The Fruit Of Babel - Genesis 11:3-4

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” - Genesis 11:3-4

    There seem to be three benchmarks of this sordid story of man’s self-aggrandizement:
    1) Men believed they could trespass against a holy God.
    2) They believed they could do what they wanted and as they wished.
    3) They believed they could use every means at their disposal to do as they pleased.
    As we can see early on in Genesis 11, men were starting out on the same treacherous foundation that cost Adam and Eve their place in the garden. And just as with Adam and Eve, their slippery footing also ended in a fall. God does not look kindly on the excesses of man’s pride. ‘Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’ - Deuteronomy 32:35.
    God accomplishes His will despite everything that man can devise to thwart it. There is no moment in human history when God is caught unaware of man’s disobedience. No matter how often man has tried to get the jump on God, man is frustrated in his attempts. God might not move immediately to curb the diabolic plans of men, but He moves in His own time to do so. “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9.     People often accuse God of failing to stop ungodly behavior and evil in its tracks. “Where was God?” They scream, then bring up the 9-1-1 attacks, the Holocaust, the institution of slavery, to name but-a-few of the more graphic illustrations of man’s inhumanity to man. Among the more continuing issues of barbarism and brutality, they cite abortion, sexual depravity, and corruption to show that God is seemingly uninvolved in such pedestrian wickedness. But we must never make the mistake of assuming that God is aloof during such examples of depravity simply because He doesn’t hurl a lightning bolt to stop the violence. We must remember that God is patient, just, and wrathful. Think first of God’s enduring promise: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28. We too, must, therefore exemplify patience.
    And let us not forget that as for those who refuse to repent and are intent on enacting Satan’s iniquity in this world, God has made us another promise: “And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.”: Revelation 19:20-21. God’s Word is often graphically harsh, and so it should be to those who would build themselves a city and make a name for themselves, transgressing God’s laws.
    Despite the lawlessness and evil in the world today, we must recall the words of Jesus Christ: “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33. For those who are truly in Christ, peace is coming.