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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; daniel1212; caww; CynicalBear; metmom; mitch5501
The reason for tongues is given in Zechariah 8:20-23:

"Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: ANd the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; IN THOSE DAYS it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU."

Now compare that with Acts 2:5-11.

"And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN." And so on, through v. 11.

Tongues were for the Jews, communicating with those of every nation under heaven.

BTW:This also marks a Divine REVERSAL of Genesis 11:7-9.

85 posted on 11/15/2013 6:07:05 PM PST by smvoice (HELP! I'm trapped inside this body and I can't get out!)
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To: smvoice

Tongues were for the Jews, communicating with those of every nation under heaven....”

That sounds like a contradiction smvoice......communicating with ‘every nation’ would mean ‘various languages’ ....though the scripture indicates there were Jews there I understand from your reference this would also means others besides Jews...as it states...
...” ten men will take hold out of ALL the languages of the nations.....(which indicates ‘other’ than Jews)...of the skirt of him that is a Jew, (would indicate other than a Jew taking the hem of his skirt) saying...”We will go with you for we have heard that God is with you”.


86 posted on 11/15/2013 6:27:57 PM PST by caww
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Tongues were for the Jews, communicating with those of every nation under heaven....”

Both Jews and gentiles were in the Corinthian church, and they spoke to God, not men, except via interpretation.

91 posted on 11/15/2013 6:47:52 PM PST by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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