The Trump Tower ... of Babel?

The Trump Tower . . . of Babel?
The Trump Tower . . . of Babel?

On the Plain of Shinar in the Land of Babylon, humanity, fresh from the Fall and the Flood impose their own will on God's. Rather than obeying His command to scatter and bless they will do something to halt their spread. They construct a tower to be at the core of human existence, rather than God.

The Babel-builders make their own stone, and whip up their own mortar. The tower is human-made and artificial, a poor substitute for the "mountain of God" where He is highly exalted.

The tower is actually a perch where lofty humans love to roost.

Trump's tower has three tiers, which we will examine in this series. The first is populist progressivism, the second judgment-impairing presumption, and finally solipsist selfism.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/trumps-tower-of-babel-part-1-roosevelts-roost-142588/

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