BREAKING THE CURSE OF BABEL

<p dir="ltr"><span class="x_36634963highlight"><span class= "x_36634963colour"><span class="x_36634963font"><span class= "x_36634963size">As Jesus prepares to ascend to heaven, let us ask what is He leaving us?  A promise to return as Acts 1 reminds us.  I will be with you in power and authority to take My message to the nations.</span></span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span class="x_36634963highlight"><span class= "x_36634963colour"><span class="x_36634963font"><span class= "x_36634963size">In this podcast, we will explore what I was never taught in seminary nor have I ever heard it preached in my 40 years of faith.  I have read one book that touches on this subject by Harald Eckert, “Israel, the Nations,and the Valley of Decision.”  He is also the head of the “Global Prayer Call.</span></span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span class="x_36634963highlight"><span class= "x_36634963colour"><span class="x_36634963font"><span class= "x_36634963size">The Book of Acts expresses God’s covenant response to His judgment in the story of the Tower of Babel.  God caused confusion and division upon humanity.  Not just in their languages, but also in their world views.  This division continues to this day within nations and between nations.</span></span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span class="x_36634963highlight"><span class= "x_36634963colour"><span class="x_36634963font"><span class= "x_36634963size">What is emphasized in Acts from the start is that the believers are one.  This oneness is in Jesus Christ.  Jesus prayed for this in John 17.  </span></span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span class="x_36634963highlight"><span class= "x_36634963colour"><span class="x_36634963font"><span class= "x_36634963size">God’s answer to the curse of Babel, Genesis 11, was in Genesis 12, the call of Abraham.  It is through the Seed of Abraham, Jesus Christ, that this curse is broken, but it also includes the blessing by the nations of Israel and the descendants of Abraham.</span></span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span cl