Angels Before and After Noah’s Flood
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The Builders of Babel
Some of the descendants of Noah soon began to apostatize.... Some
disbelieved in the existence of God.... Others believed that God ex-
isted.... Those who were enemies of God felt daily reproved by the
righteous conversation and godly lives of those who loved, obeyed,
and exalted God. The unbelieving consulted among themselves and
agreed to separate from the faithful.... They journeyed a distance from
them, and selected a large plain wherein to dwell. They built them
a city, and then conceived the idea of building a large tower to reach
unto the clouds, that they might ... be no more scattered.... They would
build their tower to a much greater height than the waters prevailed in
the time of the Flood ... and they would be as gods and rule over the
people....
They exalted themselves against God. But He would not permit
them to complete their work. They had built their tower to a lofty
height, when the Lord sent two angels to confound them in their
work.... The angels confounded their language.... After this, there
was no harmony in their work. Angry with one another and unable to
account for the misunderstanding, and strange words among them, they
left the work and separated from each other, and scattered abroad in the
earth. Up to this time, men had spoken but one language. Lightning
from heaven, as a token of God’s wrath, broke off the top of their
tower, casting it to the ground.—
The Spirit of Prophecy 1:92, 93
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