The significance of languages in the OT, and into the NT, as a sign of God's judgment to the nation of Israel.

[Dave123]

This is important to understand. This is what Paul was referencing in 1 Corinthians 14 when he said this.

"Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me," says the Lord. Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe."

Even glancing over it, you cannot mis the repeated pattern of God warning the nation of Israel, then the judgment. That all culminated on A.D. 70.

This Author did a nice work. I would make a copy on this and put it in your files at home. Sometimes these things don't last. Click on the link that says chapter nine below.

CHAPTER 9

 

[frederickdoc]

This is important to understand. This is what Paul was referencing in 1 Corinthians 14 when he said this.

"Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me," says the Lord.

Is this what the files means? I didn't bother DL . Lmk if this is what your saying?
Here
That is 1 Corinthians 14:20–21.
In this passage, the Apostle Paul is addressing a major issue in the Corinthian church: people were using the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues purely for Display and Personal Emotion, Creating total Chaos during church services instead of Building up the Community.
Here is a breakdown of what Paul is saying in these two powerful verses:

1. Growing Up in Understanding (Verse 20)

• The Problem: The Corinthians were Acting like Excited children with a new toy. They loved the Supernatural Thrill of Tongues but Lacked the Mature Wisdom to know when and how to use the gift.
• The Correction: Paul tells them to Stop thinking like children. When it comes to malice (evil, trickery, or bad intentions), he says it is great to be as innocent as a newborn baby. But when it comes to understanding how to run a church and love others, they need to grow up and be mature adults. . The Warning of "Other Tongues" (Verse 21)

To prove his point, Paul quotes Old Testament prophecy (Isaiah 28:11–12). The Historical Context: Centuries earlier, God warned Israel through Isaiah that because they refused to listen to clear, simple preaching from His prophets, He would judge them. He did this by sending the Assyrian army—an invading nation whose foreign, unintelligible language ("other tongues") would ring through their streets as a sign of captivity

• The Spiritual Meaning: Paul uses this history to deliver a harsh truth to the Corinthians. Unintelligible languages are actually a sign of judgment and spiritual blindness for those who refuse to listen to God.

 

[Dave123]

Let me get this posted then I'll try to answer you.

All the aspects of that sign. MacArthur did a great job on this. From His commentary.

A SIGN OF CURSING

Some 15 years or so before Isaiah prophesied about the strange tongues from the lips of strangers, the northern kingdom of Israel had been conquered and taken captive by the Assyrians (in 722 BC) because of unbelief and apostasy. The prophet then warned the southern kingdom, Judah, that the same judgment awaited her at the hands of the Babylonians. The proud religious leaders of Judah would not listen to Isaiah. His teaching was too simple. He talked to them, they claimed, as if they were babies, "Those just weaned from milk" and "just taken from the breast." He taught them as if they were kindergartners: "Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line, a little here, a little there" (Isaiah 28:9-10). God had indeed spoken to them simply, in order that the least mature among them could understand and so that no Israelite would have an excuse for not knowing the Lord's will and promise. The essence of His promise was, "Here is rest, give rest to the weary," and "Here is repose"; yet Israel "would not listen" (v.12) Isaiah 28:12.

About 800 years before Isaiah, God had warned Israel that "The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand" (Deuteronomy 28:49). The strange language of their conquerors would be a sign of God's judgment. About 100 years after Isaiah, the Lord warned through Jeremiah, "Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel,...a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say" (Jeremiah 5:15). The sign of judgment would be a language they could not understand.

When the apostles spoke at Pentecost and were heard in their own language by Jews from many countries (Acts 2:7-11), those Jews should have known that Gods judgment was imminent. His judgment had fallen on rebellious Israel and then on rebellious Judah. How much more would it fall on those of His people who now had crucified the Son of God? In AD 70 that judgment fell, when Jerusalem was utterly destroyed by the Roman general Titus (later emperor). Over one million Jews were slaughtered; thousands more were taken captive; the Temple was plundered, desecrated, and then utterly destroyed; and the rest of the city was burned to the ground. One historian comments that Jerusalem had no history for 60 years. Just as Jesus had predicted when He wept over the city, "Your enemies will throw up a bank before you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation" (Luke 19:44; cf. Luke 21:20-24).

