Exodus 32:18 “And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. As Moses came down from the mountain with the Decalogue, Joshua said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp”. Moses recognized the music to “noisy singing” or “depressing (anah 6031) singing (kowl 6963)”. These people were worshiping and dancing mecholah 4246 (vs. 19) naked para 6544 (vs. 25) around the golden calf.
They were worshiping an idol. No wonder this worship was accompanied by “depressed singing” and “naked dancing”. Not everything that went on in ancient worship music was of God. Likewise, not everything that goes on in modern and post-modern musical worship is of God. Beware chief musician that you do not get squeezed into the world’s mold of musicing. To these Israelites, whose hearts were full of carnality, dancing naked to the noise kowl 6963 (vs. 18) of this pagan music seemed to be the proper thing to do.
Today if a Christian musician believes that there is a difference between the sacred and profane musicing, he or she will be laughed to scorn. Never-the-less, it made a difference then and it still makes a difference today. Chief musician “guard your musicing”. “Walk circumspectly” and “prove what his acceptable unto the Lord” (see the fifth chapter of Ephesians). When you face Him whose eyes are as a flame of fire, you will be glad you did.
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