12-28-2011, 07:28 PM
Shlama akhi Stephen,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I certainly think you are hitting something on the mark with that! Even today I've heard people speak in tongues in such a way that they were speaking languages that they couldn't understand themselves, but others in the room could. The Elder in my Assembly has also had a conversation in Ukranian once when he can't actually speak the language! How much more critical was a move of the Spirit back then when the Good News was to initially spread in that generation!
At the same time though, opting for Semitic primacy, Roth likes to make the case that wherever Paul went he always seemed to take someone fluent in Greek (i.e. a translator) with him. What are your thoughts on that line of thinking?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I certainly think you are hitting something on the mark with that! Even today I've heard people speak in tongues in such a way that they were speaking languages that they couldn't understand themselves, but others in the room could. The Elder in my Assembly has also had a conversation in Ukranian once when he can't actually speak the language! How much more critical was a move of the Spirit back then when the Good News was to initially spread in that generation!
At the same time though, opting for Semitic primacy, Roth likes to make the case that wherever Paul went he always seemed to take someone fluent in Greek (i.e. a translator) with him. What are your thoughts on that line of thinking?