Ever since Cecil B. DeMille used Charlton Hestonâ??s heavily modified voice in his Ten Commandments (1956), the phrase â??the voice of Godâ? has become a synonym for â??deep male voice.â?
But the voice of God has not always been imagined in this way. At times, the voice of God has been described as that of a parent (which could seem benign, benevolent, or terrifying, depending on what kind of relationship youâ??ve had with your parents). We are also told that God speaks in a â??still small voiceâ? (1 Kings 19:12). When the prophet Samuel heard Godâ??s voice (1 Samuel 3), it was so ordinary-sounding that Samuel thought it was his teacher Eli. It took God fourâ??four!â??calls to Samuel to get the young prophetâ??s attention.
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