The Tower of Babel Painting by Pieter Breugel the Elder Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Man Builds a Tower To Make A Name For Himself
In Genesis Chapter 10 verses 8-10 and Chapter 11 we read of King Nimrod's attempt to make a name for himself by building a city for themselves and a tower reaching up to heaven, so they were not scattered about the world. Until this time "the whole world used the same language and the same words." (Genesis 11:1)
It was a flagrant attempt by man to be God and reflected the sin of Satan in his attempt for a takeover of God's throne - an attempt that did not go unnoticed by God, who decided to take immediate action.
In verses 7 to 9 God decides to descend to the city and scatter the inhabitants over the face of the earth and put an end to their building work leaving the tower unfinished. He also declared the city be called Babel, "because there the LORD confused the languages across the whole earth."
The European Union's Tower of Babel
Is it coincidence that the European Union Parliament looks like the unfinished Tower of Babel?
They even issued a poster to commemorate the opening of the building with the slogan "Many Tongues, One Voice".
What a coincidence!