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Why the Nations Were Divided After Babel

This reaction explores Michael Heiser’s explanation of how the Bible itself understands the origin of religions, not as later human inventions but as part of an ancient biblical worldview shaped by key moments like the flood and the event at Babel. According to this framework, humanity began with a shared knowledge of the true God, but after Babel that unity fractured. The division of nations was not only linguistic and geographic, but spiritual. Deuteronomy 32 presents a picture in which the nations were allotted to lesser divine beings, while Israel was set apart as Yahweh’s own inheritance. From that point on, the biblical story unfolds in a world where multiple spiritual powers govern the nations, often in opposition to God’s purposes. In this reaction, I work through how this “cosmic geography” helps make sense of why the Old Testament treats the gods of the nations as real spiritual powers rather than mere metaphors, and why Israel’s covenant is portrayed as both sacred and contested ground. This worldview explains the constant tension in the biblical narrative between Israel and the surrounding nations, as well as the language of conflict with principalities, powers, and territorial spiritual beings that appears later in texts like Daniel and the writings of Paul. Rather than flattening the Bible into a modern philosophical system, Heiser insists that we read it as ancient audiences would have understood it, within a supernatural framework that shaped their understanding of history, politics, and worship. The reaction also looks at how this storyline continues into the New Testament, where the mission of the Messiah is framed as the reclamation of the nations. Jesus is presented not only as Israel’s Messiah but as the one who holds authority over all spiritual powers and calls the nations back to God. Seen this way, themes like salvation, spiritual warfare, and the spread of the gospel are not abstract ideas, but the resolution of a conflict that began at Babel and runs through the entire biblical narrative. This video is a reflective response as a viewer engaging with these ideas in real time — questioning, connecting passages, and thinking through how this framework reshapes familiar biblical texts. Whether you agree with Heiser’s conclusions or not, this approach offers a challenging and historically grounded way to read the Bible that takes its ancient context seriously and sheds light on why Scripture speaks the way it does about gods, nations, and spiritual powers. #bible #religion #deuteronomy32 #babel #michaelheiser #theology #biblicalworldview #divinecouncil #originoftreligions #christianthought