1 / 12

Instrumental Music in the Old Testament

Instrumental Music in the Old Testament. The Old Testament has been removed. “The priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law” ( Heb 7:12). The Law had to be changed for Jesus to serve as our High Priest.

tammy
Download Presentation

Instrumental Music in the Old Testament

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Instrumental Music in the Old Testament

  2. The Old Testament has been removed. • “The priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law” (Heb7:12). • The Law had to be changed for Jesus to serve as our High Priest. • “It is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood” (Heb 7:14). • “In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away” (Heb 8:13).

  3. We cannot go to the Old Testament for our religious guide. • However, the Old Testament often has principles we need to learn to apply in this age. • Tonight, we want to look at the Old Testament for principles to apply to the issue of instrumental music

  4. What Does the Old Testament Say about Instrumental Music?

  5. God absolutely commanded instrumental music in the Old Testament

  6. God commanded Moses to use the trumpet in tabernacle worship (Num 10:1-10). • God instructed Moses on how to make these trumpets (Num 10:2). • God specified much about these instruments: • Two trumpets (v 1). • Only priests could blow the trumpets (v 8). • These two trumpets were the only instruments ever authorized for use in the tabernacle.

  7. God revealed to David to use other instruments. • 1 Chr 16:5-6. • 1 Chr 23:5. • People played instruments according to the command of David. • Ezra 3:10. • Neh12:36.

  8. Why did David bring instruments into worship? • Some people have said he did so simply because he was a musician and enjoyed music. • That is not right: 2 Chr 29:25-26. • David introduced these instruments because God told him to do so.

  9. What Should We Learn?

  10. In worship, God never left instrumental music to the devices of man. • He told Moses & David precisely what to do in regard to instrumental music. • That speaks volumes when we come to the New Testament and instrumental music in worship is never once mentioned.

  11. God never authorized talented musicians to play musical instruments in the Old Testament. • The priests were to blow the trumpets in the tabernacle and the Levites were to play the instruments in the temple. • Today, there is no special class of priests. • “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 2:5). • A function of a priesthood is to offer sacrifices and worship to God.

  12. Since God commanded specific instruments in the Old Testament, if He wanted them in the New Testament, doesn’t it stand to reason that He would tell us precisely what instruments He wanted and how we were to use them?

More Related