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What Language Does God Speak

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Aramaic, Avestan, Sanskrit, etc.?

I believe God tells us about Her, Him Self more from the environment we find among ourselves more reliable than what other people have told us about this God in books and Languages…

That said there is a lot of good inspiration to be found in our Religious traditions and I find linguistics interesting…

Engravings, Hieroglyphics, Languages and Pictographs from beyond written History I would like to learn more about….

Any information and thoughts…
 

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The following is from a prayer revealed by Abdul-Baha for a believer...

"The Invincible Power will indeed strengthen, the Holy Spirit will speak in thy mouth, the Word of God will be revealed in thy heart, the sound of the trumpet of the Lord will gladden thee, the light of unity will shine from thy brow, the doors of success and prosperity will be opened upon thy face and the secrets of the Holy Books will be unfolded."

~ Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v1, p. 159

So "what language does God speak"? The Spirit can "speak" through the human and reveal Itself in your heart..
 
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Aramaic, Avestan, Sanskrit, etc.?

I believe God tells us about Her, Him Self more from the environment we find among ourselves more reliable than what other people have told us about this God in books and Languages…

That said there is a lot of good inspiration to be found in our Religious traditions and I find linguistics interesting…

Engravings, Hieroglyphics, Languages and Pictographs from beyond written History I would like to learn more about….

Any information and thoughts…

Hi,
When God spoke to me, He used my language, and He used His Visions, and His Feelings. His Visions and His feelings had content. My words and the way I understood those words, is the language God used with me.
LOVE,
...Mary., .... .
 
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Aramaic, Avestan, Sanskrit, etc.?

I believe God tells us about Her, Him Self more from the environment we find among ourselves more reliable than what other people have told us about this God in books and Languages…

That said there is a lot of good inspiration to be found in our Religious traditions and I find linguistics interesting…

Engravings, Hieroglyphics, Languages and Pictographs from beyond written History I would like to learn more about….

Any information and thoughts…

I believe God is capable of contacting humans in dreams and visions.

I believe God is fully capable of having written Word - that He is faithful to back up with His actions.

I don't think God is limited to hieroglyphics.

in Christ,

Bob
 
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Is that why we are lost?

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
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(HEHE)

Still have the souvenir platform ticket, from years ago,
we bought an old carwreck took a ferry to Harwich and drove to Wales,
The signposts were pretty whacky.
 
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Jewish tradition would say that Hebrew is the divine language.

And Muslims would say Arabic. When Baha'u'llah was asked by an Indian Parsi why he didn't write more in Persian “Since the Beloved in this age is of Persian descent, the Arabic tongue should be abandoned and discarded.”
Baha'u'llah answered: “Both Arabic and Persian are laudable. That which is desired of a language is that it convey the intent of the speaker, and either language can serve this purpose. And since in this day the Orb of knowledge hath risen in the firmament of Persia, this tongue deserveth every praise.
The light of truth is indeed shining resplendent above the horizon of divine utterance, and hence no further elaboration is required from this evanescent soul or from others like unto him. Although there can be no question or doubt as to the sweetness of the Persian tongue, yet it hath not the scope of the Arabic. There are many things which have not been expressed in Persian, that is to say, words referring to such things have not been devised, whilst in Arabic there are several words describing the same thing. Indeed there existeth no language in the world as vast and comprehensive as Arabic. This statement is prompted by truth and fairness; otherwise it is clear that in this day the world is being illumined by the splendours of that Sun which hath dawned above the horizon of Persia, and that the merits of this sweet language can scarcely be overestimated."
 
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Is that why we are lost?

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
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(HEHE)

Oi....don't be cheeky ;). Have never been to the place. I think it's known locally as LlanfairPG....which seems fair enough to me!
 
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I believe that God was not affected by the Babel Incident. Thus His language was not confused. I believe that He understands all languages since He understands our prayers. I believe that He speaks all Languages since He answers our prayers.

I know the Jews believe that the language is Hebrew but I have trouble believing that to be so. Hebrew is a language affected by Babel, since I see no exclusion of it in Scripture. Hebrew has changed over the years (as has all languages). Modern Hebrew is quite different than Biblical Hebrew. When my brother went to Hebrew School in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, he learned a different Hebrew than I learned a few short years before.
 
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Oi....don't be cheeky ;). Have never been to the place. I think it's known locally as LlanfairPG....which seems fair enough to me!



Haha, could not resist, we were only there for two weeks, in N Wales, just had to go and take a Picture of the train station.
Oi....don't be cheeky ;). Have never been to the place. I think it's known locally as LlanfairPG....which seems fair enough to me!
 
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