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1 Corinthians 15:52 Question
(Copyright) by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota)  What time period in the future is the following verse speaking of? 1 Cor. 15:52. “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead in Christ shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”  A clue. Each day was ushered in by virtue of the “sounding of a trumpet”. Editor’s Note:If you already know the answer, then why ask? 1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be […]
Tongues Question
(Copyright) by Rich Traver (Clifton, Colorado)  This college student writes me from time to time. Tho’ not of our organizational genre, he is unusually astute and very much on track!!_____________________  College Student writes:What would you say regarding the gift of tongues? 1 Corinthians 14 states that “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.” Rich Traver writes:This I would say strongly suggests that the ‘tongues’ being referred to is a known language. A ‘tongue’ that needs no ‘interpretation’ to those who speak that particular language. What confuses the issue is the idea you refer to […]