Al Maxey Holding the Harps of God
That is in the Bible, whether some like it or not. Thus, it behooves us to examine why it is there.
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g2323. THERAPEUO, ther-ap-yoo΄-o; from the same as 2324; to wait upon menially, i.e. (figuratively) to adore (God), or (specially) to relieve (of disease): cure, heal, worship.
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-therap-ōn henchman, attendant [1] Mousaōn [2] therapontes
[1] Mousa music, song [3 below] stu^ger-os , Mousa kanakhan . . theias antiluron mousas
II. mousa, as Appellat., music, song, m. stugera A.Eu.308
moisan pherein LADED BURDEN
adokim-os , disreputable, discredited, reprobate,
kanakhan . . theias antiluron mousas
S.Tr.643
moisan pherein\
adein adokimon m. Plat. Laws 775b
[2] therapontes [preacher of]
kērux generally, public messenger, envoy,
k., Dios aggeloi ēde kai andrōn 1.334; theōn k., of [2]
Zēus,[preacher of] ploutou, Semitic Baalim, [preacher of]. Beelbōsōros, .[preacher of] Ōromasdēs, [preacher of] Dios astēr the planet Jupiter [preacher of] Ploutōn A.Pluto, god of the nether world,rom ploutos) the wealth-giver, a name of Hades, Eur. Alc. 360, Soph. Ich. 273Eur. Alc. 360 If I had the voice and music of Orpheus so that I could charm Demeter's daughter or her husband with song and fetch you from Hades, [360] I would have gone down to the Underworld, and neither Pluto's hound nor Charon the ferryman of souls standing at the oar would have kept me from bringing you back to the light alive.Soph. Ich. 273 Zeus came secretly to Atlas's house ... to the deep-girdled goddess 1 ... and in a cave begot a single son [Hermes, Kairos]He has a hidden machine that makes the sound you're asking about, that so surprised you. It's a box full of pleasure that he made in just one day from a dead animal [A Turtle] he found, and he's down there shaking it.[preacher as] kērukōn, hoi dēmioergoi
a skilled workman, handicraftsman,
peithous dēmiourgos hē rhētorikē
from presbeis, as being messengers between nations at war
used interchangeably with apostolos,
[preacher of] 2. crier, who made proclamation and kept order in assemblies, etc.
THE PARASITES IN THE MARKETPLACE WAITING FOR THE ATHENIAN ECCLESIA. The Kerux or PREACHER was just to keep order
THE Herald, when summonig a meeting of the Council, was quite as much a signal for the citizens to hurry from the Agora, each in terror of arrest, as it was for the Council to proceed to the Council-chamber.3
Ar.Ach.42 They are gossiping in the marketplace, slipping hither and thither to avoid the vermilioned rope.9 The Prytanes10 even do not come; they will be late, but when they come they will push and fight each other for a seat in the front row. which never told me to buy fuel, vinegar or oil; there the word buy, which cuts me in two, was unknown; I harvested everything at will. Therefore I have come to the assembly fully prepared to bawl, interrupt and abuse the speakers, if they talk of anything but peace,
9 Several means were used to force citizens to attend the assemblies; the shops were closed; circulation was only permitted in those streets which led to the Pnyx; finally, [from PSALLO] a rope covered with vermilion was drawn round those who dallied in the Agora (the market-place), and the late-comers, ear- marked by the imprint of the rope, were fined.
The assemblies of the people; they were FIFTY in number.
[Minister of] mustēs , ou, ho, (mueō) A.one initiated
ta mustōn orgia[WRATH] (Prob. cogn. with erdō, rhezō, cf. ergon, orgeōn.）
orgeōnII. of men, like sphrigaō, swell with lust, wax wanton, be rampant
to be in heat, desire sexual intercourse
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
If ye CONTINUE in my WORD, THEN are ye my disciples indeed
Holding Harps of God
Issue #297 ------- April 16, 2007
Al Maxey Harps: The people of Israel had been delivered. For hundreds of years they had languished under the cruel oppression of their Egyptian taskmasters. The Lord God heard their cry for help, and He raised up a deliverer in the form of Moses. The sea divided before them, and they walked through on dry ground, as they journeyed away from Egypt. The sea closed up again upon the army of Pharaoh as they pursued the people of Israel. Then in a moment of spiritual clarity (one which, sadly, would all too quickly fade) they perceived with awe the power of God displayed in their deliverance,
In fact, This was a Prophetic pronouncement: Moses SPAKE the song (no meter in the entire Bible). When the people begin to SING this song it is a MARK: it is proof that the people have fallent back into idolatry in response to God's Grace when the Israelites were "worse than the nations." Remember this when Al uses Revelation SINGING this song as PROOF that God commanded instruments and only boneheads can miss the point. So true
Psalm 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalm 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies;
but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalm 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his names sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalm 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up:
Psalm 106:12 Then believed they his words;
so he led them through the depths,
AS through the wilderness.
Psalm 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalm 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies:
there was not one of them left.
.......they sang his praise.
LaudoPsalm 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalm 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.Psalm 106:15 And he gave them their request;
Petitio Prayer
Tento or Tempto 2.To try the strength of, make an attempt upon, i. e. to attack, assail (cf.: aggredior, adorior). B. In partic., to try any one, in a friendly or hostile manner; to urge, incite; to tempt, sound, tamper with; also, to excite, disquiet, disturb, agitate:.......but sent leanness into their soul. Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Acts 7:42 Then God turned,
and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;
as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices
by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
and the star of your god Remphan,
figures which ye made to worship them:
and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.Al Maxey Harps: and they sang a song to the Lord, which is recorded for us in Exodus 15:1-18. This song of redemption was accompanied by dancing and the sound of instruments.
