Angels are Speaking more than One Language ?

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[OakWood]

 

 

There is one language of Heaven.

 

 

 

I really never thought about it, but how do we know that???

 

 

I find it easy to believe there is only one heavenly language. Man had only one language until God purposely confounded men by changing that situation suddenly by giving man many tongues.

 

As earth is a mirror image of heaven, and heaven is perfect, untouched by sin, we can be sure that as man was originally given one language through Adam (until God stepped in to confuse man), that heaven also has one language, untouched by sin.

 

 

I don't believe that its even got anything to do with sin. There is probably only one language in heaven because communication is different and not by speech. Any person who is multilingual will tell you that the brain just hears the words and automatically understands them. You don't for example, translate from French to English, you just listen to either one of the languages and both make sense to you, if you are fluent in both languages. Having one language has nothing to do with sin, otherwise God would be trying to stop the universality of the English Language which has become the 'lingua franca' of the modern World.

Babel was a one-off incident carried out by God for a specific purpose. It was meant to hamper communication between these people, not prevent it forever. If it was meant to prevent it forever then God would have made it so that we didn't have the ability to learn other languages. Many people have learned to speak more than one language and continue to do so today.

[missmuffet]

Question: "Is there a heavenly language? What language will we speak in heaven?"

Answer:There is some conjecture as to whether there is such a thing as a “heavenly language.” Is there a language unknown on earth but spoken fluently in heaven? If so, is it possible for someone to learn to speak this esoteric language? Is it possibly a gift of the Holy Spirit?

First, we should point out that the expression “heavenly language” is nowhere found in Scripture. Also, the phrase “tongues of angels” is used only once, in1 Corinthians 13:1, “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.”

Some have suggested that Paul’s reference to “tongues of angels” is proof that there is a heavenly language that only angels—and certain Spirit-filled believers—can speak. Let’s take a closer look at the verse and its context.

When Paul speaks of “tongues of men,” he is most likely referring to the gift given on the Day of Pentecost when the apostles were imbued by the Holy Spirit to speak languages virtually unknown to them (Acts 2:4-12). “Tongues of men” is a reference to the various human languages in use at the time. The Corinthian brethren so prized this miraculous gift that it became severely abused and counterfeited. Paul addressed this problem in his epistle. The Corinthians needed to know that God gave the ability to speak a foreign language as a sign, and the gift had some restrictions (1 Corinthians 14:1-33).

When Paul speaks of the “tongues of angels,” he isn’t speaking literally of a “heavenly language,” as some want to believe, but is using a hyperbolic expression. Hyperbole is an exaggeration to make a point. Paul is saying that, no matter how gifted one may be, whether in his own language, in foreign languages, or even in the hypothetical speech of angels, it’s all moot without love. In fact, without love, one’s speech is no better than the useless babble of the pagan religions. The pagan culture of Corinth honored their gods in ritualistic ceremonies accompanied by loud musical instruments such as gongs, cymbals, and trumpets. Their worship was a chaotic cacophony.

Speaking in “tongues of angels” is probably best understood as having the ability to speak with “divine eloquence.” As one well-known Bible scholar put it, “Paul is simply saying that, were he to have the ability to speak with the skill and eloquence of the greatest men, even with angelic eloquence, he would only become a noisy gong . . .”

The fact is that Paul used hyperbolic language elsewhere, including in the very next verse, with his mention of faith “to remove mountains.” His exaggerations serve to emphasize the necessity of love. Showing love is more important than the grandest, most miraculous action imaginable.

To suggest that Paul implies that “tongues of angels” is a kind of “heavenly language” is to go beyond what Scripture actually teaches. It is taking the expression completely out of context in an attempt to teach something other than what Paul actually said.

Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/heavenly-language.html#ixzz3VQBdMtx8

[Floatingaxe]

 

 

 

There is one language of Heaven.

 

 

 

I really never thought about it, but how do we know that???

 

 

I find it easy to believe there is only one heavenly language. Man had only one language until God purposely confounded men by changing that situation suddenly by giving man many tongues.

 

As earth is a mirror image of heaven, and heaven is perfect, untouched by sin, we can be sure that as man was originally given one language through Adam (until God stepped in to confuse man), that heaven also has one language, untouched by sin.

 

 

I don't believe that its even got anything to do with sin. There is probably only one language in heaven because communication is different and not by speech. Any person who is multilingual will tell you that the brain just hears the words and automatically understands them. You don't for example, translate from French to English, you just listen to either one of the languages and both make sense to you, if you are fluent in both languages. Having one language has nothing to do with sin, otherwise God would be trying to stop the universality of the English Language which has become the 'lingua franca' of the modern World.

Babel was a one-off incident carried out by God for a specific purpose. It was meant to hamper communication between these people, not prevent it forever. If it was meant to prevent it forever then God would have made it so that we didn't have the ability to learn other languages. Many people have learned to speak more than one language and continue to do so today.

 

 

Babel happened once, yes, but the languages continued on and evolved and changed with the natural separation of the people over time.