Have you ever pondered just what a task it was for God to change one language at the tower of Babel into the varied languages of the world?

Languages are complex. It takes a long time to learn one well. And He meted out multiple languages in just one day!

I'm not sure it was a big task for God. But I understand what you mean.

pk

HEY PKRAUSE

YES I agree with you about not being a big task for GOD


dgrimm60

Perhaps a re-creation process in the brain or simply rewiring.

I wonder just how many languages it was at the first count.
You know some languages have evolved in recent history.

It's like how many actual animals went into the ark and how many have divided off since that time.

There would be the latin language, the asian languages, the slavic type language.

Right, and the Germanic and Scandinavian, etc.

It would be easier for us if some of them were phonetic, like Esperanto, but I think that Esperanto is a human creation. God really meant business when he divided up the languages!

It's amazing that the combined intellect of multiple highly talented human beings is what it takes for us to accomplish even minor tasks (in God's eyes) and how He effortlessly matches and surpasses those talents by infinite times. All He did was have a multitude of angels touch a few individuals and their language was changed! Amazing. :)

For Him who created the tongue, and Who brought forth plants and aminals with but Words?

Seems to me a simple Word would have been enough for Him to create the incredible complexities of the different language groups we see today.

The languages likely caused the people to break into the various people groups that went out and inhabited the world. These groups would have migrated to various geographical locations. I think of groups like Egyptians (Africa), Mesopotamians (Middle East), Indus (India/Pakistan), Pre-Minoans (Europe), Carales (America), Longshan (China), Aborigines (Australia).

The Tower of Babel happened about 100 years after the Flood. That was well into the ice age. The sea level was lower which allowed for people groups to move out and inhabit the continents much easier than they could have done post-ice-age.

If God were to change your language today, like He did to people at the Tower, you would not be immediatly aware of the change. Unless God left some sort of memory of your former language; But I dont think He would do that. God never reprograms our mind without us knowing and agreeing to any change. It's always a cooperative effort. For God to do otherwise would be changing our identity, killing one person to create another. Ofcourse, God would never do that. An intelligent being is so important, sacred, precious, (I cant come up with the best word here)that He died so that you and I could stay in existance. The Creator doesnt create frivilously.
At the Tower of Babel everyone had the same language. Did the original language survive? If so,maybe Abraham spoke it and if so, Hebrew would be close to what Adam himself spoke and would not that be the language of Heaven?