A Prophetic, Biblical Response to the Attacks on the Spanish Language and Latino Community

​As all this turbulence erupted over the NFL halftime show being in Spanish — and people felt bold enough to mock Latinos, insult our language, and call us degrading names — I had to pause, pray, and discern what God wanted to reveal.

The Lord took me all the way back to the first moment in Scripture where He addressed languagedirectly: the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11).

What was the real issue at Babel?

It wasn’t language.

It wasn’t culture.

It wasn’t diversity.

It was human arrogance.

It was people saying to themselves:

“Let us make a name for ourselves.”

They weren’t building a tower to honor God —

they were building a tower to replace Him.

And here’s the irony:

They all spoke the same language, yet their unity produced rebellion.

They used their shared voice for pride, not worship.

For self-exaltation, not obedience.

For human power, not God’s glory.

So GOD stepped in — not to destroy them,

but to protect humanity from its own arrogance.

He confused their language so they would stop building a kingdom of rebellion and instead spread across the earth the way He originally commanded.

Babel was not punishment — it was intervention. Mercy. A stop to human self-destruction.

Now watch this:

Babel divided by language.

Pentecost united through the Spirit.

At Babel — humanity was scattered.

At Pentecost — every language was honored.

At Babel — confusion.

At Pentecost — clarity.

Acts 2 shows God’s true heart toward language:

He used many tongues to preach ONE gospel.

So when someone calls Spanish — or any language — a “disgrace,”

they are not insulting a culture…

they are accusing the Creator.

To despise a language is to say,

“God, You made a mistake.”

And the Holy One does not make mistakes.

God Himself chose to reveal His glory in every language under heaven.

Who are we to call unclean what God has created? (Acts 10:15). 

This culture war is not about music or halftime shows.

It is about the same spirit that rose at Babel —

a spirit that tries to exalt one group by belittling another.

A spirit that divides instead of unites.

A spirit that mocks what God has blessed.

But we — as believers — must see through spiritual eyes.

We are one human family, created in God’s image, carrying His breath, His imprint, His diversity.

I am grateful to be bilingual.

I am grateful that God crafted Spanish, English, Hebrew, Hindi, Swahili — languages that carry emotion, history, worship, and identity.

Even when I hear a language I do not understand, my spirit still recognizes beauty — because all creation echoes the voice of God.

So no — my language is not a disgrace.

What is disgraceful is pride, prejudice, and the arrogance that seeks to elevate one people over another.

The world is shaking. Nations are rising against nations. Hearts are growing cold.

And Jesus warned us this would happen.

But the Church must rise differently.

We are not Babel people — we are Pentecost people.

We do not divide — we reconcile.

We do not mock — we bless.

We do not curse God’s creation — we honor it.

Latinos are not a threat.

Spanish is not a threat.

Diversity is not a threat.

Pride is the threat.

Hatred is the threat.

Arrogance is the threat.

Mocking what God made is the threat.

May the Church wake up.

May the world repent of its arrogance.

And may we choose to walk, not in the confusion of Babel,

but in the unity of Pentecost —

where every tribe, nation, and tongue stands before the throne of God.

—MC©️

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