#12~ Nine~ Bible Number Meanings

"TONGUES"; mean different known languages that some body speaks and understands.

There is no such thing as an "unknown" language, or tongue, some one some where can understand a spoken language or it could not be spoken, every body can’t understand other languages, so these will have to be interpreted by some one that does understand it.

When the church was getting under way and growing God gave certain individuals the gift of speaking other tongues or language’s that is evident in

Acts 2:5-8 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? 8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, --

These were unlearned residence of Galilee, the message that they proclaimed was the WORD of God and what God was doing in saving sinners, these that heard these Galileans speak the good news in his own language and could now go back to his home place and tell the good news.

God does not do that today, there’s no need for it, today we have the complete WORD of God.

1st Cor.13: 8-10 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away--

We don’t want to get into a study to do with TONGUES here today, just let me say for those that may be confused on this subject to read chapters 12-14 of 1st cor. and realize that Paul was writing this at a time that the Church was very young, we must not apply them to us today.

We don’t need any one coming into our assembly and telling us about God for the first time, we have the complete written Word of God, and God is not going to inform us about something new, He is through talking, people can except and believe what He has already said or pay their sin debt them selves.

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In Matthew 5:3-12 there are NINE Beatitudes, which Jesus spoke in His Sermon on the Mount.

These reveal the Divine Completeness of the Kingdom of Heaven.

It was the NINTH hour that Jesus died on the Cross. (Matthew 27:46-50)

Here is recorded the finishing of Sin, Satan, and the COMPLETENESS OF GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION for man’s sin. ---it is finished.

The breadth of the court of the Tabernacle was fifty cubits (Exodus 27:12), and there were ten pillars to the west side.

"And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten and their sockets ten." Between those ten pillars there were NINE spaces.

The NINE spaces in the hanging that was FIFTY cubits connects the NINE with the work of the SPIRIT, and shows the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

The Holy Spirit came fifty days after Christ arose from the dead, showing FIFTY to stand for the Holy Spirit and His work.