“Let us build a tower whose top reaches the heavens.” This phrase reveals humanity’s deepest pride — a desire to ascend, to become like God Himself. It echoes the arrogance of Satan who said, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God” (Isaiah 14:13). But God warns, “Will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades” (Matthew 11:23). No human plan — no matter how ambitious — can stand against God’s divine purpose. The builders of Ba

After the flood, the earth began again — cleansed yet still carrying the weight of human frailty. Genesis 9 is a portrait of renewal, reverence, and responsibility in a world reborn. “The fear and dread of you shall fall on all the beasts of the earth…” (Genesis 9:2) Before sin, creation lived in harmony with humanity (Genesis 2:19). But now, that perfect order had fractured. God placed within the animals a natural instinct of fear toward humans — the Hebrew words “mora” (inn