Wednesday, May 12, 2021

God Created the Building Blocks of Music-part 1

 

God Created the Building Blocks of Music-part 1

 

Was music made as a part of God’s objective acts of creation?  Genesis 1:1 tells us, “In the beginning God created…”  We know from the words Elohiym bara eth (430,1254, 853)  in verse one that the supreme exceeding God absolutely made or created music from or of Himself.   God took nothing and made music out of this “nothingness”.  Psalm 146:6 clearly states that it was God “Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth forever”?  Strong says that asah (6213) means “to do or make” something.  Is there any logical reason why music is not a part of this “all” which is mentioned here?    St. John 1:3&10, Ephesians 3:9, and Revelation 4:11all attest to the belief of a complete creation and especially, Colossians 1:16, “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” 

So, I am drawn to the logical conclusion that out of the chaos, emptiness, confusion, and nothingness reported in Genesis 1:2, God created and an brought His creation into proper form—these acts of creation included music.  God chose to create music because, in his perfect will He desired that it should be a part of His perfect creation. In his objective acts of creation, God created the mathematical ratios that are the basis of what music is and what it is capable of being like when a musician astutely arranges the music part of music (the building blocks of music) unto artistic musical patterns.  Because of  God’s ownership and Lordship, HE has authority over how we arrange and use His musical building blocks.   When Christian musicians get rid of the sense of music ownership many problems that surround religious music and musicing disappear.  

 

Scripture Thought for the Day

St. John 1:3, “All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.”

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