People today aren't the only ones who think that fine clothing, big buildings and money are the object of our existence, as this story in the Book of Jeraneck about the Tower of Babel shows us:
Upon the next morning the prophet Araneck and the Captain of the
army Shiblon did make the long walk to the plains of Shinar and they
were walking for eight days and they came upon a hill that over looked
the valley and plains of Shinar and they saw a great and mighty tower
reaching above the clouds and into the sky and it did fill their hearts
with great fear for they feared for the people.
Upon seeing
the tower Araneck spoke, “You wicked, wicked people you cannot buy or
walk your way into Heaven you must humble yourselves now, before the God
of Heaven and of Earth does destroy you"
Upon hearing this, the people of the plains and valley of Shinar began to
shout
and ridicule and throw rocks and dirt and all manner of things toward
the Prophet and Shiblon, these are the words that the people said, “We
do not need a Prophet for our king has promised that in the coming days
we will walk with God in the Heavens, we do not need to humble ourselves
before God for we have all the things we need to enter into his
Kingdom, for instance the mighty tower and our fine clothing and our
mighty storehouse and our money.”
(From the Book of Jeraneck, 1:20-22)
