Alright, let’s break it down. We’re talking about the Tower of Babel, pyramids all over the world, and how all this fits together with what we know from the Bible. You’ve got to start with Babel because that’s where everything went off the rails, and yet, somehow, it still connects us. Let’s go back to Genesis 11:1-4, where it all begins: “Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’”

These people weren’t just building a tower for fun. This was about pride, plain and simple. They thought, “Hey, let’s show how awesome we are by building something so massive, no one can ignore us!” The Tower of Babel wasn’t a monument to God; it was a monument to human ego. But then God steps in, and that’s where things get interesting.

Genesis 11:5-9 tells us what happens next: “But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.”

God wasn’t afraid of their tower, but He saw where their hearts were. They were united, but for the wrong reasons. So God scattered them, confused their languages, and suddenly, people were all over the world, speaking different tongues and building new lives. And here’s where it gets wild: they didn’t leave their knowledge behind. They took it with them. And that’s why, when you look at ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mexico, and Indonesia, you see these incredible pyramids—massive, pointed structures that seem eerily similar, even though the people building them had no contact with each other.

Now, here’s where most people try to explain it away with some evolutionary theory that says, “Oh, well, maybe they just all came up with the same idea because pyramids are the easiest way to stack blocks.” Really? You think people all over the world just accidentally came up with the same exact style of monumental architecture, all at the same time? Come on! The odds of that happening by random chance are about as likely as winning the lottery while getting struck by lightning—twice.

No, the real explanation is right there in the Bible. When God scattered the nations at Babel, they took their shared knowledge with them. They remembered how to build monumental structures, they remembered their religious practices, and they remembered their traditions. And that’s why you see the same kinds of pyramids popping up in different parts of the world. It’s not coincidence; it’s a common history.

Let’s dive deeper into the pyramids themselves. Egypt has its iconic pyramids, built as tombs for the pharaohs, massive structures pointing toward the heavens. In Mexico, the Aztecs and Mayans built their own pyramids, also linked to religious worship, with steps leading to the top where sacrifices were made to their gods. And in Indonesia, you’ve got similar pyramid-like structures that were tied to religious practices as well. Different regions, different gods, but the same basic idea: huge, towering structures that connect humanity to something greater than themselves. It’s like each of these cultures was trying to recreate their own version of Babel—trying to reach the heavens, trying to regain that connection.

And what about the gods they worshipped? Egypt had Ra, the sun god. The Aztecs in Mexico had Tonatiuh, also a sun god. And guess what? In Indonesia, you see similar deities connected to the sky, the sun, or other celestial powers. It’s almost like all these cultures had a faint memory of the one true Creator, but over time, the message got distorted. They were all reaching for the same thing but missing the mark. The gods they created were reflections of that original knowledge of the Creator they once had, passed down from the time before Babel, when humanity was united under one language and one understanding.

Romans 1:20 says, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” That’s what these pyramids and gods point to—a universal recognition of a higher power, of something beyond themselves. Even though their knowledge got fragmented and twisted after Babel, the echoes of that original truth still lingered. They knew there was a Creator. They knew there was something bigger than themselves. They just didn’t have the full picture anymore.

So what does this all mean? It means the similarities between these ancient cultures aren’t some fluke of evolution. They’re the result of a shared past, a shared history rooted in the scattering at Babel. The pyramids, the gods, the traditions—they’re all pieces of the same puzzle, fragments of the knowledge that humanity carried with them when God scattered them across the earth. It’s not about random chance or independent development. It’s about a common Creator who left His fingerprints all over human history, even in the places where people have tried to forget Him.

The story of Babel isn’t just about God confusing languages. It’s about God reminding humanity that no matter how far they spread or how different they become, they all come from the same place, and they all owe their existence to the same Creator. The evidence is right there in the pyramids, the gods, and the cultures spread across the globe. It’s all connected. And the Bible backs it up, every step of the way.

So the next time you hear someone talking about how pyramids in Egypt, Mexico, and Indonesia are just coincidences, remind them of Babel. Remind them that we all come from the same place, and more importantly, we all share the same Creator. That’s not a coincidence—that’s divine design.