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On the seventh day of creation, do you really think God was tired? Or was there a spiritual foreshadowing in the reason God hallowed that day?

That was from John 15:16, but... I hope you read all of chapter John 15. 2. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. Jesus died for the whole world, but not all of the world will remain and not be lopped off because...

Is this a New Year's joke? It isn't April 1 you know.o_O:eek::confused:

There is nothing in Luke 2 that points to the three days and three nights, just that Jesus was a "sign" and what type of sign. It applies directly to 1 Corinthians 14:21-25. (Remember that prophecy was not mentioned as a sign, only tongues) Compare Luke 2:35 to 1 Corinthians 14:25. Luke 2:35b...

LOL The other time that the Jew stayed in unbelief had to do with Jesus. They were shown the illusion and still didn't see Jesus, just lines. Both Jesus and tongues share the same TYPE of sign to the unbeliever. Luke 2:34 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this...

The meaning of the verse in Isaiah about the Jews going into captivity and still not listening IS there for a purpose. But all it is pointing to is the TYPE of sign that tongues is to an unbeliever (without interpretation). When else in Jewish history did the Jews give their ultimate unbelief?

But it is not a direction to Corinthians. So there is a hint of judgment and why tongues is a NEGATIVE sign to the unbeliever. Don't give up. You'll soon see "Jesus" in the illusion wood block, then you won't even be able to see anything else.

@Hidden In Him Especially, when that verse has to do with Israel's disobedience against God, and the coming captivity by foreigners (Babylonians), and yet they still would not repent.

Now that I know what I'm trying to show you step by step, ask yourself, isn't it strange to put a judgment against Israel in a letter to Greek Corinthians who come short in no gift (1 Cor. 1)?

Correct. Now apply that to the Day of Pentecost. What actually happened?

Not now I'm not. I want you to see what actually happened on the Day of Pentecost. As for the sign of tongues, the mockers fulfilled the sign when they thought derogatory thoughts. It is a negative sign to the unbeliever by itself, and they'll think you're crazy or drunk. The judgment confirms...

8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and...

Correct. What I want you to 'see' is when you change your focus on the hearing in Acts 2, rather than the speaking. Then what do you 'see'?

HIH, There were two gifts at work by God on that Day of Pentecost. The second is only recognized when you see past your reasoning. Like this:

This is true about the 1 Corinthians 12 gift of diverse kinds of tongues that must be interpreted. But not the sign of tongues of Mark 16:17. It does not need interpretation and is the one of the two abilities of tongues that is being described in 1 Corinthians 14:22-23. Because our prayer...

Yes, in verse 22 in context, it is actually a negative sign to unbelievers. It confirms them in their unbelief. That is why we have so many mockers in the Church even, to say nothing of the world. In verse 23, the mockers in the Church are the uninformed. Those in the world are the unsaved.

@Hobie Question about Jewish history. When did the Jews start breaking the Sabbath day and start leaving their tents where they were to remain and rest, and go out to the temple to worship?

@Hidden In Him and @Nancy Growing up I always thought of tongues as a sign to the unbeliever as a positive sign too, because of Acts 2, but when reading the NT through, 22 and 23 were the only verses that just didn't seem to flow. It was verse 23 that just didn't seem to fit what I thought was...

If someone kills your daughter and doesn't repent, are we to forgive that person? If someone comes in to rob your house and then wants to rape your wife, are you to let them?

Peter says is best. 2 Peter 1: To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything...