Worship the Creator Not the Created—part 5

Worship the Creator Not the Created—part 5

In the eighth chapter of the Book of Nehemiah there is an account of ancient Jewish public worship.  Ne 8:1-3, “And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.  And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.  And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.”  The reason that understanding was so important was because it is understanding that enables people to worship the creator rather than the created thing---music.  It was the created thing—music—that facilitated understanding of the Torah which was God breathed.