After the destruction of Jerusalem, and especially of the Temple, the reason for tongues ceased to exist. The judgment of which it was a sign had come. After the Pentecost manifestation of tongues, Peter, by implication, reminded his hearers of that judgment: " Therefor let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified" (Acts 2:36;cf.vv. Acts 2:22-23).


A SIGN OF BLESSING

The second sign was a residual benefit of the first. The gift of tongues was a sign that God would no longer work through one nation, and favor one people. The church of Jesus Christ was for all peoples of all nations, a church in which there are many languages but no barriers. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28 ).

With great compassion and sorrow for his fellow Jews, Paul wrote in Romans, "But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous." But with a note of great hope he continued, "Now if their transgression be riches for the world and their failure be riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!" (Romans 11:11-12). A few verses later he explains more fully:" For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written" (vv.25-26) Romans 11:25-26. The way would always be open for individual Jews to come into the kingdom, for the hardening was only partial, and one day the entire nation of Israel would be brought back to her Lord. The sign of tongues was repeated when the Gentiles were included in the church, as recorded in Acts 10:44-46.


A SIGN OF AUTHORITY

Those who preached the judgment and promised the blessing were the apostles and prophets, whose authority was validated by "signs and wonders and miracles" (2 Corinthians 12:12; cf. Romans 15:19). Among the authenticating signs was the gift of tongues, in which Paul spoke "more than you all" (1 Corinthians 14:18 ).

As a sign, the purpose of tongues ended when that to which it pointed ended. A person driving to Los Angeles may see the first mileage sign about 300 miles away. Later he sees one that reads "200 miles to Los Angeles," and then "50 miles," and then "10 miles." After he passes through the city, however, the mileage signs to Los Angeles cease. They have no further purpose, because that to which they pointed has been reached and passed. The gift of tongues was attached irretrievably to one point in history, and that point has long been passed.

It is interesting, and I believe highly significant, that no record is given is of a single word spoken in tongues or even interpreted. Every reference to tongues is general. They are always mentioned in relation to their purpose and significance, never in relation to their specific content. The messages given in tongues were not new revelations or new insights, but, as at Pentecost, simply unique expressions of old truths, "the mighty deeds of God" (Acts 2:11). Though tongues could edify when interpreted, their purpose was not to teach, but to point, not to reveal God's truth but to validate the truth of his appointed spokesmen.

Since the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 there has been no purpose for the sign gift of tongues, because that to which it pointed has been reached and passed.. Israel has been set aside, the Gentiles have been brought in, and the apostles have given the faith once-for-all delivered to the saints. ---(MacArthur NT commentary)

 

[frederickdoc]

What is the judgment in thread? I don't really get your point or the author total view. Am I suppose to get the final Author of my faith from this or just history to show .To me Jesus took the judgment to fulfill his promises and his word and this is seen, last book. Jesus having all judgment and fulfilling the scriptures it shows All .
That He is The Christ,The one they missed ,I see Jesus saying One word ,To the seed of Abraham .

COME

 

[Dave123]

Is this what the files means? I didn't bother DL . Lmk if this is what your saying?
Here
That is 1 Corinthians 14:20–21.
In this passage, the Apostle Paul is addressing a major issue in the Corinthian church: people were using the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues purely for Display and Personal Emotion, Creating total Chaos during church services instead of Building up the Community.
Here is a breakdown of what Paul is saying in these two powerful verses:

1. Growing Up in Understanding (Verse 20)

• The Problem: The Corinthians were Acting like Excited children with a new toy. They loved the Supernatural Thrill of Tongues but Lacked the Mature Wisdom to know when and how to use the gift.
• The Correction: Paul tells them to Stop thinking like children. When it comes to malice (evil, trickery, or bad intentions), he says it is great to be as innocent as a newborn baby. But when it comes to understanding how to run a church and love others, they need to grow up and be mature adults. . The Warning of "Other Tongues" (Verse 21)

To prove his point, Paul quotes Old Testament prophecy (Isaiah 28:11–12). The Historical Context: Centuries earlier, God warned Israel through Isaiah that because they refused to listen to clear, simple preaching from His prophets, He would judge them. He did this by sending the Assyrian army—an invading nation whose foreign, unintelligible language ("other tongues") would ring through their streets as a sign of captivity

• The Spiritual Meaning: Paul uses this history to deliver a harsh truth to the Corinthians. Unintelligible languages are actually a sign of judgment and spiritual blindness for those who refuse to listen to God.

