和塔。
6 耶和华说：“看哪，他们成为一样的人民，都是一样的言语，如今既做起这事来，以后他们所要做的事就没有不成就的了。
7 我们下去，在那里变乱他们的口音，使他们的言语彼此不通。”
8于是，耶和华使他们从那里分散在全地上，他们就停工不造那城了。

9因为耶和华在那里变乱天下人的言语，使众人分散在全地上，所以那城名叫巴别。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 上帝的顾虑

a. 祂赐福于挪亚之子
b. 他们生养众多
c. 他们很明显的取得极大进展，使到他们能够建造城市
d. 因此，上帝降临要看世人如何生活

2. 上帝看到他们内心的恶意

a. 祂看到的不仅是城和塔的发展
b. 祂也看到了：
i. 傲慢
ii. 叛逆
iii. 当世人策划未来时，他们的内心存有更极大的恶意
iv. 他们的心中没有上帝

3. 巴别的塔

a. 示拿的子民原先的计划是膨大他们的名声
b. 上帝采取措施防止他们这么做。祂变乱他们的口音，使他们无法理解彼此的语言。
c. 上帝将他们分散在全地
d. 为了人类最终的生存，这是必要的