History gives a view of the divided man. God did not create men; God
created man. Man in Genesis 1 refers to mankind. This is evidenced
by the fact that God said, “Let us make man in our image…and let them
have dominion…” Notice the change from singular to plural when
referring to mankind. In God’s eyes, Adam and all his descendents are a
great corporate man. God intended that this man express Him and represent
Him on the earth in a corporate way. However, not long after man was created, he
fell. It was the intention of God’s enemy that, through man’s fall, man
would be divided and scattered. Chapter three of Genesis begins to speak
of the fall of man, but it does not show us the significance of man’s
fall. The significance of man’s fall is revealed in chapters ten and
eleven. There we can see clearly what Satan’s intention was in causing man
to fall. It was to make man useless in God’s purpose by dividing and
scattering mankind.
After the flood, mankind was divided into nations
and was also scattered in different directions to different lands.
Around the time of the building up of Babel, mankind was divided according to their
families, their genealogies, their languages, their lands, and eventually,
according to the nations (Gen. 10:5, 20, 31). Different families,
different genealogies, different languages, and different lands eventually
issued in different nations (v. 32). All were divided and scattered.
Then mankind was no more one.
The function of any vessel, when it is divided and scattered, is annulled and voided. A vessel should not be broken; a vessel should not be divided and scattered. Man, as a vessel to contain God, to express God, and to exercise God’s dominion, should be one. He should not be divided or scattered. However, in chapters ten and eleven of Genesis this vessel was shattered into pieces and was scattered. The entire Old Testament is simply a record of the divided mankind.
(Lee New Man 18)
