Good morning,
Why Should We Sing?
Remember when God was talking to Job about the creation of the earth and that He mentioned that, the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?(Job 38:7) Did they know that the earth they had just seen created would become a place that Satan and his followers who would claim as their own? It wasn’t long after Adam and Eve had to leave the garden that a man named Jubal was, the first of all who play the harp and flute.(Gen.4:21) No doubt his skills and the twisting of the enemy on earth taught the people then to rebel against God. Music is a powerful part of what God built into us for learning and acting out what we believe. It ties people to one another and it gives expression to those who have chosen their god. When we read the Bible we see the importance of song in the life of a shepherd boy, David, who became a king and who developed both the music and the instruments that were so meaningful to God’s people. However our Enemy did his best to twist even that music to lead people away from their love for their God.
We are all now coming to the time for us that was so long ago when an angel showed up to let some shepherds know that God had sent a special baby, the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord, to them and their people. Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others–the armies of heaven–praising God and saying, "Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”(Luk.2:13,14) I think the angles new because they were excited about what would benefit Jesus’s coming and because they were part of what happened during his life here on earth. Remember that Jesus was the way and the truth and the life for those who pleased God. Also remember that Jesus himself used music when he left from the Passover meal with his disciples to begin the process of going to the cross. It was there that night that he was praying in agony when, an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him.(Luk.22:43) After Jesus rose from the grave at least three angels were a part of letting people know what had happened as Jesus promised them.
When we come to the book of Revelation the apostle John saw, four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God's people. And they sang a new song with these words: "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.(Rev.5:8,9) Heaven’s angels knew what God had planned. Then as John looked again, he wrote, I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus:"Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered–to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”(Vs.11,12) Then John heard, every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: "Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”(v.13) He also heard,The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, as well as your holy people, and all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.”(Rev.11:18) So why should we sing? No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.(Rev.22:3) So why should we sing?
Revelation 22:12 "Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds.
Roy Wisner
