Sunday, March 26, 2017

Sibylline Books & Babel


And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Genesis 11:1
 
"Ancient Romans carefully protected the Sibylline Books as part of Apollo worship. Which Genesis event does this Sibylline remnant call to mind?
And all mankind one language only knew… And now all intercourse, By some occult and overruling power, Ceased among men. By utterance they strove, Perplexed and anxious, to disclose their mind, But their lip failed them; and in lieu of words Produced a painful babbling sound: the place Was thence called Babel.*
Also, the famous Tower of Babel stele shows Nebuchadnezzar II, who destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C., and his plans to finish building the infamous tower that had been abandoned hundreds of years earlier." ICR

Kingdoms of the World – Sibylline Oracles Book 3.1-294
* "The “main book” begins in line 97 with a historical survey of the world beginning with the tower of Babel in the tenth generation of men from the flood (97-109).  A lengthy section discusses the Titans and their battles (110-161). God ultimately puts an end to the Titans and the cycles of the history of men began..."