Rev 7:9 (NIV) After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Culture is not the result of sin; culture, though, is influenced by sin.
In Genesis 11, is the story of the Tower of Babel. The people in ancient history had united behind building a tower that could reach the heavens. However, God caused them to speak different languages, thus, giving them reason to separate. Their unity was based on seeking a god in their own way. God, instead confused them by making them speak in several new languages. This caused the people to separate and spread out over the earth.
The people, by concentrating their occupation of the earth in one spot, Babel, were disobeying God’s command to Noah:
Genesis 9:1 (NIV)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
By spreading out, peoples would naturally become different from other peoples. Gradually, people would speak with different accents, then languages. Foods, crafts, design, art and music would be different. God desired mankind to spread out, and, as a by product, to have diverse cultures.
God, as a designer, works with a diverse creation yet united in commonality (DNA, golden mean proportions). There are different kinds of trees, fruit, climates, and rocks. So, different cultures and languages are not wrong. However, sin has influenced people and cultures. Arts and music, philosophies, and governments have been influenced by God-less or man-only perspectives.
In the end, in Revelation, sin-less nations, different cultures, all worship the one God. The sinful part of those differences have been eliminated, leaving the differences that are glorifying to God.
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