God's Creation Language
We know that the earth was of one language until the time of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1), and God confused that language to obstruct rebellion (Gen. 11:6-9). However, in his work of redemption, God instructed that his gospel be taken to every nation (cf. Matt. 28:18-20). And one day there will be “a great multitude that no one [can] count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” (Rev. 7:9; cf. Rev. 5:9). God can even have something spoken in one language understood by someone who doesn’t speak that language (cf. Acts 2:8). God is omniscient and can speak each and every language in the universe. Pretty amazing!
What we don't know still raises many questions and speculation: Does God have a unique language that is unknown to man? Is there a unique language in heaven? Do angels have a unique language? Is there a Trinitarian language that only the Godhead uses? Does the Godhead even use language to communicate? After all, each member of the Godhead is all-knowing!
We just don’t have all the answers we'd like to have. Yet we can know we'll enjoy asking God in our own language when we get to heaven. And his answers may surprise us.
Dr. Joseph R. Nally, Jr., D.D., M.Div. is the Theological Editor at Third Millennium Ministries (Thirdmill).