http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/11/04/tongues-as-signs-for-unbelievers-what-are-they/ A New Approach to Biblical Theology Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/11/04/tongues-as-signs-for-unbelievers-what-are-they/comment-page-1/#comment-7756 The Greatest of These is Love – 1Cor 13 « ZWorld – The World to Come Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:14:45 +0000 http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/11/04/tongues-as-signs-for-unbelievers-what-are-they/#comment-7756 [...] In v8 he speaks about the mirac­u­lous gifts of the Spirit. My view is that the Spirit belongs to the King­dom era, and the pur­pose of the sign gifts was to bring the Jew­ish peo­ple back to God (remem­ber, Greeks were after wis­dom, the Jews were after signs). Signs always sig­nal a pre-agreed mes­sage, which only the Jews could under­stand as these were proph­e­sied. I will not go into any more details, if you wish, you can read a longer dis­cus­sion here. [...] […] In v8 he speaks about the mirac­u­lous gifts of the Spirit. My view is that the Spirit belongs to the King­dom era, and the pur­pose of the sign gifts was to bring the Jew­ish peo­ple back to God (remem­ber, Greeks were after wis­dom, the Jews were after signs). Signs always sig­nal a pre-agreed mes­sage, which only the Jews could under­stand as these were proph­e­sied. I will not go into any more details, if you wish, you can read a longer dis­cus­sion here. […]

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