(Mini Bible Story) God's grace for stopping the construction of the Tower of Babel

1. A story based on Genesis 10, 11 

After the Flood, Beasts were increasing in the number. The earth had become more dangerous for humans to live. Excellent hunters were desperately needed. The popularity of hunters soared to the sky.  

"Oh, Nimrod! He is the best hunter ever."

There was a heroic warrior in Shinar named Nimrod. He was a mighty hunter in the Lord’s sight. His name became famous, and people would speak of someone as being “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter in the Lord’s sight.”   

Nimrod was so proud of himself. He asked people, "Look! Who’s protecting you from fierce beasts? God? or Nimrod?"

All shouted, "It’s you, Nimrod!"

Nimrod had risen as the leader. He said to himself, “I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.”

One day, Nimrod came to remember the Flood in Noah’s days. No one had survived except Noah’s family from it.

'Beasts are rather nothing compared to the Flood! If God sends back such a flood, everything on the earth will be over.’

Nimrod came up with a flashing idea -Let’s build a tower the highest enough to survive any flood! He gathered all people and announced his ambitious plan.

"Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. The tower will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

They made bricks and bake them thoroughly. They used brick instead of stone and tar for mortar. The tower, namely The Tower of Babel, was being built higher and higher, day by day.

"Wow, How great we are!"

The higher the tower, the more forgotten God was. People didn’t worship God anymore. They worshipped themselves.

But One day, a strange thing happened that turned everything upside down.

"# $% @ ^ & ^"
"* & () & ^% @"

All of a sudden, people spoke different languages, and won’t be able to understand each other. It also happened to Nimrod. Whatever he commanded, people didn’t understand him at all. 

The construction of the Tower of Babel suspended. The ambition of Nimrod collapsed. His kingdom went down like dew that had gone in the morning.

It was a disaster for Nimrod, but a blessing for the people. If the Tower of Babel had completed, all humanity would have gone through another punishment like the Flood. God allowed people to return to him. God’s grace to save people stopped the building of the Tower of Babel.     

2, sharing

-Who is Nimrod?

In Genesis 10: 8-12, Nimrod is called a mighty warrior, and a mighty hunter before the Lord. His name became famous, and people would speak of someone as being like “Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

He built the foundation for his empire in the land of Babylonia, including the city of Babel. Later on, he extended his reign to Assyria and Resen.  

Genesis 11: 1-9 is a record of the Tower of Babel. The Bible does not refer to the name of Nimrod regarding the construction.

But it is highly likely that he was the leader of the construction, given that his empire included the city of Babel. 

-What is the lesson in the story?

In genesis 6:15, God already declared, “Never again will there be a flood that will destroy all life.” But, people disregarded it. They rebelled against God by building the tower of the Babel to survive any flood.       

They didn’t worship God but worshipped themselves. Let’s ask ourselves. What about me? Who’s sitting on the throne of my life? God? Or Me? If the answer is me, we are going the path of the tower of Babel. We have to turn round right now.