In this episode we look at the story of the tower of Babel, and what Nimrod was trying to accomplish in building it. Essentially, the city and tower of Babel was intended to be a man made version of the garden of Eden with the tower of Babel being like a man made mountain with a temple at the top. Except they didn't want to meet with God on a regular basis -  they wanted to meet with fallen spiritual beings who either defected from God's divine council, or were disembodied spirits of the Nephilim who died in the flood.
However, the major concern for God wasn't just the building of the tower and city, it was the level of unity among the people. God knew that a group of people who functioned in unity could do anything they set their minds to - whether good or evil. So God came down and confused - Babel'd - their languages to break them up and scatter them across the earth.
Key passages:
Genesis 11:1-9
An article that talks about the word "tower" as referring to a ziggurat "mountain, as well as a few archeological facts surrounding this story https://biblearchaeology.org/research/patriarchal-era/2695-is-there-archaeological-evidence-for-the-tower-of-babel
John 17:20-21 - an important aspect of this unity Jesus prays for is that it would be characterized by his own relationship of unity with the Father. Jesus is in the Father, and the Father is in Jesus. Notice that the kind of unity Jesus prays for requires us to enter into one another. This is language of participation, implying unity requires us to participate in one another's lives to the point of us coming to know what it's like to be in one another's world, to see or feel what the other person feels.
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* Intro Music: "Admirable" Carlos Herrera Music

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