#71. The Very First Language

"There was a time when everyone on the earth spoke the very same language." (Genesis 11:1)

Today, in East Africa, most people speak the common language of Swahili, but they also have their various mother tongues or tribal languages, which is very special and personal to their family. Most Americans would say their mother tongue is plain ol’ English. What was God’s mother tongue? I wonder… 

When He created the heavens and the earth, the Bible declares that God spoke, saying, “Let there be light!” But in what language did he speak these words? English? Kichagga? Turkish? Mandarin? Aramaic? Hebrew? Kigogo? Russian? Korean? Thai? Jin? Ziang? Hausa? Burmese? Ukranian? Tagalog? Portuguese? German? Japanese? Bengali? Punjabi? Javanese? Wu? Spanish? Persian? Kiha? French? Vietnamese? Hindi? Chinese? Latin? Romanian? Kurdish? Zulu? Czech?  

Ah, you get the point!

Long, long ago, with what lingo did God speak to Adam and Eve in the Garden? Moreover, how could they have understood God's words.  Hmmmm... And did the serpent speak the same tongue? It’s a fair question! Inquiring minds want to know!

When a person prays to God, does He respond in their language? Many will say that He most certainly does – just ask any Christian, or Jew, or Moslem, or Hindu, or Native American.  

Ah, you get the point!

So then, do you suppose that God spoke in the 'King James English' when King James prayed to God? Never mind! What I'm really asking is this: When a person prays, does God respond to them in their own language ... or in His?

Consider Elihu's response to Job:

"So why do you challenge God to answer you? God speaks in different ways, and we don’t always recognize his voice." -- Job 33:13-14 (CEV)

Three simple phrases capture my attention:

"God is Spirit." (John 4:24)

"God has given us his Spirit."(1 John 4:13)

"God is love." (1 John 4:16)

So, what was the original language of Spirit? LOVE! What is the language of God today? LOVE! In what language must people pray? LOVE! What is the one language for people to communicate with each other? LOVE!

Ah, you get the point!

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#51. Put a Face to the Voice!

When I talk to someone on the phone for the first time, I often form a picture in my mind of what they look like. Later, if I meet them in person, they always look completely different from my preconceived image. In over 60 years of conversing on the phone, it has never happened that my image of their facial appearance has turned out to be correct! How can that be?

Do you also imagine what the voice on the other end of the line looks like? Have you ever been accurate -- even once? Why is this?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then why wouldn't a thousand words be worth a picture? Go figure!

Of course, the same is true if you hear a speaker or a singer on a CD. And then their is radio. I have listened to many talk-show hosts on the radio, but when I see a photo of them -- or see them in person -- they always throw me a curve by looking like someone else! Why don't they play fair? I just don't get it! Maybe that's why they are on the radio -- they have a face made for radio!

What do you think? Give me some help, will you!

#25. The Information Age

Do you catch the news on CNN? Do you search the World Wide Web for info? Are you a Talk-Radio listener? Are you an avid reader of the daily news- paper? Do you correspond by Email? Have you memorized your favorite TV commercials? If so, then you have entered the "Information Age".

It is also called the "Communication Age". One source suggests several other titles: "The Age of Lies; the Age of Disinformation; the Age of Indoctrination and Propaganda; the age of molding, shaping, corrupting, and perverting the masses ... "

The Information Age began in the mid-80's and became a global phenomenon with the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989. The name is a reference to the global economy's shift in focus away from the production of physical goods (as exemplified by the industrial age) and toward the manipulation of information. Although tons of information now orbit the earth in any and all directions within a matter of seconds -- is it accurate? I mean, is it true, valid, authentic? Or is there a mis-speak (whatever that is!)? And how do you determine which?

Are you concerned that commercials costing Corporate America millions of dollars are quite affective in influencing the masses to spend billions? How do you regard the propaganda tactics of our government ... upon us? Are you impressed with what celebrities say? what politicians say? Do you believe the information because you heard it on TV? Because it was in the newspaper?

Talk to me -- I'm addicted to information, and inquiring minds want to know! Oh, and one more thing, do you believe Oswald acted alone?