How False Religions Began At The Tower Of Babel — And Why You Missed It!
Michael Heiser presents a distinctive interpretation of the Tower of Babel narrative, arguing that it marks the origin of false religions through a divine realignment of spiritual authority. At Babel, humanity rebelled against God’s command to spread across the earth and instead sought to build a tower to “make a name” for themselves, effectively attempting to bring God down to their level to serve their purposes—not to reach heaven, but to control divine power. In response, God confused their languages and scattered them. According to Heiser, this was not just a linguistic judgment but a cosmic reorganization: God assigned each nation to a “son of God” or divine being—members of His heavenly council—who were meant to rule justly but fell into rebellion.
This event explains the origin of false religions: the foreign gods of the nations were not imaginary but real spiritual beings—fallen members of God’s divine council—who were given authority over nations after Babel. Israel alone remained Yahweh’s chosen people, called to mediate between God and the world.
Heiser bases this on Deuteronomy 32:8–9, which he reads as indicating God divided the nations according to the “number of the sons of God” (not “sons of Israel”), supported by the Septuagint and some Dead Sea Scrolls. This “Deuteronomy 32 worldview” frames the Bible as a story of spiritual warfare between Yahweh and rebellious divine beings.
Critics argue Heiser’s view misinterprets Scripture, especially by elevating extrabiblical sources (like Ugaritic texts) and redefining “sons of God” as a literal divine council. They maintain that the biblical view affirms Yahweh’s sole sovereignty, not a divided spiritual hierarchy.
Despite controversy, Heiser’s framework offers a supernatural worldview where the Tower of Babel was the pivotal moment when God withdrew from direct rule over the nations, setting the stage for Israel’s mission and ultimately Christ’s redemptive work.
What Does The KJV Bible Say?
Dr. Michael Heiser was a biblical scholar known for promoting what he called the “Deuteronomy 32 Worldview,” a framework that reinterprets the Tower of Babel narrative through the lens of the divine council and ancient Near Eastern cosmology. According to Heiser, the event at Babel was not merely about language confusion or human pride, but a cosmic turning point where God disinherited the nations and assigned them to lesser divine beings—“sons of God”—who later led humanity into idolatry.
This moment, Heiser argues, marks the origin of false religions across the world. While most traditional teachings focus on Genesis 11:1–9, Heiser emphasizes Deuteronomy 32:8–9 (as preserved in ancient manuscripts) to explain the broader spiritual fallout of Babel.
Although the King James Version (KJV) does not reflect the oldest textual readings of Deuteronomy 32:8, Heiser relies on critical scholarship and ancient manuscripts (like the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint) to reconstruct the original text. Below is a comparison of key verses relevant to his theory:
| Bible Passage (KJV) | Heiser’s Interpretation | Original Reading (Based on DSS & LXX) |
| Genesis 11:1–9“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language… Come, let us go down, and there confound their language…” | This is not just about pride or architecture. The tower was a ziggurat, a sacred mountain meant to bring heaven to earth. Humanity sought to invade the divine realm and bypass God’s authority. | Same in KJV, but Heiser emphasizes the plural “us” (cf. Gen 1:26) as evidence of the divine council. |
| Deuteronomy 32:8KJV: “When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.” | Heiser argues this is a corrupted reading. The phrase “children of Israel” doesn’t make sense chronologically—Israel didn’t exist at Babel. | Preferred reading: “according to the number of the sons of God” (based on DSS 4QDeutn and LXX). This indicates God divided the nations among divine beings. |
| Deuteronomy 32:9“For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” | This contrasts Israel with the other nations. While the other nations were given over to lesser gods, Israel was chosen as God’s direct possession. | Fully supported in all texts. Central to Heiser’s argument of divine election. |
| Psalm 82:1“God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.” | “God” (Yahweh) presides over a council of elohim (gods/divine beings). These are the same beings assigned to nations in Deut 32:8. | Heiser sees this as a courtroom scene where God judges corrupt divine beings who led nations into idolatry. |
| Deuteronomy 4:19–20“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven… and be driven to worship them… But the LORD hath taken you… to be unto him a people of inheritance…” | God warns Israel not to worship the host of heaven—sun, moon, stars—because these were allotted to other nations. Israel is to worship only Yahweh. | Supports the idea that other nations were under the authority of celestial beings, now corrupted. |
Why This View Is Often Missed
Heiser’s theology hinges on the existence of a divine council—a heavenly assembly of spiritual beings (called elohim, “gods,” or “sons of God”) who serve under Yahweh’s sovereignty. At Babel:
- Humanity united in rebellion, seeking to ascend to heaven and make a name for themselves.
