A Skeptic Analyses, Interprets and Provides Commentary on the Holy Bible: GENESIS Chapter 11
GENESIS Chapter 11 (KJV)
I want to begin straight away by saying that I expect this chapter to be of interest because it is chapter 11, and in fact, 1:11 if you include the book number. Eleven is a number I associate with ascension, or "elevation," and that many spiritual people are stalked by to a degree that is mathematically improbable. I expect there to be some sort of clue on what ascension is or how to achieve it within this chapter, simply because of the chapter number, and the 1:11, three ones that could represent that Holy trinity - whatever that is(we'll hopefully learn later)
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 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.
Who is they? Does this refer to the entirety of humanity, journeying together?
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And so it turns out to be the tower of Babel(Babylon) chapter. This seems very much to be about ascension as expected by the chapter number, but, whether it is a true form of ascension or a pseudo-spiritual elevation I am no longer sure, as if the tower is a metaphor at all, then this could speak to the creation of a false heaven. Just an idea, but we'll take a closer look.
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Should the almighty Creator, if that is who the Lord is, be worried about men? I would think only if the Creator has made man powerful enough to achieve anything - if not alone then certainly when together.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
This cannot be all that is to be said about the tower of Babel, I hope. I have noticed the Bible seems to briefly introduce things and then go into more detail later, and I think I have read a more detailed account on the tower of Babel, so hopefully I am remembering correctly, and this topic will arrive again later in greater detail for me to analyse closely.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Though perhaps not particularly relevant to the Bible, the first mentioning of the tower of Babel in chapter 11 has led me to think about the events of 9/11. Obviously, 9/11 has an 11 in it, and also if you add 9+1+1, it is 11. And the towers themselves looked like a massive 11. I am sure there are likely more 11's surrounding the event, and I may even remember one of the flight numbers being 11, though I am not certain on this. But the point is, this 11, and the tower of babel, and the notion of ascending to heaven, has presented a worrying theory - albeit it an unlikely one - to me. If you understand the nature of magick, and specifically ceremonial magick, then the twin towers falling could represent a ritual intended to express a desire to remove the possibility for people to ascend to heaven. If such a thing is even possible. Who knows. Just thought I would share the thought.