Instrumental Music

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Instrumental Music
People Wonder (?) Our Particular Tradition
? Dont Believe in Music ? Wish to be
Argumentative ? Question Have we made too much
of this?
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Instrumental Music
Rubel Shelley
Instrumental music and atonement are not of the
same status or consequence to the human soul and
its eternal welfare. (September 2003)
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Instrumental Music
and the Old Testament
Instruments were Authorized / Commanded
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Instrumental Music
and the New Testament
Instruments are NOWHERE mentioned
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Instrumental Music
Instruments were authorized in the Old Testament
Instruments are Not authorized the New Testament
Why
Did God forget ?
Did God leave it up to us ?
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2 Chronicles 2928-29 So all the assembly
worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters
sounded all this continued until the burnt
offering was finished. And when they had
finished offering, the king and all who were
present with him bowed and worshiped.
2 Chronicles 2930 Moreover King Hezekiah and the
leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to
the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the
seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and
they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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Hebrews 926 He then would have had to suffer
often since the foundation of the world but now,
once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
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Matthew 2627-28 Then He took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, drink from
it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new
covenant, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
Matthew 2630 And when they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Hebrews 1012 But this Man, after He had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the
right hand of God,
Hebrews 1315 Therefore by Him let us continually
offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is,
the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
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Psalms 221, 16, 22 My God, My God, why have You
forsaken Me? . . . They pierced My hands and My
feet . . . I will declare Your name to My
brethren in the midst of the assembly I will
praise You.
Hebrews 212 I will declare Your name to My
brethren in the midst of the assembly I will
sing praise to You.
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Heb 712 For the priesthood being changed, of
necessity there is also a change of the law.

• Levites played the instruments 1 Chronicles
  235 2 Chronicles 76
• While the offering was being presented
  2 Chronicles 2927
• Instruments were named Cymbals, stringed
  instruments, harp, trumpet 2 Chronicles 2925-28

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Heb 712 For the priesthood being changed, of
necessity there is also a change of the law.

• He takes away the first that he may establish
  the second Hebrews 109
• . . . There is no longer an offering for sin
  Hebrews 1018
• Therefore by him let us continually offer the
  sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of
  our lips . . . Hebrews 1315

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What about instruments of music in the book of
Revelation?

• the four living creatures and the twenty-four
  elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a
  harp, and golden bowls full of incense . . .
  (58)
• And I heard the sound of harpists playing their
  harps (142 also 152)
• And I saw the seven angels who stand before God,
  and to them were given seven trumpets (82)

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Revelation 11 And he sent and signified it by
his angel to his servant John . . .

• Not rational to conclude bowls of incense,
  beasts, horsemen, dragon, etc. figurative, but
  harps and trumpets are literal!
• Many O.T. symbols in Revelation that are not in
  the church temple, tabernacle (155)
• We better not add to what God has said (2219),
  by making the figurative literal!

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