Bob
L. Ross: One reason for this is a particular theory
about the
relation of the Old Testament to the New Testament. It is thought by
some that we are "not under the Old Testament." But while there are
indeed a number of things which changed with the coming of Jesus
Christ, these are carefully delineated in New Testament writings and
we must not go "above that which is written" (I Cor. 4:6). The
scriptures of both testaments are to be studied and "rightly divided"
(2 Tim. 2:15). Jesus, the Apostles, and the early church had the Old
Testament; the Gospels and the Epistles came along as the apostolic
days transpired. The Old Testament is "for our learning" and is
"scripture" (Romans 15:4; John 5:39; 2 Tim. 3:15). Paul admonishes us
to use "psalms" in our singing, and these are admittedly the Psalms
of the Old Testament (Ept. 5:19; Col. 3:16).
4.
"If we take
instrumental music from the Old Testament, would we not also have to
take animal sacrifices and everything else?"
We
are authorized
to use "psalms" (Eph. 5:19), not to offer animal sacrifices. Many
things taught in the Old Testament are still lawful; many things
which are called "patterns, figures, and shadows" were fulfilled. The
Law is still "good, if a man use it lawfully" (I Timothy 1:8). But
there is perhaps nothing about which there is as much confusion as
the Law and its relation to New Testament teachings. This was also
the case in apostolic times, and the apostles often had to address
the problem. And today, we are not authorized to subtract anything
from God's Law without authority for so doing (Deut. 4:2; Matt. 5:19;
Mark 7:5-13). Neither are we to add to His Law.
5.
"Also, wouldn't
we likewise be authorized to bring in many other questionable
religious practices?"
To
hear some
critics of instrumental music present the case, instrumental music
"opens the floodgates" to a regular "Vanity Fair" in church worship!
This is the old ploy of the sophist who seeks accreditation for his
point of view by the discreditation of another view, and to do this
he uses what is called the "slippery slope" or "domino"
fallacy.
This
approach fails
to recall that psalms were used with instrumental music in the worship of God for
thousands of years before anyone ever thought of
the "floodgate" idea! Isn't it rather "strange" that instrumental
music did not have that effect in Israel?
If
we are
instructed to use psalms, this does not carry with it the "blanket
approval" of anything and everything that happens to pop-up.
Bob Ross: 6. "If we are authorized
to
use instruments, would not every member have to play an
instrument?"
The
church "body" is a unit
with individual "members" with differing "gifts" as it "hath pleased
Him" (I Cor. 12:18). Paul discusses the "parts" such as the foot,
hand, ear, eye, and nose and explains that they have their respective
roles in the one "body" (I Cor. 12:11-31). He is discussing the same
matter in Ephesians and says "unto every one is given grace according
to the measure of the gift of Christ" (4:7). Not every member in the
one body is gifted to preach, or teach, or lead public prayer, or
lead singing, or do mission work, or some other work in which the
body as a church unit is engaged. See the "unit" principle in 1
Corinthians 12:26.
minister
gift speak as the
oracles of god
The
"account of approved
action" which we have in Scripture is that those who were
"cunning" with instruments,
"willing skillful
men," "all that could
skill of instruments,"-these served in the "ministry" playing
instruments
(I Chron. 25:7; 28:21; 2 Chron. 34:12; 29:25; 7:6; 8:14; 23:18; 1
Chron. 16:4-9). It was not every Israelite who played, neither does
every member of the "body" play today. We learn this from these
Scriptures as we are authorized to do (see Romans 15:4).
levites,
hard bondage, over the
temple as slave drivers
service
hard bondage
Bob Ross: 7. "How does one 'make
melody,' according to Scripture?"
The
words "making
melody" are used in Ephesians 5:19, but "how" this is done is found
in Isaiah 23:16, and it is with a musical instrument: "Take an harp,
go about the city, thou harlot
that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that
thou mayest be remembered."
Also, Amos 5:23 speaks of "the melody of thy viols," which is also
reference to a musical instrument. So if "the Bible interprets
itself," these passages show "how" to make melody - with musical
instruments.
