Heavenly Voices

While I was reading the Bible, I was reminded that the word “Hallelujah” is basically the same in all languages of the world. It started my thoughts to wander down a rabbit trail, “What language will we speak in Heaven?” I know that no matter from which nation or where the saved person once lived, they will be able to understand each other and to converse freely with them. That caused me to think what language will it be?

Scientists have argued as to how language started. Some propose that it came from noises such as grunting and growling. Some say it was mocking the sounds birds and animals. I pooh-pooh that. Why, because the Bible clearly states that God communicated with Adam and Eve. He told Adam to name the creatures created by the LORD God and told Adam and Eve to eat from all the trees but one. God often walked in the garden and talked with them and they spoke with God.

Satan the Serpent is a fallen angel and still retained the language he knew in Heaven. He entered the garden and spoke to Eve planting seeds of doubt in her mind by subtly twisting the words of the LORD’s command regarding the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Satan enticed Eve to taste the forbidden fruit and Satan is the same evil being today. He twists God’s Word tempting mankind to ignore God’s warnings to lure men into sin; disregarding the Bible by using subtle changes in a language that mankind understands.

In Heaven we will all be able to understand each other. Although fellow Christians may have spoken a different language here on Earth I believe that will change when we walk the streets of gold and mingle with angels on high. Before the time of Nimrod, there was a common language. He decided to build a tower that might reach into heaven in direct opposition to Jehovah’s directions. Nimrod’s decision was thwarted by God, confounding the people by giving them different languages. Up to this point there was only one tongue.

I have no exact Scripture to back up my thoughts, but it isn’t unreasonable to believe that we will again speak the language that God gave to Adam and Eve when he strolled in the Garden of Eden with them and where they communed with God.