One Language, One People

On Sunday, my daddy preached from Genesis 11. And talked about how there are some things that we cannot do - even though everyone and everything around us says that we can do whatever we put our minds to. He talked about how even God said "there is nothing man cannot do." But that is where things got messy. He had to put an end to that. He had to put an end to mankind doing things without Him and placing Him at the back of the line in life. He had to scatter the people and confuse their language so that they could no longer band together to do the impossible. And the different races, languages and tribes of the world began at that point. My dad talked about how the important thing in the story is that God is God and man isn't. And when man tries to sit in God's place things get messy.

But as my daddy talked I read through the passage again. The thing that struck me was the fact that there was 1 people and 1 language with the same words. There were no divisions. No reasons to hate each other. No racism. No wars. No nasty comments. No nasty, derogatory, racist phrases. There was unity. They were 1 people with 1 language. It makes me wish I could go back in time and see what it was like. Yes, I know there was sin. Yes, I know there were things going on that made God wish He hadn't created mankind. But what would it have been like to see the world unified as 1 people with 1 language? I don't think I will ever know. Especially since Revelation says there are people from every tongue, tribe and nation rejoicing in the throne room. So, even in heaven we will still have our divisions, our differences. But even in that we will be unified.

I dream of a world that is unified. A world that is not torn between nations, races, languages and religions. I dream of a world where everyone is valued. I dream of a world where there are no more sex traffickers or drug lords or corrupt politicians. I dream of a world where God reigns true above all else. I dream of a world where people love each other and value the differences in their language or skin color or traditions or day to day tasks. I dream of a world where families are whole. Children are valued and not thrown away. Where the elderly are cared for. Where the Church is free. I dream of a world that is so very different from the one I know and live in now. I can only pray that the Church steps up and changes things for the better. And that God lets the day of Jesus' return be soon.

There was 1 people with 1 language. To have that again...