The Gift of Tongues and Prophecy
The gift of tongues, or glossolalia, is a profound and often debated spiritual gift in the New Testament. A compelling scriptural interpretation views tongues as a heavenly or angelic language—a spiritual form of communication used by angels and enabled by the Holy Spirit for believers. This blog explores the “tongues of angels” as a literal heavenly language, drawing from 1 Corinthians 14 and Acts 2, and explains how the Holy Spirit enables hearers to understand this divine speech in their native tongues. It also clarifies Paul’s teaching on desiring tongues while emphasising prophecy, defines prophecy as exhortation and edification, highlights love as the motivation for these gifts, underscores God’s call to pursue spiritual gifts, and warns against the false teaching of cessationism while addressing distortions by the hyper-Pentecostal movement. […]