Bob Ross: 8. "Does Ephesians 5:19
mean
that the heart is the 'instrument'?"
clanging,
twanging, apollo,
bow,
Some
who reject
musical instruments in worship contend that Eph. 5:19 is
"figurative," or "metaphorical;" however, this idea goes "begging"
for any support in the Scriptures. James D. Bales, an anti-instrument
writer, even acknowledges that there is "no passage" which says "the
instrument typified the melody of the heart," yet this is the theory
of those who oppose music.
silence
in heart, david, on
bed
"Strings
of the heart" is not a
Bible phrase. "Singing and making melody in your heart" simply means
the same thing as in other passages where something is done "in" or
"with" the heart.
All
obedience and worship are
to be "in the heart," for this is what God's Law requires (Deut. 6:4;
Mark 12:30). We are to worship "in spirit" and "in truth" (John 4:23,
24), but this does not mean that acts of worship are eliminated.
There is no example of "making melody" in the heart in the "hidden"
sense, if we go by Scripture.
This
is the new PLACE which
replaces mountains and temples and "churches." In SPIRIT means that
God only seeks us in OUR spirit as it gives heed to THE TRUTH. Giving
heed is Paul's only collective worhip word.
Bob Ross: 9. "How do we know that
Jesus participated in the use of instrumental music in
worship?"
The
practice of
Jesus and his parents was to worship in accordance with the Law of
God at the Temple in Jerusalem (Luke 2:40-43). Included in that
worship was the use of instrumental music (II Chronicles 5:1-14;
30:21). Also, since Jesus was "made under the Law" (Gal. 4:4, 5) and
came to fulfill the Law (Matt. 5:17, 18), it was of necessity that He
obey
in all
respects (Heb. 5:7-10).
The
Lord had incorporated
musical instruments in the approved worship, so we must conclude that
Jesus worshipped accordingly, otherwise He did not do all that the
Law required.
bunk, excluded from the
sacrifices.
Bob Ross: 10. "If musical
instruments
were under the Law, did not the Law end with the New
Testament?"
Many
things under
the Law have been "fulfilled" such as the patterns, figures, and
shadows, and we are told about this in Hebrews and in other epistles.
However, the use of Psalms in worship has been re-promulgated (Eph.
5:19; Col. 3:16), and instruments were used with Psalms.
One
is animal sacrifices
Bob Ross: 11. "What Bible
prophet used
musical instruments for inspiration?"
A:
Elisha. Read
II Kings 3:15. This
demonstrates that music has a "spiritual" usefulness and is
consistent with the spiritual character of those who love and worship
God. The right use of music effects good results, as the case of
Elisha demonstrates. It is often helpful to promote the right
"frame
of mind," and this may be one of the reasons it was popular
with the
Old Testament prophets (I Sam. 10:5; 16:14-23; II Chronicles 29:25;
Isa. 38:20, 21; Habakkuk 3:19).
Bob
Ross and almost everyone missed the Mount Sinai event where the people
rose up in musical idolatry. Then and there God turned them over to
worship the starry host. That is why all credible information including
the Jewish Encyclopedia knows that the sacrificial system at the temple
was devoted to STAR WORSHIP. These are the same "gods" they worshipped
for the entire period in the wilderness.
Saturn
Worship at Mount
sinai: "Apis: Another
name
for
Saturn, "the hidden
one". The calf Apis, known in Egypt as Hepi, or Hapi, mystically
representative of the Egyptian, Osiris. In Chaldea Hap means "to
cover", in Egyptian "to conceal" Centaurus: Same as Kronos , or
Saturn. Represented the same as
the astrological sign Saggitarius, "the archer" Pluto: (A synonym for Saturn)
From the word lut, "to
hide"; with the Egyptian prefix becomes P'lut. Rome: The original name
for Rome was
Saturnia, "the city of Saturn". Saturn:
"The hidden god". In Chaldee pronounced Satur, but is spelt stur.
Note how close the Chaldee pronunciation Satur is to the "Dance
of
the Satyrs". The Babylonian fire-god, who is, although an
infernal
god, identified also, as Phoroneus, the "deliverer". The Latin and,
Roman "god of the mysteries". Saturnalia: A festival that
celebrated the birth of Saturn.
Hislop
Definitions.
Bob
also missed the fact that because the tribe of Levi was abandoned to
worship the starry host as they had always in Egypt, the Qahal,
synagogue or Church of Christ in the Wilderness was commanded.