Paul demonstrated his conclusion from the OP with a quote form Isaiah which, is part of an established pattern in the OT leading into the NT of God warning Israel of His coming judgment on them (foreign languages) if they don't repent. All of the other teaching from Paul in 1 Corinthians 12-14 regarding 'tongues' can be summed up very easily. They are the secondary benefits to keep that sign, when in operation, Biblical, while operating within the Body (church). There's nothing that tongues can do that I cannot do in my own language with complete understanding and better. Tongues as a sign of the Spirit baptism was for a unique point in time.

The Judgment that was coming to Israel came at A.D. 70. This is what the Pentecost signs pointed to. Pentecost was about AD 33. In 1 Corinthians (AD 53-55), Paul, who was dealing with a very worldly Corinthian church that had absorbed all the pagan mystery religion stuff, including what is now call tongues today, was gently correcting them. If you understand this, you will see exactly what Paul was saying in those three chapters. They didn't understand, so he told them. First, Paul quotes Isaiah, to show them what the real sign gift was, and what is was for. It wasn't ecstatic speech that spoke to, or from the gods, it was a foreign language that symbolized that judgment was coming to Israel. Then Paul expressed the importance of everyone understanding in the assembly, of which prophecy did perfectly. But the final judgment on Israel didn't come down yet, so Paul also showed that if anyone spoke in a foreign language while in the assembly of believers, which was still a sign of Judgment on unbelieving Israel, that it must be interpreted so that everyone was edified and their was no confusion, because God is not the author of confusion.

It was a miracle at Pentecost for obvious reasons. It's not a miracle today, in fact, there is not one person, of any religion, or even an atheist, who cannot emulate what we see in Pentecostal and Charismatic churches and is called tongues today. So how could it be considered proof of anything?

What todays Pentecostal and Charismatic churches have does is taken Paul's what not to do's in 1 Corinthians 12-14 , and turned them into commands, and thus recreating the early Corinthian church with all its mystery religion stuff before Paul corrected them.

Let me bore you one more time with another quote. Here's a quote from Macarthur to show some history from that time and what was infiltrating and influencing the church of Corinth at that time.

"a. The Ecstasy of the Greco-Roman World

At the time of the Corinthian church, the Greco-Roman world had a multitude of gods. In their worship of these gods, it was very common for a person to go into ecstasy, which literally means "to go out of oneself." They would go into an unconscious state where all kinds of psychic phenomena would occur. They believed that when they were in an ecstatic trance, they actually left their body, ascended into space, connected up to whatever deity they were worshiping, and would begin to commune with that deity. Once they began to commune with that deity, they would begin to speak the language of the gods. This was a very common practice in their culture. In fact, the term used in 1 Corinthians to refer to speaking in tongues (glossais lalein) was not invented by Bible writers. It was a term used commonly in the Greco-Roman culture to speak of the pagan language of the gods which occurred while the speaker was in an ecstatic trance. By the way, this language of the gods was always gibberish.

b. The Eros of the Greek World

The Greeks had a word for this ecstatic religious experience. It was the word eros. Sometimes translated as sensual love, the word eros had a broader meaning. It meant "the desire for the sensual," or "the desire for the erotic," or "the desire for ecstasy," or "the desire for the ultimate experience or feeling." Their religion, then, was an erotic, sensual, ecstatic religion-- designed to be felt. In fact, when people went to their various temples to worship, they would actually enter into orgies with the temple priestesses. So the erotic, sexual, sensual, ecstatic religion was all rolled into one big ball along with the gibberish of divine utterances. And these mystery religions, which had been spawned in Babylon, had found their way into the Corinthian society...and the church.


THE INFILTRATION OF CORINTH INTO THE CHURCH

The Corinthian church had allowed the entire world system in which they existed to infiltrate their assembly. For example, they were emphasizing human philosophies (chapters 1-4), they had a hero worship cult (chapter 3), they were involved in terrible, gross, sexual immorality (chapters 5-6), they were suing each other in court (chapter 6), they had misevaluated their home and marriage relationships (chapter 7), they were confused about pagan feasts, idolatry, and things offered to idols (chapters 8-10), they had relinquished the proper place of women in the church (chapter 11), they had misunderstood the whole dimension of spiritual gifts (chapter 12), and they had lost hold of the one great thing--love (chapter 13).

