o we could experience his goodness and graciousness. “ I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living things, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings.” (Gn 9:15) Death was the punishment for the humans that disobeyed God. The Flood explains where the rainbow came from. “I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” (Gn 9:13) God promises humanity that a flood should never again destroy all mortals. The rainbow is a symbol of His covenant and promise not to let a flood destroy the earth again. God cares for people and wants them to prosper. Noah and the Flood myth expresses the theological function of a myth.The Tower of Babel exemplifies the cosmic function of a myth. It shows how the world works and its purpose. At the time of the building of the Tower of Babel, the whole world spoke the same language and they all could communicate very easily with each other. These men all decided to,”build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky.” (Gn 11:4) This quote refers to the chief ziggurat of Babylon. The chief ziggurat of Babylon was once the Tower of Babel. Their main purpose of the tower did not relate to God, but out of selfishness. This angered God. They wanted to make a name for themselves by building the tower. During this time, men were becoming cruel and focusing less on God. There original purpose in life was to live in union with God. God did not approve of this so he decided to change the people’s languages so they would no longer understand each other and thus, be weakened. “Thus the Lord scattered them from there all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.” (Gn 11: 8) The “scattering” of the people showed how the different countries, races, and languages came to be. By changing the people’s languages, he for...
