Language is understood as any means, vocal or other, by which feelings or thoughts are expressed or communicated. In general, language means a body of words and the methods of combining them in order to be understood by a community of people.
Language is most intimately associated with the mind, which employs the speech organs -throat, tongue, lips, and teeth- as its instruments. Thinking and words go together, and words are man's principal means of receiving, storing, manipulating and transmitting information. Of all earth's creatures only man has the ability of true and intelligent speech.
Language had been employed for untold ages prior to man's appearance on the universe scene. God maintained a good communication with his heavenly first-born Son. Hence he was called the 'Word.'
The apostle Paul, in 1 Corinthians 13, made reference to 'tongues of men and of angels.' God speaks to his angelic creatures 'in their tongue' and they carried out His Word.
Since God and His spirit sons are not reliant upon an atmosphere, which makes possible the sound waves and vibrations necessary for human speech, angelic language is obviously beyond human conception or attainment. To talk with men as God's messenger, angels therefore employed human language, and angelic messages are recorded in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
Hebrew: Genesis 22 ..."But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, 'Abraham, Abraham!' And he said, 'Here am I.' He said, 'Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.' ....
And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and said, 'By myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the Gate of their enemies, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed My Voice.' "
Aramaic: Daniel 7 "In the 1st year of Bels'Haz'Zar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, and told the sum of the matter."
Daniel said, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the 4 Winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And 4 Great Beasts came up out of the Sea, different from one another,"
"The 1st was like a Lion and had Eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man; and the Mind of Man was given to it."
"And behold, another beast, a 2nd one, like a Bear. It was raised up on one side; it had 3 ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.' "
"After this I looked, and lo, another, like a Leopard, with 4 wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had 4 heads; and dominion was given to it."
"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a 4th beast, terrible and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet.
It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had 10 horns. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which 3 of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things."
"As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was Ancient of Days took his seat; his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire."
"A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the Books were opened."
"I looked then because of the sound of the Great Words which the horn was speaking. And as I looked the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time."
"I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came One Like a Son of Man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed."
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious and the visions of my head alarmed me. "
"I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the Truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things. This 4 Great Beasts are 4 Kings who shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and ever."
Greek : Revelation 11 "Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told: 'Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the Court outside the temple, leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for 42 months, And I will grant my 2 Witnesses power to prophecy for 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
"These are the 2 Olive Trees and the 2 Lamp-stands which stand before the Lord of the earth. And if any one would harm them, Fire pours from their mouths and consumes their foes; if any one would harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed. They have power to Shut the Sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the Waters to turn them into blood, and to Smite the Earth with every plague, as often as they desire."
"And when they have finished their testimony, the Beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them, and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the Great City which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified."
"For 3 1/2 days men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these 2 prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth."
"But after the 3 1/2 days a breath of Life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a Loud Voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up hither!" And in the sight of their foes they went up to heaven in a cloud."
"And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a 10th of the City fell; 7000 people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven."
"The 2nd woe has passed; behold, the 3rd woe is soon to come. Then the 7th angel blew his trumpet, and there were Loud Voices in Heaven, saying, 'The Kingdom of the World has Become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever."
"And the 24 elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God saying,
'We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who are and who was, that you have taken the great power and begun to reign."
"The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear Your Name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
"Then God's temple in heaven was opened , and the Ark of His Covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashed of lightning, Voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail."
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