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b'Some of our most memorable mistakes can come when we try to speak a different language from our own. A mistake like this happened to me when I was in Guatemala\\u2014because I speak very little Spanish.\\nAt one point during the trip, we went to a busy market. A man started speaking to me in Spanish. The problem was, I only understood some of the words he was saying. So, I attempted to say in Spanish, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I don\\u2019t speak Spanish.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I knew right away I\\u2019d made a mistake because he gave me the strangest look. It turns out I didn\\u2019t tell him, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I don\\u2019t speak Spanish\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d; I told him he didn\\u2019t speak Spanish.\\nLanguage confusion is nothing new. In Genesis 11, we read that all people once spoke the same language. Unfortunately, the people got really prideful and decided to build a tower to \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153make a name\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d for themselves so they could be praised as being better than God (verse 4). To stop their wickedness\\u2014which God knew would only grow worse\\u2014God confused the people by making it so they spoke different languages and couldn\\u2019t understand each other anymore (verses 6-7). The incident was so memorable that that place was named \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Babel\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (sometimes called \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Babylon\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d)\\u2014which means \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153confusion\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (verse 9).\\nThroughout Scripture, the names of Babel and Babylon are used to talk about an actual wicked city and kingdom as well as to symbolize the wickedness and brokenness of humanity as a whole. But here\\u2019s the good news: in Christ, Babylon won\\u2019t have the last word (Revelation 18). People of all languages who have put their trust in Jesus will live forever with Him, free from the brokenness of sin and death (Revelation 7:9-17; 21:1-5). \\u2022 Melissa Yeagle\\n\\u2022 Babylon both figuratively and literally shows the sin and confusion of our broken world. Read Revelation 18 and 21:1-8. How is Jerusalem, God\\u2019s city, different from the city of Babylon? \\n\\u2022 At Pentecost, God showed how He is redeeming language for His kingdom (Acts 2). Why is it so important that God\\u2019s people in Christ come \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153from every nation, tribe, people, and language\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Revelation 7:9)? \\nAfter this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nLuke 8:16-18; John 8:12; Revelation 21:22-27'