THE FALL OF BABEL

THE CONFUSED LANGUAGES

I loved a sermon by a servant of God Pastor David that in Kenya, “There, seems to be confusion because of the many tribes that we have and I do agree with him 100%. There is no love as to each tribe wants to outdo the other, each tribe wants to be superior than the other and especially during elections; each tribe wants to choose a president from their own tribe. For heaven’s sake, how can a nation be led with forty three presidents?  There was a time that Kenya was to be divided into two nations and I personally did support that opinion for the sake of peace. Because there are those tribes who seemed to be “the them” and felt they were on the top of others. Have been to quite a number of small nations that speak one, or two or three languages the entire nation and for sure beloved, I had felt peace, love, unity and tranquility in those nations; and the government supports its entire people as one nation. As Jesus puts it (Mark 3:24) “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”  I could recall last election I wasn’t in Kenya but in another Island; with a colleague of mine.  And I remember we had vowed not to come back to Kenya, why? Because of bad leadership, tribalism and too much corruption in the nation. Can you imagine! I had vowed to fall in the Indian Ocean to die there while this fellow of mine was to fall down from a story building and die instead of coming back to Kenya!  From “2014 to 2016; 2019 to 2021” have been in the Middle East; and if one meets other fellows from our nation, no one dares want to come back to Kenya. There are those who go through hell out side there, but they would rather cope with the circumstances and the situation outside there instead of coming back to Kenya why? Because of this many tribes which brings confusion and bad omen to our nation.

 It is my prompt prayer this time round that the Lord may open our inner eyes of understanding, vote wisely for the king that the Lord has chosen for Himself for our nation Kenya; and not vote based on our tribes, or the petty bribes that people are always bought for such as sugar, unga, lessors and a hundred shillings. My fellow Kenyans, we are too much expensive to be bought that cheaply. Let’s style up and choose a king like David who will take this nation to the next level, bring unity, love and peace to the entire parts of Kenya.  There are places and people in Kenya that are vandalized; they only survive by the grace of God and the leaders that they chose to support and shepherd them they have been nowhere to be seen for the past four years and now as we near election, it is the time they are showing up blinding the eyes of the destitute by making road works at this time. What have you been doing with the resources that are meant for the poor people? Shame on you, hang on your shame and may the Lord Judge you and your generations after you. And to my fellow Kenyans, wake up from slumber and especially the youths and stop being used by the politicians. Let us not sell our birthrights for a Morsel of soup. Did we not know that there is a consequence of any decision we may made earlier? Ask Esau, he will tell us. The economy melt down that we experience today, it is as a result of the choices we made yesterday. Both Prophet Isaiah and Hosea warned though respectively (Isa. 5:13; Hos. 4:6) “Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst;” My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you for being priests for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”  Because we had rejected the knowledge of God, He also has rejected us and that’s why many have perished in our midst, and many suffer lack and want while several others, are languishing in poverty. May the Lord help us!

 THE TOWER OF BABEL

Chapter eleven of Genesis begins in this manner (Gen. 11:1-9) “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.”  When the people speak one language, they will dwell in unity and very little of strife and contention will be experienced. Unlike different languages, there will be contention as I belong to such and such tribe and such individuals. (V. 3-4) then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”  They had bricks for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, Come, let us built for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Because of one language, unity and oneness, they were able to cooperate, make bricks and mortars and began the construction of the tower. And could it be that they spoke different languages and come from different tribes, then they would have waited for their political leaders from their own tribes to give them a go ahead. And the only place they missed here which made God to come down and see what the son of men were doing is  when they lifted up themselves to build a tower that reached heaven  and make a name for themselves.

(V. 5) “But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be held from them. “  Even God Himself was perplexed with the progress and the speed of the sons of men and He had to act first and immediately before these men could rich Him through the tower they were building. There is a phrase which says, “United we stand, divided we fall.” Which means- if we work together, we will succeed but if we fight each other, we will of course fail and fall (V. 7) “Come, Let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”   See, when people speak different languages; there is confusion and misunderstanding as compared to when we all speak one language. I have seen some wicked men and women in some places, they are transferred to work in different place away from their own tribes and because they don’t belong to that tribe; they don’t care whether they deliver or not but wait for their wages at the end of the month.  To such I would liken them as Jesus puts it, “Hypocrites and whitewashed tombs,” There are also a category of people who speak same language and if it happens that a fellow brethren but from a different tribe joins in their company, these fellows do not recognized the presence of a fellow and speak either Swahili or English, but busy speaking in their own language, I don’t really know what to liken with such! (V. 8) “So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.”  When the people speak one language, they leave in unity and as one man. But when they speak different languages they need not to dwell together any more but to be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.  What they had feared in verse four did come to pass as they were scattered from each other and the building ceased as they were not able to understand one another and being far from each other as well. (V. 9) “Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the earth.”

PRAYER

It is my humble prayer that the Lord may have mercy and remember our nation Kenya so that we may never in any way be confused elements but people united together as one nation with a zeal to vote a king who will bring this nation together as one people without regarding our tribes or where we come from but speak one language and regard one another as brethren. As Your Word declared in, (Ps 133:1-3) O, God, “That how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!  It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; and from there O Father, You command the blessing- life forevermore.” Righteous Father, we have been living as confused elements, and that’s why Thy blessing has left us out O God. Everlasting Father, The I am Who I am, harken to the cry of my heart today, and heal our nation Kenya O God, create in us a new spirit and a new heart so that with Thy knowledge, wisdom and understanding our eyes may be opened to vote only the king that You have ordained to transform the nation Kenya and the people at large.  I take power and authority as I subdue, destroy, throw down, pull down and uproot every spirit of tribalism, the spirit of corruption, the spirit of bloodshed of the innocent blood, the spirit of kidnapping, theft and robbery and the spirit of rigging during the election to come out of this nation; by fire, by thunder, by lightening, by brimstone, by rain and by flood in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth Amen.  I plant and build unity, love and peace that surpass all human understanding in the Mighty name of Jesus to be experienced in every corner of the nation Amen. Sweet Spirit of God; take over, take charge, take control and have Your way in our nation Kenya Amen.

“Grace to you and Favor from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. Amen and Amen and Amen.”