The pattern never changed other than to add the Lord's Supper
as a way to further teach the death of Christ.
See how
Christ directly included rest and teaching and excluded music for the
"school of the Bible.""
Elisha
was virtually forced to prophesy for Jehoram who was a son of Ahab and
Jezebel. Jezebel had grown up with prophets of Asherah and
Baal who played, sang, danced by "bending their knew to Baal. With no
exception the harp or other instrument is the cause or sign of judgment
against the People. If Jehoram forced Elisha to help him collect
unlawful tribute, Elisha would cause a SIGN which would help them self
destruct and DESTROY all of the productive lands and wells Jehoram
wanted for himself.
"In
Elisha's day
the evil Moabites rebelled against Israel. They had a problem. The
kings of Israel, Judah and Edom combined their armies and took a
sneaky route to attack their enemy, the Moabites. In the hot desert they
ran out of
water.
Now you don't
want to run out of water in the hot desert. When they were dying of
thirst they called on the prophet Elisha, and he
told them to dig
ditches. God sent water and filled those ditches. In the morning
those ditches were full of water! They were refreshed.
But the enemy
looked out there and
saw all those ditches with the water and thought the water was blood, and that these three
forces had
argued during the night and killed each other. So they rushed in to
take
the spoils & were
overwhelmed in a devastating battle. They got slaughtered. " Don
J.
Gettys
This fits the patternism of Amos, Isaiah and other passages
which condemn the instrument because it was used to steal from the poor
and caused the people to hunger and thirst for the water of the Word
and die.
I
would suggest reading the REAL MARK of the instrument Elisha
called on to bring on God's wrath just as David did to Saul.
Music
which
promotes the spiritual, the honorable, the pure,
the lovely,
and things of "praise" (Phil. 3:8) is pleasing to the Lord. Music
which promotes vanity, the carnal, the impure, and the sinful is not
pleasing to the Lord. Like words, music can be used for both good and
evil. Christians are to use both for the glory of God (Col.
3:17).
Yea doubtless, and I
count all
things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Phil 3:8
Skubalon
(g4657) skoo'-bal-on; neut. of a presumed der. of 1519 and 2965 and
906; what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. refuse (ordure): - dung.
And be found in him, not
having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Phil 3:9
Let your moderation be known unto
all men. The Lord is at hand. Phil 4:5
Be careful for nothing; but
in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. Phil 4:6
music and rituals
anxiety
And the peace of God,
which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus. Phil 4:7
Rom 15 glorify
Phroureo
(g5432) froo-reh'-o; from a comp. of 4253 and 3708; to be a watcher
in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates);
fig. to hem in, protect: - keep (with a garison). Comp. 5083.
2Co.11:32 In Damascus
the governor under Aretas the king
kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison. desirous to
apprehend me:
Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things. Phil 4:8
Logizomai (g3049) log-id'-zom-ahee; mid. from 3056; to
take an
inventory, i.e. estimate (lit. or fig.): - conclude, (ac-) count
(of), / despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon,
suppose, think (on).
Logikos
(g3050) log-ik-os'; from 3056; rational ("logical"): - reasonable, of
the word.
I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonableRo.12:1
service.
As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow thereby: 1Pe.2:2
Logion (g3051)
log'-ee-on; neut. of 3052; an
utterance (of God): - oracle.
This is he, that was
in the church in the
wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and
with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Ac.7:38
If any man speak, let
him speak as the oracles
of God; if any man minister, let him do it as
of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen. 1Pe.4:11
Those things, which ye
have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall
be with you. Phil 4:9
Bob Ross:12. "Musical instruments
were
not part of the Ten Commandments, nor the Law for the Tabernacle
services. Where is it commanded?"
Actually,
both singing and
instrumental music became a part of the more "spiritual" elements of
Israel's worship after the Ten Commandments and the laws pertaining
to sacrifices, etc. The Ten Commandments define the type of moral
behavior that is pleasing to God, and the Levitical laws on
sacrifices were designed as "typology" of the work and attributes of
Jesus Christ who would eventually come into the world. Singing and
musical instruments were not a part of these, but were spiritual
"by-products" of an obedient and worshipful people who praised the
Lord. Singing and music were not done because they were "commanded,"
but because they are legitimate means of praising the Lord.
