"Behold, I am coming soon." Revelation 22:7
These words were copied down by the apostle John nearly Two thousand years ago. Every generation that has lived since the time of Christ has believed that their generation would be the last. Yet time has marched on now for nearly two millenia.
Even though for each of us individually, the return of Christ happens when we close our eyes on this side of eternity, we don't know when the actual 'end of days' will occur. But I would like to point out some things that I don't believe I have ever heard anyone else speak about that I feel may be significant.
Some historical background:
The tenth chapter of Genesis gives the table of nations and explains where the various tribes that descended from Noah and his sons settled after the flood. The chapter ends leaving a huge question that must be answered in chapter eleven. First let's look at these verses in Genesis 10.
Verse 5:
"From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with it's own language."
Verse 20:
"These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations."
Verse 31:
"These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations."
The big question is, "why are these people speaking different languages?" Surely Noah and his family all spoke the same language. But within a few generations we see different clans spreading out speaking their own language. The explanation is given in chapter eleven but first we need to look at a verse in chapter 9:
Verse 1:
"Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.' "
This is the same command that God gave Adam and Eve in Genesis 1: 28. But at the beginning of chapter eleven of Genesis we see that the people in this new post flood world weren't doing that:”
"Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.' ”
Genesis 11:1-4
This building a tower and city was in direct violation of the charge God had given to Noah and his sons. God wanted them to spread out over the earth but they chose to congregate together in one place. Notice the last part of the verse, "Otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth", exactly what God intended. In verse six God makes a chilling statement about the implications of allowing them to remain in Shinar and build this city.
"The Lord said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.' "
Some argue that the unity of all peoples might result in a lot of good being accomplished. But In Genesis 8:21 God says something about human nature that tells us that unifying people will actually result in horrendous evil.
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, EVEN THOUGH EVERY INCLINATION OF HIS HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. (Caps mine)
Left to himself, man will only accomplish evil.
I don't remember who said it but there is a statement about history that goes something like this; "History is marked by the beginning of one war to the end of that war, to the beginning of the next war." It is true that when you study world history that seems to be the case.
So God's solution to the problem is to confuse the languages making it impossible for the people to live and work together. Chapter 10 explained that the people then did what God intended and began to spreadout over the earth. But it was after God had separated them by the introduction of new and different languages.
Notice also the place was called Babel which is Babylon (v. 9)
Fast forward four thousand years
We live in the information age where the amount of knowledge is increasing at a staggering rate. In this age of information and technology something has happened that has not happened in 4,000 years. Just by way of example; I have an app on my phone that can translate anything into 108 languages. I can literally translate this blog post into any of those 108 languages with one click... and that's just with my phone.
We are back to one language.
Along with this there is a concerted move towards globalism and the 'New World Order.' The main object that stands in the way of the New World Order is the sovereignty of nations. We are seeing a steadily increased move to eliminate or soften borders, particularly in the United States of America. There is no rational reason to oppose having secure borders unless the goal is to eliminate the borders.
But some may ask, 'Why the United States?' At this point in history we are the lone superpower in the world. As such, we are the biggest obstacle standing in the way of the full implimentation of the New World Order. Once the United States is gone there is nothing to stop it.
Both the New World Order and the fact that, in practicality, we are now one language means that we are quickly returning to Babel which is Babylon.
It cannot be overlooked that Revelation 17 describes this One World Order as 'Babylon the Great'...BABEL.
The ramifications of this return to Babel are just as chilling now as they were in the days before the patriarchs. Jesus said of those days in Matthew 24:21-22:
"For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened."
Just as God intervened at Babel the first time, He promises that he will intervene and put a stop to it when we return to Babel.
So is this the end?
The simple answer is I don't know. Jesus said no man knows the hour that He will return. This could be the beginning of the end or time could continue to march along for many years yet. Also what needs to be considered is that Jesus may return for any one of us individually at any time.
My purpose in writing this is not to attempt to predict the end times. It is simply to point out the conditions that now exist and show that we are quickly returning to the same point for the first time in history where we are a global community with one language. It would have been a disaster in the time of Babel and it will usher in a time of disaster if it is ever fully implimented again.
Thankfully we know how history ends and that God's purposes will never fail.
We just don't know exactly when history will end.
May God richly bless you all.
