Considering Anti-Music-part-part 5
The
ancient Levite musician Chenaniah desired understanding and utilized music as a
means to accomplish his purpose and mission borne in upon him of YHVH. As one studies the OT, it becomes very clear
that the work and purpose of the Levite musicians was not art music, anti-music,
or noise-music, but rather the better understanding of the worshiper. Whether a Christian musician likes it or not,
the music part of worship music (the te’amim) or melodies of the entire OT was
steeped in worthy tradition. This tradition of music worship was established by
high authority as described in 1Chronicles 25:1, “Moreover David and the captains
of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals…”
1Chronicles
25, explains that this established worthy and worthwhile tradition or music praxis
was established in ancient Israel by the chief Levite musicians and their sons
(see verses2-31) and “according to the order of” i.e. the hands of King David, “Of
the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of
Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the
king. Whether we like it or not, the
Bible teaches very clearly in the 25th chapter of 1 Chronicles (and
at other places in the OT) that all musical tradition is not to be avoided by
the worship leader. According to the
Book, the Levite musicians were not turned loose on the ancient Israelite
worshipers to hock their strange and shocking musical inventions.
Scripture Thought for the Day
Psalm 33:2, “Praise the LORD with harp: sing
unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.”
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