Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
The people after the Flood continued in rebellion, disobedience, and sin against God. One would think that people would turn to the Lord after experiencing the Judgment of the Flood. But No, they defied God’s mandate to overspread the earth. In place of trust and obedience, the people stayed in one place and made gods for themselves and made themselves gods. They built a city and a tower to make a name for themselves instead of calling upon the Name of the Lord. They defiantly said, ”We will not be scattered.”
The people responded by rejecting His judgment (they did not repent) and His grace (they did not believe). They defied the “fill the earth” Command. They rejected the One True Almighty Creator God, and made their own gods. The purpose of the Tower was to ”reach unto heaven:” They built a ”mountain” (a ziggurat) on a flat plain in Mesopotamia to worship all the gods, demons, and evil angels that had already rebelled against the Lord God. They ended up carrying these gods with them to become deities of the nations throughout the world.
As it turned out, the Lord would call Abraham out from these ”nations” so that his Descendant (Seed) would become a ”blessing to the nations.” In spite of both human and supernatural resistance, God will have a people, a kingdom, of God on earth. It will consist of redeemed human beings (along with loyal angels) who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord. This Chosen Group would eventually bring the Kingdom to ”the ends of the earth.” The scattered nations will be called back to the Only True God.