Friday, March 22, 2019

Ancient Systematic Musical Worship part 1


Ancient Systematic Musical Worship part 1
          1Chronicles 16:4, “And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals…”
          In this chapter David brought the ark of God to the tent.  This ark was a symbol of the manifest presence of YHVH.  Mathew Henry said that, “This chapter concludes that great affair of the settlement of the ark in the royal city, and with it the settlement of the public worship of God during the reign of David.”  The establishment of Public worship in ancient Israel included both instrumental and vocal music.

Thought for the Day
Some Christian musicians do not believe that the OT examples of worship are no longer valuable or profitable to 21st century worship.  I wonder what they do with 2 Timothy 3:16?


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