Speaking in Tongues, also referred to as praying in tongues and talking in tongues, is likely the most misunderstood and controversial subject in Christendom today.
The concept was likely design by God at the time of (well there really was no time as They were outside the time dimension; before the creation of time) what is commonly referred to in the Bible as “since the/from the foundation of the world”.
What does that mean? At some point before the creation of Adam and Eve, The Godhead re-focused Their attention on the earth that was now quite literally “a giant ball of water” suspended in the darkness of space. It was reasonably in a fallen state likely due to bad stewardship by its’ most recent inhabitants either partially or wholly due to chaos brought about by the devil.
They (God) had apparently determined that it was time (there is that word again, so let’s just go with it so we can get back on subject) to repurpose the earth.
A careful study of the book of Genesis reveals that “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”. So that is period and full-stop.
Further, studying out the word “was” in the Hebrew we see that what the writer is saying is that “the earth became without form and void” in the second verse inserted here: “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Do you see that? The deep and the face of the waters. Like I said, a ball of water.
Okay, time to go to work. And God Uttered “let there be light” (And God said, Let there be light: and there was light).
The bible doesn’t say that God “thought” let there be light. He Uttered those words. Nothing happens in the Kingdom of God unless it is first Uttered by Him.
Be mindful also that it was the Spirit of God that moved upon the face of the waters. We will surely see that the Utterances of God moves with His Spirit.
For you bible scholars, it might also be that Utterance is the seventh attribute of the Holy Spirit.