You see, they had let the satanic system that existed in their society infiltrate the church. And with it came the pagan religious practices--with all of the ecstasies, eroticisms, and sensualities. The Corinthians accepted it all, creating a confused amalgamation of truth and error." Macarthur"

 

[Dave123]

What is the judgment in thread? I don't really get your point or the author total view. Am I suppose to get the final Author of my faith from this or just history to show .To me Jesus took the judgment to fulfill his promises and his word and this is seen, last book. Jesus having all judgment and fulfilling the scriptures it shows All .
That He is The Christ,The one they missed ,I see Jesus saying One word ,To the seed of Abraham .

COME

Did you click on the link from the OP? That gives the details.

 

[frederickdoc]

Did you click on the link from the OP? That gives the details.

Sorry I didn't I just don't get it to much So figured I asked if it's a history or what the final outcome ,? So I just went with revelation
I mentioned I did not click on the link pryor
I also mentioned I don't understand the thread title especially about judgment previously God or Jesus son of man judgment ,that would be old new
so I asked if am I supposed to get to the final finish author of my Faith. is it that important I know the other history and try to related to gift of tongues ,? But I did use a universal word for come it's a work in progress I'll share it with you Ma" or "Mar.
MA a is more many can understand

 

[frederickdoc]

Also is your thread or post saying what about the gift of tungues.cus it in it possible all profits spoken in a native language and it's pretty much written , there are no scriptures in the Old Testament that describe people speaking in tongues.
Jeremiah 23:31 (KJV), God explicitly condemns those who preach messages out of their own man will rather than by the Holy Spirit:

“Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.”

 

[frederickdoc]

Also is your thread or post saying what about the gift of tungues.cus it in it possible all profits spoken in a native language and it's pretty much written , there are no scriptures in the Old Testament that describe people speaking in tongues.
Jeremiah 23:31 (KJV), God explicitly condemns those who preach messages out of their own man will rather than by the Holy Spirit:

Did you click on the link from the OP? That gives the details.

I'm not getting clarifications so I'm just going to put up what is in the word of God.
In the Old Testament (Genesis 11), God confused human language at the Tower of Babel as a judgment for man pride. In the New Testament (Acts 2), the Holy Spirit used tongues to do the exact opposite—He brought supernatural communication so that people from every nation could hear the wonderful works of God.
While the Old Testament saints were deeply touched by the Holy Spirit to prophesy, write scripture, and lead nations, the specific sign of speaking in tongues was held back as a distinct marker of the New Covenant Church.

 

[frederickdoc]

Here the quick answer to the thread title. God fired Israel and hired a new generation with the speaking of tongues to unbelieving Nation Israel to testify verify the prophecies but still they can't Hear

 

[frederickdoc]

Here the quick answer to the thread title. God fired Israel and hired a new generation with the speaking of tongues to unbelieving Nation Israel to testify verify the prophecies but still they can't Hear

All that matters is Jesus will Fullfill the rest of the prophecy and they will know He is God ..I figured God abase Israel Paul was more to Preach to Jews the others Peter sent unto the gentiles .Paul actually is a witness against the unbelieving Jew Israel. Just part of the plan and to confuse other gentiles to try to be like Jews that's why people push the laws from Moses because they don't know the difference free or Bond ok I'm done here.

 

[frederickdoc]

ThIs is the result of the thread.
The Old Covenant: Israel "Bound" to the Law
In the Old Testament, the Israelite Jews were the exclusive custodians of the Word of God. As Psalm 147:19–20 (KJV) states: “He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation.”
However, this exclusive privilege came with a heavy spiritual reality:

• The Bondage of the Letter: The Jews were legally bound to a strict covenant of works. Because of human weakness, the Law became a yoke of bondage. It showed them their sin but did not give them the internal power to overcome it.
• The Gentiles Excluded: During this time, Gentiles were spiritually "strangers from the covenants of promise" (Ephesians 2:12). They were completely outside the boundary of those handed the Word of God.
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• The Shift: The Word Handed to the Gentiles

When Israel as a national system rejected the Messiah, God did something radical. He took the stewardship of the Word of God and extended it directly to the Gentiles.
In Acts 13:46 (KJV), Paul and Barnabas declare this shift plainly to the religious leaders:

“It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.”

