With regards to Noah’s sons, Kuyper makes various theory deductions about race, the progress of civilizations and God’s purposes. Regarding the confusion of languages at Babel, he says “God appears to do nothing. Only a small change occurs imperceptibly in the instrument of speech. And the immeasurable consequence of this seemingly insignificant change is that the whole history of humankind takes an entirely different course.” But because language is so linked to our interior life, a fundamental change of humanity – including the physical and emotional – occurs with this division of groups from each other. This separation of the streams of humanity makes way for a work of grace through Abraham.
Light in Public Life
