Nimrodian Futility

I. Introduction

1. Ecclesiastes 1:9
2. A unique archeological find.
3. A common misunderstanding

II. What God did and why:

1. God came down.
2. He did not knock the tower down. He _____________ their language.

1. Understand why God did what He did is tied to_____________.

1. They were to spread out all over the world, but instead they settled down in Shinar.
2. Nimrod was a_____________.

1. Some believe Nimrod is Ninurta, the god of war & hunting whose title is lugal Marada, “King of Marad.” He goes onto become_____________, the main god of the Babylonians.

1. The city and the tower were an attempt to raise a human universal_____________ of men.

1. Foreshadowing of the Antichrist.

1. The tower was the_____________ into the supernatural with Nimrod being seen as a living god.

D. Man is overstepping his_____________.

E. The abandoning of God’s_____________ for their own.

III. What God is Saying to Us:

1. There is power in agreement.
2. We are all threatened by the sin of Babel, the sin of_____________

1. We are living at the end of time.
   1. Satan’s strategy: the_____________
   2. God’s plan: be filled with the_____________.

IV. Conclusion