However,
there was certainly
authority for the use of both singing and playing instruments (II
Chron. 7:6; 29:25; I Chron. 25:5-7; 28:19-21).
Also,
using a Concordance, the
reader may see how trumpets were used in worship (for example, Psalms
98:5, 6).
Bob Ross:13. "Where did the idea
come
from that David did wrong in using musical instruments in
worship?"
So
far as I can find, the chief
source of this idea is the Methodist commentator, Adam Clarke
(1762-1832). He was very antagonistic to the use of instruments,
contrary to the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. I recently went
thru Wesley's 8-volume JOURNAL to check on his views and I found
numerous entries where Wesley used and commended musical instruments.
He himself played a flute. Clarke misappropriates a remark of
Wesley's which was actually against poor organ music, but otherwise
Wesley had high praise for good organ music and said he would like to
have an organ in all the Methodist chapels.
David
Lipscomb (1831-1917),
the "god-father" of the Church of Christ, followed Clarke's
idea
about David and he
wrote a series of articles against music in THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE
magazine in 1895. His ideas were accepted by many, but his associate,
James Harding (1848-1922), did not agree with Lipscomb, and many
other Church of Christ writers also differ with him.
If
you read or hear
someone who condemns David on musical instruments, the person
probably picked it up from Clarke, Lipscomb, or another person who
followed their ideas.
Clement,
breckenridge,
girardeau etc
Bob Ross:14. "What is meant by
the 'law
of exclusion' in relation to the use of musical instruments in
worship?"
Those
who oppose music in
worship used to say that "the expression of one thing in God's Word
excludes all else," then they would proceed to the erroneous claim
that the New Testament specifies "singing only." They then would
claim that this therefore "excludes" instruments. However, they have
generally seen the error of this assertion, for as Roy Deaver has put
it, "A command does not exclude," and "The 'sing' did not exclude the
'play.'" He also says, "Sing does not exclude play. It authorizes
singing" (ASCERTAINING BIBLE AUTHORITY, pp. 84, 85).
THE
SPIRITUAL SWORD magazine
(July '90) also says that "sing" does not "preclude or interdict"
musical instruments. Thus, for the so-called "law of exclusion" to be
of any validity one would have to find some basis for excluding
musical instruments besides the fact that "singing" is
specified.
Bob Ross:15. "What relationship
does the
'strange fire' in Lev. 10:1, 2 have to the use of instrumental
music?"
None
whatsoever. Nadab and
Abihu, Aaron's sons, violated specific instructions in Exodus 30:9.
The use of "strange fire" would create the strange offering of a
"strange incense," which was forbidden. Furthermore, since the use of
Psalms (Eph. 5:19) carries with it the authority for instruments, we
are not using any "strange" item in worship.
not commandec
Bob Ross:16. "What does the
'gopher
wood' of Noah's Ark have to do with the use of instruments?"
Nothing!
This is one of many
similar "arguments" used in vain by those who oppose music. The idea
is that God told Noah what kind of wood to use to build the Ark, thus
excluding all other kinds of wood. They then try to parallel this to
the idea that "singing only" is for church worship, excluding
instruments. But the use of Psalms, with the instruments thereby
authorized, clearly refutes this objection. Furthermore, instruments
do not "change" the command to sing, but simply accompany
singing.
Bob Ross:17. "Is there going to
be a
'religious debate' in Burkburnett, Texas on the subject of
instrumental music in worship?"
Yes,
the writer of this column
has agreed to a debate with Michael Hatcher of the Church of Christ
located at 204 Avenue C in Burkburnett. The date of the debate is
July 25 & 26, 1994 and it will be held in the Church of Christ
building. The public is invited.
Bob Ross:18. "If 'Psalms' in
Ephesians
5:19 incorporates the use of instruments, would it not also require
that instruments would always have to be used?"
Not
at all. Psalms may be used
in several ways, such as (1) read silently, (2) read aloud, (3) sung
privately, (4) sung in a group, and sung with instrumental
accompaniment, privately or publicly by an individual or a group. The
Scripture presents no modification of the use of Psalms from what we
find in the Old Testament.