By handing the Word to the Gentiles, God abased the proud national identity of Israel and proved that His voice could not be locked inside one earthly temple or culture.
The New Covenant: Neither Bond nor Free
The moment the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles (beginning in Acts 10), the old legal categories of Jew vs. Gentile and Bond vs. Free were completely erased inside the spiritual realm.
The Apostle Paul outlines this total equalization in Galatians 3:28 (KJV):

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

• The Spiritual Definition: In the New Creation, "Greek" (Gentile) and "Jew" no longer matter. A physical slave (bond) and a physical master (free) stand on identical spiritual ground.
• The New Ownership of the Word: The Word of God is no longer handed down through a physical DNA chain or a priestly hierarchy. It is given directly to anyone—Jew or Gentile—who is born of the Spirit.

 

[frederickdoc]

The Old Covenant System (Israel/Jews)
The New Covenant System (The Church / Gentiles)StatusBound to external laws, rituals, and genealogical lineages.Made Free from the curse of the law by the Spirit of life.Who Speaks the WordRestricted to Levites, prophets, and Jewish leaders speaking Hebrew.
Handed to all believers speaking in every global language.
The Internal RealityThe Word remained on stone tablets outside the person.
The Word is written directly on the heart of the New Creation.
Through the Holy Spirit, the Gentile who was once far off is now completely free, standing as an equal citizen in the Holy Nation, authorized to speak the living Word of God to the ends of the earth. This is the most important to Speak the word of God even in The New unheard and unseen why are there many Not obey The Holy Spirit zDo we Not know we are gentiles to Speak the Holy word of God ??read know the scriptures don't talk about Do it,!! Lord forbid them to lack understanding ,Tell them! use that you have is Holy given me, then they my Know
they have the wods But with Babylon type of understanding let them know the mew tongues as written they shall speak the word of God

 

[frederickdoc]

This is important to understand. This is what Paul was referencing in 1 Corinthians 14 when he said this.

"Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me," says the Lord. Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe."

Even glancing over it, you cannot mis the repeated pattern of God warning the nation of Israel, then the judgment. That all culminated on A.D. 70.

This Author did a nice work. I would make a copy on this and put it in your files at home. Sometimes these things don't last. Click on the link that says chapter nine below.

CHAPTER 9

Oh man I click the link now I understand my friends granma said to me the she is one of them .if u like reading it's ok for a bit then it way out of line to The point why even try to know God.
I understand it all now .whats next 144 +7000 or Devil cast of devil
the word convert never settle good in my Spirit . Hope you're worthy to take bread and. wine?
last I recall ,no one worthy to partake . the king has his gift returned untouched you don't recognize him as the king with this type of action and he'll say he never knew you the word of God does not lie

 

[Dave123]

I'm not getting clarifications so I'm just going to put up what is in the word of God.
In the Old Testament (Genesis 11), God confused human language at the Tower of Babel as a judgment for man pride. In the New Testament (Acts 2), the Holy Spirit used tongues to do the exact opposite—He brought supernatural communication so that people from every nation could hear the wonderful works of God.

First, it's important to note that the word "tongues" is just a sixteenth century word that means languages. The modern translations should have updated that word with the rest of the Bible, but they didn't, and I can only guess as to why that is. The word in the original languages, Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew just means languages. There are some who that say that the singular "tongue" is speaking of the false gibberish, that's why the KJV added the word unknown before it in that translation. With one exception, where it was singular, but meant a true language, but the KJV translators missed it.

Anyways, languages are real languages, it's not what we're seeing in churches today and as Paul made it abundantly clear, it's not for self edification or a private prayer language. You should also know that Charismatics and Pentecostals send their missionaries to school to learn the languages of the countries they are planning to do missionary work in, just like everyone else.

