🧱 Get Right Before You Get Left

By Steven Jones

Daily Blog: Genesis 11 — The Tower of Babel (Parallels to today’s culture of globalism, moral collapse, sex trafficking, and spiritual apathy.)

📖 Genesis 11:1–9 Read It Now

“Now the whole earth had one language… They said, ‘Come, let us build us a city and a tower…’ Then the LORD confused their language… and scattered them…”

Key point: Humanity tried to build unity apart from God. God reversed it. He scattered them.

🌍 Modern-Day Babel: One World Government in the Making?

• A global opinion survey of 42,000 respondents across 17 countries showed significant interest in centralized, technocratic governance. (Source: Ghassim, 2024. Oxford Academic)
• In 2022, half of all countries saw net declines in democratic performance. (Source: International IDEA)

We’re living in the age of internationalism that echoes Babel—a unity without God.

🙅‍♂️ Modern “Tammuz” — Sexual Immorality & Online Exploitation

• ~70% of Americans say having sex outside marriage is acceptable. (Sources: Cato Institute, New York Post, TIME)
• ~27.6 million people are enslaved globally, most in forced sexual exploitation. (Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
• Over 300 million children suffer online sexual abuse yearly; 12% are solicited or face sextortion. (Source: The Guardian, May 2024)

📖 Scripture Alignments for Our Crisis:

• Genesis 11:1–9 – Human rebellion and confusion
• Colossians 1:15–17 – Christ holds all things together
• Romans 1:21–25 – People trade truth for a lie
• 2 Timothy 4:3–4 – People will turn from sound doctrine
• Matthew 18:3; Mark 16:16 – Salvation for believers
• Luke 10:19 – We have spiritual authority to shut down evil

📊 Reality Check: What Culture Isn’t Fixing

Issue	Global Stat
Trafficked adults	~27.6 million globally
Child online sexual abuse	300M children/year, 12% face sextortion
Sexual immorality approved	~70% of Americans accept premarital sex
Democracy weakening	Net decline in >50% nations (2022)

🙏 It’s Time to Get Right Before We Get Left

If you’re holding onto Egypt—drinking, pornography, sexual freedom, self-worship—understand: they all lead to death, not life.

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” — John 8:36

You can claim that freedom now.

👣 Here’s What You Do:

• Repent — turn from sin and return to truth
• Believe & be baptized (Mark 16:16)
• Use your spiritual authority to pray the blood of Christ over your life and family (Luke 10:19)
• Cancel generational curses — anxiety, fear, addiction — in Jesus’ name
• Walk in holiness daily by the power of the Holy Spirit

💬 Final Thought:

If you’re an unbeliever—it’s not too late. God may be calling YOU to be a warrior in this dark age. Not just a bystander, but someone digging out evil from the trenches.

Share this. Pray over someone. Stand. Be counted.

🧎 Prayer of Repentance, Deliverance & Surrender

Heavenly Father,
I confess that I’ve bought lies. I’ve accepted cultural compromise, sexual immorality, deception, and rebellion. I repent.
I surrender my life completely. Break every chain, cleanse every space. By the blood of Jesus, heal, deliver, renew.
I believe Jesus died and rose again for my sins. I ask You now to baptize me in Your Spirit.
I cancel all generational curses—fear, anxiety, mental illness, addiction—right now in Jesus’ name.
I wield the authority You’ve given me. I rebuke the powers of darkness. I declare Your kingdom and judgment are established.
Heal my nation, protect my family, empower me to be a light.
In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

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