Davar Kingdom Of God

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Eph 4:2-3). Note the phrase, “the unity of the Spirit.” There are all kinds of unity in which people gather and stay together, but we Christians are to keep “the unity of the Spirit.” Talking of unity, we are reminded of the story of the tower of Babel. Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there (Gen 11:1-2). These people moved eastward. After humans were driven out of the Garden of Eden, they moved eastward: Cain lived in the land, “east of Eden (4:16),” and the descendants of Shem in the post-diluvian period, especially, those of Joktan, lived “in the eastern hill country (10:30).” At this point, the sons of two brothers, Joktan and Peleg, were separated geographically and lived in different lands (cf. 10:25). This might be related to the fact that the more archa