The Tower of Babel is the biblical point of origin for every false religion, pagan idolatry, cult, and mythological religion in human history.
Les Feldick teaches that the post-flood generation, instead of scattering as God commanded, gathered at Babel under Nimrod and began false religion. God scattered them and confounded their language, but the idolatry that began at Babel spread through the nations and continues to the present day.
Genesis 11:4 — It records the people's stated intention to build a tower to make a name and avoid being scattered — the religious ambition behind Babel.
Genesis 11:8-9 — It shows God scattering the people and confusing their language, the immediate outcome of Babel.
After the flood, Genesis records that the whole earth was of one language and one speech. Journeying east, people found a plain in the land of Shinar and dwelt there. They said, "Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." The LORD came down to see the city and tower, and He said, "Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. The city was called Babel, because the LORD confounded the language of all the earth there. Genesis 10 also shows that Nimrod's kingdom began at Babel in the land of Shinar.
Les Feldick presents Babel as the beginning of all false religion. He teaches that Noah's descendants stayed together in the Middle East rather than obeying God's instruction to scatter and repopulate the earth. Under Nimrod, they gathered at the Tower of Babel in total rebellion. The tower was not intended to reach heaven with brick and stone; it was a place of religion designed to usurp the throne of God religiously, which Les says has always been Satan's goal. From Babel, Les traces every pagan religion, every cult, all Eastern religions, all idolatry, all mythology, and all occultic religions. He also notes that Babel means confusion, and that after God scattered the people, another 200 years went by before God sovereignly called Abram to bring about the nation of Israel. Les even connects Babel to the future, saying the false worldwide religion of Revelation 17 has its roots there.
According to Les, all pagan idolatrous religion began at Babel. Any true cult — even one that uses Scripture — has doctrinal roots that go back to Babel. All Eastern religions, idolatry, mythology, and occultic religions also trace their roots to that event.
The people rejected God's instruction to repopulate and scatter around the world. Instead they stayed near the Euphrates in Mesopotamia and gathered at Babel under Nimrod. Les describes the tower as a place of religion intended to usurp the throne of God religiously, which has always been Satan's goal.
God scattered them from Babel, and the name Babel means confusion. Then another 200 years went by. At that point God sovereignly pulled Abram out of mainstream humanity and promised him the nation of Israel.
Yes. Les says we haven't left Babel behind. Revelation 17 describes a false worldwide religion that will come on the scene in the final seven years of the Tribulation, and it has its roots in Babel.
Biblical Timeline: Creation to Christ's Kingdom!
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All false religion rooted in Babel
Les teaches that every pagan idolatrous religion and true cult has its roots at the Tower of Babel — this is the direct answer to the question.
Rebellion against scattering
Les explains that Babel began with rebellion against God's command to scatter, and that all pagan religion started there.
Babel's roots in paganism
Les warns that every idolatrous, occultic religion and modern cult traces back to Babel, making it foundational to understanding false worship.
Babel's end-times connection
Les connects Babel to Revelation 17, teaching that the Tribulation's false worldwide religion is rooted in Babel.
The tower's religious purpose
Les explains the tower's true purpose: a religious attempt to replace God's instructions with Satan's promotion and usurp God's throne.
Babel in the biblical timeline
Les places Babel midway in the 400-year gap between Noah and Abraham and says Satan instituted pagan and mythological religion there.
From Babel to Abraham
Les follows Babel's aftermath to Abraham: God scattered them, another 200 years passed, then God sovereignly called Abram to begin Israel.
Genesis 11:1: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Establishes the one-language condition of humanity before Babel.
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 us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Shows the builders' religious ambition to make a name and avoid scattering.
Genesis 11:8: So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Records God's direct response: scattering the people from Babel.
Genesis 11:9: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Explains the name Babel and connects it to God confounding human language.
Genesis 10:8-10: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Names Nimrod as the leader whose kingdom began at Babel in Shinar.
Genesis 9:1: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
God's original command to Noah's sons to fill the earth — the command Babel rejected.
Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Shows the next step after Babel: God's call of Abram, which Les places about 200 years later.
Les teaches that every false religion, cult, pagan religion, and mythology has its roots in the Tower of Babel. It was at Babel, under Nimrod, that Satan instituted all pagan and mythological religions.
They rebelled against God's command to scatter and repopulate the earth. Instead they gathered at Babel to build a tower and make a name. God confused their language and scattered them, and the city was named Babel, meaning confusion.
Yes. Les says we haven't left Babel behind. The false worldwide religion described in Revelation 17 during the Tribulation has its roots at the Tower of Babel.
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