Human-created governments and systems of economy have been, and will be, used by God as part of His unfolding plan of salvation, judgment, and renewal

From Babel to Babylon: 

God’s Problem With Centralized Power

by R.J. MOELLER

The Bible does not have a detailed plan for how the government of a modern nation of 300 million people should operate. If you’re looking for specifics on what the United States’ tariff policy with Finland ought to be, you’re plum out of luck. If you wantcanonical guidance as to the precise degree of control the filibuster should have over legislative proceedings in the U.S. Senate, you’re barking up the wrong tree.

With plenty of issues in the socio-political and economic realms left unaddressed, the earnest Believer is building upon the certain, clear-cut revelations in Scripture as he or she constructs a cohesive worldview. We must work to avoid the temptation to let emotional responses dictate what policies and practices we will adopt as individuals, families, and as a nation.

The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 is a very important piece of that “What does God have to say about politics/economics?” puzzle that Christians have wrestled with for thousands of years.

Verses 1 and 2:


1Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 

2And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Up until this point in human history, God had been explicitly clear that humans were supposed to “fill the earth and subdue it.” His plan was for mankind to utilize all of creation for their benefit and His glory.

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