The only time that languages was a miracle, that I see, was Pentecost and onward until all those who were true OT believers were upgraded, if you will, from a OT faith to a NT faith. That sign followed them. It was still a sign of judgment, and always was. It just had secondary benefits to keep it Biblical while in an assembly of believers.

Genesis 11 was the first time. Before that there was only one language. After that, when the Nation of Israel was invaded, they heard foreign languages. That was the sign. This was a pattern that repeated itself in the OT up until A.D. 70 in the NT, when the nation of Israel was leveled.

We can languages in that regard even today, when people come to a county and don't try to assimilate, to speak that countries language, to become one with that country, like in the U.S. today, that would be a similar sign of judgment. People speaking foreign languages. That's usually a sign that it's falling.

In 1 Corinthians , Paul quotes Isaiah to show what the significance of foreign languages is, and what it meant. It's a sign of judgment for "unbelievers", that Israel. I think that Paul put restrictions on that gift, so that only the true could survive, and the pagan gibberish could not stand by those standards. It was a gentle rebuke. Perhaps, in hindsight, maybe Paul needed to be more forceful, since many today take the 'what not to do's' and teach them as positive commands, thus recreating the mystery religions that infiltrated the church of Corinth so long ago.

 

[frederickdoc]

First, it's important to note that the word "tongues" is just a sixteenth century word that means languages. The modern translations should have updated that word with the rest of the Bible, but they didn't, and I can only guess as to why that is. The word in the original languages, Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew just means languages. There are some who that say that the singular "tongue" is speaking of the false gibberish, that's why the KJV added the word unknown before it in that translation. With one exception, where it was singular, but meant a true language, but the KJV translators missed it.

Anyways, languages are real languages, it's not what we're seeing in churches today and as Paul made it abundantly clear, it's not for self edification or a private prayer language. You should also know that Charismatics and Pentecostals send their missionaries to school to learn the languages of the countries they are planning to do missionary work in, just like everyone else.

The only time that languages was a miracle, that I see, was Pentecost and onward until all those who were true OT believers were upgraded, if you will, from a OT faith to a NT faith. That sign followed them. It was still a sign of judgment, and always was. It just had secondary benefits to keep it Biblical while in an assembly of believers.

Genesis 11 was the first time. Before that there was only one language. After that, when the Nation of Israel was invaded, they heard foreign languages. That was the sign. This was a pattern that repeated itself in the OT up until A.D. 70 in the NT, when the nation of Israel was leveled.

We can languages in that regard even today, when people come to a county and don't try to assimilate, to speak that countries language, to become one with that country, like in the U.S. today, that would be a similar sign of judgment. People speaking foreign languages. That's usually a sign that it's falling.

In 1 Corinthians , Paul quotes Isaiah to show what the significance of foreign languages is, and what it meant. It's a sign of judgment for "unbelievers", that Israel. I think that Paul put restrictions on that gift, so that only the true could survive, and the pagan gibberish could not stand by those standards. It was a gentle rebuke. Perhaps, in hindsight, maybe Paul needed to be more forceful, since many today take the 'what not to do's' and teach them as positive commands, thus recreating the mystery religions that infiltrated the church of Corinth so long ago.

I get it languages np
cloven tongue is of the Holy Spirit .I did a few nice posts you can chk out thats not the same as what your holding onto. Basically God was telling them , a people of other language is going to defeat them.
There is the natural & The Spiritual was taking Away from Israel prophesied. Given to a different people cus they just didn't want to follow the lord God. Simple ,my words but that's what happened the the lineage of priest is no more as the prophecy States. Put all together and God offering to All to receive of Him and it's by the Holy Ghost .there's no debate and He the Holy Spirit has Not gone anywhere,! from this new people . I don't dwell much about it cus it's already full filled but it's good to go back once in awhile briefly.i can't change what Jesus has done Already all I can do is walk in his Spirit as He assigns. Plus the best part the Holy Spirit is & is within and Not like the old where the Spirit was on the Outside. You can read on that np . Plus I posted info on that too
I don't know Jesus as a common man myself, I know Him by His Holy Spirit .If the Holy Spirit is on the outside only then He is waiting on me and can't do nothing to everlasting life for anyone that is rejection ,it's like the old .That's why Jesus striped them of the Anointing & gave it to the gentile I'm not gonna push what he has done already to rreceive,it is written & sealed