“Great Name Building” | Genesis 11:1-9 Bible Study ✞-word | 11.13.24

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Across
  1. 1. Instead of “gate of God”, Scripture says the real name of the wicked city is ____, which sounds like the Hebrew word for confuse/mix up (bālal) (Gen 11:7, 9).
  2. 3. (Two words) Ironically, though mankind wants to build a tower that touched the sky, God has to ___ ___ to see it (Gen 11:5)!
  3. 8. Mankind wants to build a city and a tower to make a ___ for themselves (Gen 11:4; cf. Gen 12:2-3).
  4. 9. After delegating the rule of other nations to other members of His divine council, the LORD takes Israel, from the blessed line of ___ (Genesis 12f.), as His special, treasured possession (Ex 19:5-6; cf. 1 Pet 2:9; also see Dt 32:8-9, ESV; Rom 4:16, 9:24-26; Gal 3:7-9).
  5. 10. God creates mankind in His own image (Gen 1:26-27), and commands them to be fruitful, increase in number, and ___ the earth (Gen 1:28, 9:1).
  6. 11. Mankind migrated from the ___(Gen 11:2), moving further and further away from the blessed location of consecration (i.e., Eden) (Gen 2:8, 3:24, 4:16).
  7. 12. Scripture foretells of the reverse of the curse (Is 2:2; Zep 3:9-10; Rev 7:9-10), a taste of which we read about on the Day of ____ (Ac 2:5-11).
Down
  1. 2. The LORD confuses human ____ , removing an opportunity for sinful unity and prompting mankind to spread out (Gen 10:5, 18, 32, 11:1, 6-7).
  2. 4. On the cross, Christ ____ the divine, demonic foes (Col 2:15; cf. Gen 3:15).
  3. 5. After the Flood, though mankind wants to settle in one place (Gen 11:4), The LORD ___ peoples across the earth, and assigns members of his divine council to rule over various nations (Dt 32:8-9, ESV; cf. Gen 11:4, 8, 9; Psalm 82; Dn 10:20-21).
  4. 6. Shinar is another name for the wicked city of ____ (Gen 11:2), which was said to mean “gate of God”. Throughout Scripture, Babylon is the quintessential symbol for pride and wickedness (see Rev 14:8, 16:19, 17:5, 18:2f.; esp. Rev 18:5).
  5. 7. Mankind wants to build a stairway to ____, most likely a ziggurat (like the famous temple-tower, Etemenanki) (Gen 11:3-4; cf. Gen 28:12). We cannot come to God on our own terms (Jn 14:6)!