A Tale of Two Migdals ...

Josephus tells us, Nimrod and some of his men had planned to build the tower high enough and then defeat God with their army ....

Jesus seems to be very well aware of this:

Luke 14:28 For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it 29 Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, 30 Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? 32 Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

Now, let's recall what Josephus said about Nimrod's motivations. He was trying to save man from another Flood. So, this is in a way a tale of two saviours.

We are waiting for the celebration of the birth of the true one. We are also waiting for His return.

It's a false one who is in Genesis, and another (or according to Rob Skiba even same) false one who'll be on the scene in Apocalypse before Christ returns.

Now, because this blog is very Genesis oriented, just barely strays into Exodus and Joshua for chronology reasons, I have more than once spoken about that first post-Flood false saviour.

What was the exact word used for the tower structure of Nimrod ? It's Migdal.

I looked it up in Hebrew English interlinear, but I already was sure that was the word I would find.

There is a tower in the life of Jesus too. Some say that He was born in Migdal Eder, my friend Damien Mackey being one of them. I am not sure, but it would be fitting, for this very definite anti-Nimrod to also have His own migdal. When I looked up a cross-reference in Genesis 35:21, I saw this is translated as "Flock tower" — a very fitting place of birth to the Shepherd of our souls.

Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.

But, I also find it interesting, the present day ruins of this tower and perhaps even the original tower itself, are the right size for ... a rocket. What I think Nimrod's tower was intended to. Let's prefer Bethlehem over Cape Canaveral, Bajkonur and Babel.

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
III Lord's Day of Advent, Gaudete
17.XII.2023

PS, if you prefer the Church of the Nativity, consider that a tower meaning "tower of the herd" could have been where the shepherds saw the angels./HGL

Credits: Nativity and the Migdal Eder
Damien Mackey
https://www.academia.edu/111586247/Nativity_and_the_Migdal_Eder