Today's passage of Scripture is Deuteronomy 33:27 which reads: "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them."

Today's words from a theologian are from Norman Geisler. He said: "Only Jesus has prophecies made hundreds of years in advance made literally true. Only He did miracles; only His immediate followers claimed He died and rose from the dead, so in comparison, He comes out superior to other great religious leaders."

Our first topic for today is titled "God’s Unique Characteristics (Part 1)" from the book, "Understanding Theology in 15 Minutes a Day" by Dr. Daryl Aaron.

Theology that focuses on God specifically — who he is and what he has done — is known as "theology proper." This is really the most important topic in theology, because if you do not understand God properly, you cannot understand the rest of theology properly. Everything else flows from God’s character and work, even what we have already looked at: God’s Word.

God is an infinite being, and therefore we cannot know him perfectly and exhaustively. In this sense, God is "incomprehensible." Nevertheless, God has revealed himself — primarily through his Son, Jesus Christ — and therefore he is comprehensible to an extent. Our goal, then, is to so desire to know our amazingly great God that we continue to deepen our understanding of him for the rest of our lives.

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Our second topic for today is titled "Theology of the Noahic Era (Part 3)" from "The Moody Handbook of Theology" by Dr. Paul Enns.

TOWER OF BABEL

In the land of Shinar the people found a plain and settled down. Here they decided to build a city "and a tower whose top will reach into heaven". Some think this was a ziggurat, an elevated platform on which worship was conducted. When the Lord saw what the people were doing, He confused their speech to prevent them from proceeding with their construction. The terminology describing God's action is illuminating. The Lord's transcendence and immanence are evident. He who is distant "came down" to see what the people were doing. The Trinity is also implied in the statement "Let Us go down".

The sin of the people was: (1) they were rebelling against the explicit command of God; (2) they were seeking their own glory instead of the Lord's glory. They declared, "let us make...let us build for ourselves...let us make for ourselves"; (3) they wanted to make a name for themselves. They wanted to build a tower that would bring them honor; (4) they wanted to avoid dispersion so they built a tower that would become a rallying point. They wanted to build their own kingdom instead of God's kingdom. Through the confusion of the language, God accomplished His purpose. The people were scattered and fulfilled His command by filling the earth.

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