Tongues and Interpretation T&T

[Carpenter]

This was mentioned in another thread.

I have been in awesome services and we all know the enviroment, things get intense, then someone starts speaking in tongues, we all lay our heads on the floor and close our eyes really tight asking the Lord to speak.

I have honestly been waiting at the edge of my seat, excited with the thick cloud of expectation that the Lord is going to speak then the message comes out more often than not something like this...

Behold!... but seriously...

Behold, if MY people who are called by my name...

If my people humble themselves and pray...

Look to the Hills from when cometh thy help....

Do not be seekers of pleasure...

Listen to the voice of the Lord...

I am just curious these messages are so obvious, I have a tendency to wonder if the Lord is really speaking in what the bible would call the gift of Prophesy having to do with tongues. While these messages are inspiring, and even to an extent admonitions, and exhortations, they aren't even close to being prohetical.

I am curious. Has anyone ever heard a message in tongues that was truly prophetic? Or am I off base questioning this?

[Nahum]

Can you say "bad karma?"

I ain't touching this one.

[ReformedDave]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

I am curious. Has anyone ever heard a message in tongues that was truly prophetic? Or am I off base questioning this?

No. No.

[Amos]

I have heard some that were truly prophetic.

One that comes to mind was judgment though, so that would be immediately written off here.

Don't worry, I won't repeat it to be poked and prodded by cynics who weren't there.

AlSo mAkes yOu wonDEr IF tHe offIcIal lANguAge iN hEAven iS KiNg JamEs EnglISh.

WHy cAN't THe intERpReTaTIon be iN juSt pLaIn coNTEmpOrary ENglIsh.

[Pragmatist]

I don't think tongues and interpretation has to be prophetic.

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

I don't think tongues and interpretation has to be prophetic.

AgrEEd. And sOmE thinK proPHecy iS juST the forETElling oF eVENts.

Prophecy is not the intepretation of tongues.

The Bible says that "greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues" (I Corinthians 14:5), even though both are inspired utterances. Tongues, of course, is inspired utterance in an "unknown" tongue. The interpretation of tongues is inspired utterance telling that which was spoken in tongues. Prophecy, on the other hand, is inspired utterance in a "known" tongue. The difference between interpretation and prophecy is that interpretation is dependent upon tongues, whereas prophecy is not.

Prophecy is not the same thing as preaching..[/B]

The words preach and prophesy come from two entirely different Greek words. To "preach" means to proclaim, announce, cry, or tell. Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and PREACH the gospel.." (Mark 16:15). Note that He didn't say to prophesy the Gospel.

The word prophecy means to "bubble up, to flow forth, or to cause to drop like rain." Teaching and preaching are preplanned, but prophecy is not.

The Bible tells us that we are to "Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things." I Thessalonians 5:20-21. When a prophecy is given, we are to test it and hold on to what is good in it.

http://www.christcenteredmall.com/te...s/prophecy.htm


HowEVEr, it muST be noTED thAT the HeBReW fOR propHeCy iS nahbi - it mEAns "to announce".

THe ProPHetS of The OT ofteN aDmonIshed anD eXhoRted and InSpired aS thE VoiCe of GOd.

I bElieVe OuR movEmenT hAs a lOt to LeaRn abOUt the PrOpheTic buT Are ScAreD ouT oF ouR minDS to DelVe dEEpEr In IT

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

I am curious. Has anyone ever heard a message in tongues that was truly prophetic? Or am I off base questioning this?

I heard one a few years ago that I don't even want to repeat here.

It was pretty moving ... but some of the Post-tribbers and Preterists among us might have a hard time accepting that it was from the Lord.

...Anyway, to God be the glory!

[Sister Alvear]

I have heard both T.and I. and Prophecy from the Lord...

[Maple Leaf]

Originally Posted by Quixotic

AlSo mAkes yOu wonDEr IF tHe offIcIal lANguAge iN hEAven iS KiNg JamEs EnglISh.

WHy cAN't THe intERpReTaTIon be iN juSt pLaIn coNTEmpOrary ENglIsh.

For almost four hundred years the King James Version of the Holy Bible has been God's Word in the English speaking world, and in most Oneness Pentecostal churches, it continues to be the Word of God. Why would it be any surprise that people in conveying God's word would use the language in which they have received God's word for their whole life?

It may be in vogue in the "relevant" churches to use a Bible that makes God sound like He smoked too much Mary Jane in His early years, but when the King James Bible falls into complete disuse, we will be the less for our dumbing down of God's Word.