Teaching Our Own to Minister Musically—part 4

Teaching Our Own to Minister Musically—part 4

            How did the Chief Musicians train these musicians correctly?  Verse 5 says that the Chief Musician, Heman, was the Kings seer (chozeh 2374).  Heman taught his sons his vision of the Word of God in song.  Because Heman was saturated with the message of God, he taught these musicians the message of God through the medium of music.

            The temple musicians mentioned in I Chronicles 25 were separated to the service.  They were set apart.  They were called and this calling was to serve Jehovah with music.  They were not merely performers, they were ministering servants.  There was a moral purpose for their music making.  They were making music unto God and for God’s glory.  There was a deep moral force behind their music, for as we will see in verse seven they were NOT performing their music, but rather GOD’S music.  This was God’s music performed by God’s musicians, presented as an offering to God for God’s glory alone.  It was not mere religious performance, but rather it was prophetic music making.  Verse 2 of Chapter 25 states that these musicians prophesied.  Verse one tells us that they were separated to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals.  The next verse proclaims that they accomplished their mission when it asserts that these musicians actually prophesied with music.