- In response, Yahweh disinherited the nations—not destroying them, but delegating them to the sons of God.
- These beings were meant to govern justly, but many rebelled, leading their assigned nations into idolatry and false worship.
This explains why the Old Testament frequently refers to “the gods of the nations”—they are not mere idols, but real spiritual entities (now fallen) who became objects of worship.
Most Christians miss this interpretation for several reasons:
- Textual Corruption: The Masoretic Text (basis of KJV and many English Bibles) reads “sons of Israel” in Deuteronomy 32:8, which makes chronological sense only if read anachronistically.
- Lack of Ancient Context: Modern readers often lack knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern cosmology, where divine councils and patron gods were common.
- Fear of Polytheism: The idea of “gods” in the Bible is often dismissed as metaphorical, but Heiser argues it reflects real spiritual hierarchy.
- Simplistic Sunday School Narratives: The Babel story is often reduced to “God stopped a tall tower by confusing languages,” missing its cosmic and theological depth.
Critical Responses to Heiser’s Theory
While influential, Heiser’s view is controversial and has been challenged:
- Textual Priority: Critics argue that the “sons of Israel” reading, while problematic, may be original, and the “sons of God” reading could be a theological interpretation.
- Mosaic Authorship: Heiser’s reliance on later manuscripts assumes late redaction, which contradicts traditional views of Mosaic authorship.
- Angelology vs. Theology: Some theologians argue that angels, not “gods,” are the beings in view, and that equating them with national deities risks syncretism.
- 70 Nations, 70 Gods?: The idea that there are exactly 70 divine beings (matching the 70 nations in Genesis 10) is questioned, as angelic numbers in Scripture are typically innumerable.
Despite this, Heiser’s use of Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint evidence has gained traction among some scholars.
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This is a major important point about forgiveness
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. -MATTHEW 5:24 KJV
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
I would start out by saying what Jesus Christ would want us to do? Pray and how should we pray? The Lord’s Prayer, and how often should we pray? Continually. Why do we use the Lord’s Prayer and not some other? The Lord’s Prayer covers all the areas that is important for our spiritual being.
When we pray the Lords prayer we ask to forgive our enemies, let God’s will be done, the kingdom to come. By praying the Lord’s prayer we let go of many thoughts we have in our head and give them back to God so we can have things revealed to us.
We must overcome resentment in our heart, and in a past video I shared about Dr. Jordan Peterson talks about how resentment can destroy us and we become our own very worst enemy and Jordan goes on to say that we must talk to people what we have resentment toward to overcome that resentment. Other people who lived in the past who talked about this is Jesus Christ and someone who is living now who talks about this daily is Brother Augustine, Dr. John MacArthur, Dr. Charles Stanley, Rev. John Piper and Pastor Paul Washer.
Women are looking for a fathers love
Women are looking for a fathers love. Its important that men understand women are looking for a fathers love and not get screwed. Woman more than anything are looking for a strong spiritual man to lead the future (the family). I think in many YouTube videos on biblical teachings, how young women are being hurt by men that are just looking to get laid instead of doing right and being in Christ and setting a good example of a strong man. We must be in Christ, hate no one, love all, forgave theses we resent, love what is right and support people who are walking with God.
Women need their fathers in their lives to be strong man to be good examples and not BETA men or weak examples of what a man should be. Its important that a man leads the way as Christ leads men, we as man need to fellow Jesus Christ to keep society from going to HELL.
Every day you can see or people watch how some men and women our living in hell without the right spiritual order then you will continue your hellish way according to 2 Peter. You can also find it in Romans. God will give you over to a reprobate mind.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. – Romans 1:28 (KJV)
In Romans 1, Paul refers to something known as a reprobate mind. If you’re not familiar with the term reprobate, the literal definition in the Greek is failing to pass the test, unapproved, counterfeit.
Spiritual Order – In The Family and Church
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Here is Book, Chapter and Verse from the Kings James Version 1 Corinthian 11:2-16, But the main message is in 1 Corinthian 11:3: “3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
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How God Commands Us To Forgive Those Who We Have Resentment Toward.
All of us are tested everyday by our personal internal struggle coming from resentment of what happened earlier in our lives as children typically what our mother did to us, telling how our fathers were not good enough or driving us away from our fathers when we were children. We most go to the people that we have resentment against and forgive them. By forgiving our mothers or whoever we have resentment against, God will forgive us and we can return to the heavenly Father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
It was said if you don’t love everyone then you love no one. People today live like the Old Testament people did. We must forgive and love everyone as God Commanded us to do according to Matthew 22:34-40.
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Its is said: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 King James Version (KJV)
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