Gus
Nichols, late minister of
the Church of Christ, is quoted in the February 1994 FIRM FOUNDATION
magazine as follows:
One
may read prayers of praise
from the psalms without singing or praying the psalm read (p.
21).
So
the command to "sing" Psalms
does not exclude reading Psalms. The verse is comprehensive of all
uses of Psalms, including the use of Psalms with music, as there is
no modification of such use in the New Testament such as the
modification of many other Old Testament items mentioned in
Hebrews.
Bob Ross:19. "What about solos,
choirs,
choral groups, and quartets in church services?"
Procedures
for a "church
service" are not specified in the Scripture; in fact, it does not
teach anything about places and times of a "service" or "services."
Everything that is "in Spirit and in truth" is acceptable in worship
(John 4:23, 24). Since singing is authorized, without any specified
procedures, it may be done in all possible forms which contribute to
worship. Preaching, teaching, praying, singing - all are to done in
ways that contribute to "order" (I Corinthians 14:40).
The
"rule" or "measure" of
singing is summed-up in Psalms 150:6: "Let every thing that hath
breath praise the Lord."
Some
who ask for a "verse" for
every particular thing generally will "pick-and-choose" what they
approve and disapprove as being "lawful." They are consistently
inconsistent, for they have scores of things in their own sect for
which they cannot give a specific verse.
Bill
Jackson wrote in CHRISTIAN
WORKER magazine:
"We
think brethren are seeking
in vain if they expect to find, in the New Testament, a step-by-step
worship service laid out for us, giving detailed information on
Sunday morning, Sunday evening meetings, and exactly how all worship
matters were held. We are indeed told what constitutes the avenues of
worship, and we know that these are to be done, but we have no
'complete' service laid out for us" (Oct. '90, p. 2).
In
another article on similar
matters, Mr. Jackson says that some men "have been busy manufacturing
patterns for us!" and that "what some believe or practice is not the
standard of right!" He goes on to mention such things as "rules on
food and buildings, rules on weddings and funerals, and a dozen side
issues" that tend to cause division (CHRISTIAN WORKER, Feb. '89, p.
4).
We
agree with Mr. Jackson on
this, and he could have named the items mentioned in this
question.
Bob Ross:20. "David Lipscomb once
wrote in THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE magazine that 'the organ was introduced
into the worship of the Romish church in the year 1290.
We
have no account
of it having been used in worship by professed Christians previous to
that time'" (1878, p. 567).
The
organ is first mentioned in
Genesis 4:21 and was also as far back as the time of Job who evidently played
the harp and organ
(Job 30:31).
Jubal was of the LAMECH
family. Lamech's name
is identified in the Babylonian god list as EA the patron god of
music and other things.
The LAMECH family speak of musical enchanters,
soothsayers and those who were TAUGHT by Satan or Lucifer
how to
organize musical and instrumental teams to seduce the holy people
AWAY from the presence and discipline of the living Word.
In the Babylonian stories
these SECTARIANS are
identified as GENUN which speaksof the GENII or GENIUS. They were the
Caberi who were minstrels, blacksmiths, prostitutes and MUSICAL
ENCHANTERS. In fact, the SERPENT in the garden was the MUSICAL
ENCHANTER, Lucifer, who cam with wind, string and percussion
instruments and WHOLLY SEDUCED Adam and eve in the sexual
sense.
Almost
every deep truth of God
is commentary and warning against pagan worship which had fallen into
the hands of the professional prophets and prophetesses who sold the
elite "ease in Zion" to the beat of musical worship teams. For
instance, a powerful theme which the ancient Jews understood, tells
the story of the Babylonian Genun
who is a composite of Jubal, Jabal, Tubal-Cain and Naaman all of whom
speak of the whispering bronze of the serpent's message of the
Babylonians. Paul called it 'booming gongs
and clanging
cymbals" as they tried
to "speak the unknown
tongues of angels
and
men."
