Glimpses Of Grace: A Review of The Tower of Babel

Thursday, May 9, 2013

A Review of The Tower of Babel

I received the book Tower of Babel By Bodie Hodge for free from Attic Books, a division of New Leaf Publishing Group, and in return I am sharing my honest opinion in my review of this book. Tower of Babel is filled with both biblical and historical evidence that shows existence for the people and the tower of babel.  I walked away from this book feeling how can anyone deny the existence of God and his personal involvement in our everyday lives. This books shows God does not sit idly by and watch us do thing that would be detrimental to His plans for our lives, yet He is a loving God who is looking out for our good and for His glory.

The author makes it clear that denying the account of Babel, is really all tied up in our denial of the total authority of God and His Word. Bodie Hodge begins the book by looking at the pronunciation of the word “Babel”. He shows how over the years, languages were altered, and certain words lost their meanings and correct pronunciations.  Case in point is the word "Babel". Mr. Hodge makes it clear that even if a word changes, it true meaning remains the same. Even if we try to change the pronunciation and the meaning of the word babel, the account in Genesis clearly reveals God's intentions for the people of Babel.

Bodie Hodge presents well researched viewpoints showing why God dispersed the people at Babel. He makes it clear that the people at Babel was blatantly disobeying God. They were well aware that God wanted them to spread through the world but in their own words in Genesis 11: 4 "Then they said, Come, let us build 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." Who else but God were they referring to when they said "lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth"? They knew what God wanted them to do, but just like the people who deny this account they wanted to have it their own way.

It is obvious that the problem with the people at Babel is the same problem that has haunted mankind since the time sin was introduced into the world, and that is, we want to be the masters of our own destiny and to sin without any consequences. In Chapter 28, Mr. Hodge stated Atheists and Humanists view the incident at the tower of Babel as mythology and he feels the reason for this is "because they have bought into a false worldview, so when they read the account it is foolishness to them." I  totally agree with him, to any unbeliever the things of God is foolishness and that is why they are perishing.

Mr. Hodge did an excellent job of presenting biblical and historical evidence for the existence of the incidence of the people and the tower of babel, but it is my believe, that even if the historical evidence did not exist, the word of God can stand alone and until a person decides to examine the word of God for themselves and allow the Holy Spirit open their eyes they will never believe therefore they will forever wander in darkness.