THE WORK OF BUILDING BABEL'S TOWER WAS STRUCTURALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY UTILIZING THE COMPONETS OF BRICK AND SLIME. THESE TWO INGREDIENTS IN ESSENCE SYMBOLIZE THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR EFFORTS TO REACH UP INTO HEAVEN.

      GENESIS 11:3 SAYS: AND THEY SAID ONE TO ANOTHER, GO TO, LET US MAKE BRICK, AND BURN THEM THROUGHLY. AND THEY HAD BRICK FOR STONE, AND SLIME HAD THEY FOR MORTAR.

      THE BRICK USED FOR STONE REPRESENTS MAN'S "GOOD WORKS"! THE WORKS ARE INDEED GOOD, AS THE SOLID STONE WOULD SUGGEST. THE SLIME USED TO SOLIDIFY AND SEAL THE STONE REPRESENTS THE BASIS FOR HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER. THE SLIME IS SYMBOLIC OF MAN, AFTERALL MAN CAME FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH, AND IS 90% WATER IN HIS PHYSICAL MAKEUP, WHICH PRODUCES NOTHING MORE THAN SLIME. ( MIRY CLAY ) IT IS GOD THAT BREATHES LIFE INTO THE SLIME. MAN'S FUTILE EFFORTS TO REACH HEAVEN ON THE MERITS OF MAKING HIS OWN NAME GREAT IS WHOLLY INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR ANY ADMITTANCE AT THE GATE OF GOD!

      EPHESIANS 2:8-9 FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED, THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN BOAST!

      ISAIAH 64:6 BUT, WE ARE ALL AS AN UNCLEAN THING, AND ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE AS FILTHY RAGS; AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF, AND OUR INIQUITIES, LIKE THE WIND HAVE TAKEN US AWAY.

      SO THEN, EVEN WITH ALL OF THE BEST WORK MAN CAN MUSTER TO PROVIDE A VIRTUOUS AND RESPECTFUL NAME FOR HIMSELF, IT FALLS FAR SHORT OF ANY ACCRUED CREDIT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR MAN TO MAKE PRESENTATION OF HIMSELF BEFORE GOD WHEN HE COMES TO LIFE'S END; AND THEN SEEKS PASSAGE THROUGH GOD'S GATE INTO HEAVEN.