"Genun
(Jubal) the Canaanite, son of Lamech the Blind, living in the Land of
the Slime Pits, was ruled by Azael
from his earliest youth, and invented all sorts of musical
instruments. When he played these, Azael
entered
into them
too,
so that they gave
forth seductive tunes
entrancing the hearts of all listeners. Genun would assemble
companies of musicians, who
inflamed one another with music until their lust burned bright like
fire, and they lay together promiscuously. He also brewed beer
(for
new
wineskins),
gathered
great
crowds in
taverns, gave them to drink, and taught them to forge iron swords and
spear-points, with which to do murder at random when they were drunk.
"It
was the Cainite's
punishment to have a hundred daughters borne them for each son; and
this led to such husband-hunger that their women began to raid
houses (2 Tim 3:6)
and carry off men. One
day it pleased them to seduce them Sethites, after daubing their
faces with rouge and powder,
their eyes with antimony, and the soles of their feet with scarlet,
dyeing their hair, putting on golden earrings, golden anklets,
bracelets, and many-colored garments.
In
their
ascent of the holy mountain,
they
twanged
harps,
blew
trumpets, beat drums, sang,
danced,
clapped
hands;
then,
having addressed the five
hundred and twenty anchorites in cheerful voices, each caught hold of her
victim and
seduced him.
These
Sethites, after once
succumbing to the Cainite women's blandishments, became more unclean
than dogs
(male prostitutes), and utterly forgot God's laws.
Even
the "Sons
of Judges" now corrupted the daughters of the
poor. Whenever a bride was beautified for the bridegroom, one such
would enter the nuptial chamber and enjoy her first. (THE SONS OF
GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN.
From Hebrew
Myths: The
Book of Genesis By
Robert Graves and Raphael Patai Chapter 18 p. 100-107)
See how Inanna
(Ishtar, Zoe,
etc) got Ea the god of
music drunk and stole the ME or supernatural powers. She stole the
power of the GATES OF HELL, musicians, the ELDERSHIP and SEXUAL
PERVERSION.
The ORGAN in
Genesis and and Psalm 150 is
not a WORSHIP instrument but the instrument of the HOLY
WHORE.
"Its
(pipe = to
love passionately) was apparently a secular instrument and
is never listed in the temple
orchestra;
only
in Ps.
150:4 it is mentioned in a
religious
(but not
ritual)
function.
Its
ethos was not blameless at all, ase we see from
Genesis Rabbah 50:
'The angels said to Lot: 'There are players of
the pipe (organ) in the country,
hence it ought
to be destroyed.'" Its rabbinical identification with the aboda, the
flute of the notorious Syrian bayaderes, emphasizes the erotic element which already
the Hebrew name
suggests." (Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, p. 460, Abingdon).
The pipe was invented
and promoted by Jubal and not God.
And
his
brothers name was Jubal: he was the father of all
such as handle
the harp and organ. Genesis 4:21
Handle means to manipulate, capture to use without authority (h8610). Job used the
pipe to describe
the children who sang, played and danced showing that they didn't
want to hear from God (Job 21). Job also used the organ in a
figurative sense of his mouring and weeping.
Taphas (h8610) taw-fas'; a
prim. root; to
manipulate, i. e. seize; chiefly
to capture, wield; spec. to
overlay; fig. to
use
unwarrantably:
- catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, * surely,
surprise, take.
Topheth (h8611) to'-feth; from
the base of 8608; a smiting,
i. e. (fig.) contempt: - tabret.
Topheth is HELL itself:
the king of Babylon went into hell with his/her INSTRUMENTS and
MUSICIANS.
Topheth (h8612) o'-feth; the
same as 8611;
Topheth, a place near Jerus.: -
Tophet, Topheth.
TAPHAPH (H8608) taw-faf'; a
prim. root; to
drum, i. e. play (as) on the
tambourine: - taber, play with
timbrels.
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The singers
went before, the players on instruments followed
after; among them were the
damsels playing with timbrels. Ps.68:25
Player
is
Nagan (g5059) naw-gan'; a
prim. root; prop. to thrum, i.
e. beat a tune with the fingers; espec. to play on a stringed
instrument; hence (gen.) to make music: - player on instruments, sing
to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play (-er, -ing..
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As well the
singers as the players on instruments shall be
there: all my springs are in
thee. Ps.87:7
The PLAYER
is:
Chalal
(h2490) khaw-lal';
...to wound, to dissolve; fig. to profane (a person, place or thing),
to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom.
