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By Donna Martelli
01/22/20
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High and lifted up, magnificent and regal, towers historically have symbolized human strength and superiority. Regal and spectacular, they are monuments to human achievement, arrogance and pride. Way back in Bible days, the Tower of Babel was an effort of the people to reach God and ultimately to be like Him. What would they have done then? With unbridled egos I imagine they would have worshiped themselves and required that others worship them as well. As the story goes, God would have nothing to do with that so he confounded their language, thus assuring that they could not complete the work.

Have you ever noticed that where the highest towers are tells us where the seats of power are located in the earth? Prior to the twenty-first century, the tallest towers were in the United States. The Empire State Building, with only 102 floors, was the crowning achievement of the 1930s. The Sears Tower (1973 -2009), now named the Willis Tower, in Chicago was also impressive, boasting 110 stories. Of course, we remember the two towers of the World Trade Center. In a study of the ten tallest towers in the world, I learned that only one of them currently is in the US. It is the World Trade Center in New York City and it is number six. There has obviously been a shift in power in just the last ten years. Of the ten tallest towers in the world, there are five in China, two in Saudi Arabia, one in Taiwan, one in North Korea and one in the US. Let that sink in.

Speaking of yet future days, Isaiah 30:25 (ESV) says: “And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.” I believe that God will cause all of our towers to fall as only He deserves the place of exaltation that they represent. The Name of Jesus is above all. He is our high tower. Human pride will be abased when He creates the new heavens and the new earth that will be filled with righteousness. Those of us who know Jesus will rule and reign with Him for 1000 years and then live with Him forever!

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