Hey, this is Dan at Bible Project. I'm the lead podcast editor.

And you might know that we've been exploring a theme called the City.

You know, this is such a big theme that we've actually decided to do two separate Q and R

episodes for it. So we're now taking questions for the first Q and R and we would really love to

hear from you. You can record your question by June 9th and send it to us at info at BibleProject.com.

Let us know your name, where you're from, and try and keep your question to about 20 seconds.

And if you're able to, please transcribe your question in the email when you send it to us.

That is a huge help to our team. Again, our email is info at BibleProject.com.

Okay, that's it. We are really looking forward to hearing from you. Here's our episode.

In the story of the Bible, cities have their origin and human fear and violence.

It's Kane who built the first city as a means of preserving his own life,

instead of trusting God who promised to protect him. One of Kane's descendants, Nimrod,

is the man who builds the second city in the Bible, famously known as Babylon.

Nimrod is depicted as a guy who might be part human, part spiritual being, a bad guy of cosmic

proportions. Sometimes the bad guys in Marvel movies are just like somebody who got hurt and

they're good with electronics. And then sometimes the bad guys are these cosmic demi gods,

Gilgamesh is like that. And Nimrod's like that. And the fact that Nimrod and the city of Babylon

are full of language, all linking back to the Nephilim and Lemek and Kane, providing and presuming

to take God's name and protection and make it for themselves. It's all of that stuff with the

volume turned up to 11. Babylon becomes one city that represents the height of both human and spiritual

rebellion. The people of Babylon are unified, but they're unified around making their own name great.

Humans who define good and bad by their own wisdom is parallel here to Babylon,

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