Genesis 11:5 - Homilies By J.f. Montgomery

The cities of men and the city of God

( Genesis 11:5 ; Hebrews 11:16 ).

I. THEIR BUILDERS . Of the first, men—mostly wicked men; of the second, the Architect of the universe.

II. THEIR ORIGIN . Of the first (Enoch, Genesis 4:17 ; and Babel, Genesis 11:5 ), hostility to God; of the second, love to man.

III. THEIR DESIGN . Of the first, to be a bond of union among sinners; of the second, to be a residence for God's children.

IV. THEIR APPEARANCE . Of the first, that of slime, mud, bricks, or at best stones; of the second, that of gold and pearls.

V. THEIR DURATION . Of the first, it is written that with all the other works of man, they shall be burnt up; of the second that it shall be everlasting.— W .