(from 2485) to play (the flute): - begin (* men
began), defile, * break, defile, * eat (as common
things), * first, *
gather the grape thereof, * take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane
(self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow,
stain, wound.
THIS IS WHY JUBAL
HANDLED INSTRUMENTS WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Female
players and male
musicians were PROSTITUTES and SODOMITES: they plagued all
temples.
The
word Halal is similar
and it means PRAISE in the sense of MAKING SELF VILE as when David
stripped naked and was HONORED by the camp follower
girls.
The
word
LUCIFER derives from this PRAISE word which means to "make a show."
Lucifer loves to get you OUT OF YOUR HEAD with music.
THE ORGAN
IS THE BOOK OF
JOB
It needs
no proving that when
Jesuspromises to meet with us as our ONLY TEACHER who takes no pay,
and we sing our own songs and play instrument in the symbolic Holy
Place, we tell God, as in all examples of music: WE will not listen
to you, God?
Wherefore
do the
wicked live, become old, yea,
are mighty in
power? Job 21:7
Their
seed is
established in their sight with them, and their offspring before
their eyes. Job 21: 8
Their
houses are safe from
fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Job 21: 9
Their bull
gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her
calf. Job 21: 10
What
they do as natural
FERTILITY rituals when they depend on the pagan "gods."
They
send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children
dance. Job 21: 11
They take the timbrel
and harp, and rejoice
at the sound of the organ.
Job 21: 12
They spend their days in
wealth, and in a
moment go down to the grave. Job 21: 13
What
was the UNIVERSAL
message of singing and playing instruments throughout the entire
Bible:
Therefore
they
say unto God, Depart
from us; for
we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21: 14
What
is the
Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray unto him? Job 21: 15
Music
always said: "WE can
can appease or threaten the gods and force them to GIVE us what we
need: we will tolerate quiet discipline:
Lo,
their good is not in their
hand: the counsel of
the wicked is far from me. Job 21: 16
How
oft is the candle of the wicked put out and how oft cometh
their
destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. Job 21: 17
They
are as stubble before the wind,
and as chaff
that the storm carrieth away. Job 21: 18
Of
this harp or
kinowr mentioned also in Psalm
150 and used by the king,
Laban understood that it was really useful for getting the enemy so
drunk that he didn't know which bride he had married. And again, old
Laban knew that he coult "take away knowledge" with a musical
going-away party:
Wherefore
didst
thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell
me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with
tabret, and with harp? Ge.31:27
The
prophets as God's
spokesmen against the kings and priests had another view:
And
the
harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts:
but they regard not the work of the
Lord, neither
consider the operation of his hands. Isa 5:12
Wherefore
my bowels shall
sound like an harp for Moab, and
mine inward parts for
Kir-haresh Isaiah 16:11
Take
an harp, go about the
city, thou harlot that hast been
forgotten; make sweet melody, sing
many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. Isa 23:16
The
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the
noise of them that rejoice
endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. Isa 24:8
And
in every place where
the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it
shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he
fight with it. Isa 30:32
And
I will cause the
noise of thy songs to cease;
and the
sound of thy harps shall be
no more heard.
Eze.26:13
THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL
And
when her sister Aholibah
saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and
in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. Eze 23:11
Agabah
(h5691) ag-aw-baw'; from 5689; love (abstr.), i. e. amorousness: -
inordinate love.
In
the 33rd chapter God warned
Ezekiel that they would treat him as an instrument playing prostitute
even as they "praised" Him as if He were a prostitute:
Also,
thou son of
man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee
by
the
walls
and in the doors
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother,
saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth
from the Lord. Ezekiel 33:30
And
they come unto
thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people,
and
they hear thy
words,
but they will
not do them:
for
with their mouth they
shew much love
(egeb),
but their heart
goeth after their covetousness. Ezekiel 33:31
And, lo,
thou art
unto them
as
a very
lovely (egeb h5690) song of
one
that
hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument:
for
they hear thy words,
but they do them
not.
Ezekiel 33:32
Consistent
with all of the
records of the ancients and the message of Jubal in the Bible,
instrumental music and singing "romantic" songs instead of the Word
of God was spiritual prostitution.