"And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
Al Maxey On Miriam as a female musical worship minister:And Miriam said, 'Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously'" [vs. 20-21]. There was great rejoicing and celebration that day as they sang, played and danced before the Lord.
Of course, Miram caused the FEMALES to escape and they just went out dancing and repeating the one statement.
"In the first place, it will be noticed from the account of the triumphant rejoicing on the shore of the Red Sea that the men sang only: 'Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and SPAKE saying.'" (Girardeau, George, p. 33)Of course a tabret or sistrum is NOT a musical instrument and it gave its name for TOPHETH or HELLMasculine is SPEAK or SAY (as in Speak one to another). Feminine or effeminate is to SANG and CLANG: no recorded exception to the rule, Al.
"In the second place, it was Miriam and the women who used instruments of music on the occasion: 'And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went after her with timbrels and with dances." (, p. 33).
Ex 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand;
and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Here is what Miriam really did:
Yaca (h3318) yaw-tsaw'; a prim. root; to go (causat. bring) out, in a great variety of applications, lit. and fig... break out, ..
be condemned, departure), draw forth, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away.. lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out,Examples of the use of the Word:
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.Ge.4:16
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me:
then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. Ex.32:24
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. Na.1:11
Here is what God thought of her "revelations."
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,Here is what Miriam did which was common to what the Israelites did in Egypt and never ceased to do.
and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:
as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. Deut 24:8
Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way,
after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. Deut 24:9
Sistrum, a metallic rattle which was used by the Egyptians in celebrating the rites of Isis, and in other lascivious festivals,.Ov. Am. 2, 13, 11 By the Jews, Vulg. 1 Reg. [Samuel] 18, 6 .--Hence sarcastically, as if used for a war - trumpet by the wanton Cleopatra Verg. A.8.696 Luc. 10.63The spirit OF Christ spoke through the PROPHETS to univerally condemn music as the MARK and CAUSE of rejecting the Word. Otherwise, to prophesy meant to MAKE SELF a prophets in a singing, dancing and musical sense.
Exodus 15:[20] sumpsit ergo Maria prophetis soror Aaron tympanum in manu egressaeque sunt omnes mulieres post eam cum tympanis et chorisGod will afflict Miriam with leprosy when she claims to speak for God. The first meaning of prophet in the PAGAN sense meant a charismatic, musical performer. All dramatic performance is INTERPRETATION which is, according to Paul, just speaking in tongues.
Prophe-ta I. a foreteller, SOOTHSAYER prophet... oraculorumque interpretes, sacerdotes Aegyptiorum, quos prophetas vocant, [Priestess of Egpt prophetess call out] Aegyptius, propheta primarius
PHRASE: Aegyptius, propheta primarius1. Aegyptius,
2. Prophetai
3. Primarius I. one of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable,
primarius parasitus,Parasitus , i, m., = parasitos, lit. one who eats with another; hence, I. In gen., a guest (pure Lat. conviva): parasiti Jovis, the gods, Hence, parasitus Phoebi, a PLAYER. actor, II. In partic., in a bad sense, one who, by flattery and buffoonery, manages to live at another's expense, a sponger, toad-eater, parasite
-Comically, of a whip: ne ulmos parasitos faciat, that he will make his elm-twigs stick to me like parasites, i. e. give me a sound flogging, the tutelar deity of parasites was Hercules, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79.Al Maxey Harps: A day is coming when another group of delivered disciples -- the redeemed of all time -- will stand safely on the far shore, beyond the crystal sea through which they have successfully come, and will raise their collective voices in praise of the One by whom they were delivered. This is portrayed for us beautifully in the book of Revelation.
"And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had come off victorious from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God. And they sang the song of Moses the bond-servant of God and the song of the Lamb" [Rev. 15:2-3].
Remember, we told you that this is a SONG OF JUDGEMENT: Time is short, preach the gospel to ALL of the World. Don't play idiot children's games.
As John beheld the Lamb with the host of the redeemed, "they sang a new song before the throne" [Rev. 14:3],
with "harpists playing on their harps" [vs. 2];
There were NO literal harps: no one was PLAYING anything: God speaks in parables to fool the foolish. Consistent with being ministers of the mother of harlots, Cyrus was told how to turn MEN into WOMEN.
HEREDOTUS 1: Grant, then, forgiveness to the Lydians, and to make sure of their never rebelling against thee, or alarming thee more, send and forbid them to keep any weapons of war, command them to wear tunics under their cloaks, and to put buskins upon their legs,
..........and make them bring up their sons to cithern-playing (Kitharizein), singing (psallein),
..........and shop-keeping (Hucksterism). Kepelo corruptintg the word.So wilt thou soon see them become women instead of men,
and there will be no more fear of their revolting from thee."-[4] Ludoisi de sungnτmκn echτn tade autoisi epitaxon, hτs mκte aposteτsi mκte deinoi toi eτsi: apeipe men sphi pempsas hopla arκia mκ ektκsthai, keleue de spheas kithτnas -[khiton David's garment] te hupodunein toisi heimasi kai kothornous hupodeesthai, proeipe d' autoisi -kitharizein te kai psallein kai kapκleuein [prostitutes, petty trade, playing tricks, corrupting] paideuein tous paidas. kai tacheτs spheas τ basileu gunaikas ant' andrτn opseai gegonotas, hτste ouden deinoi toi esontai mκ aposteτsi."
The word kitharizo means to PLAY THE CITHARA and does not include singing.
- -Kitharizτ 1 [kitharis] to play the cithara, phormingi [Apollo] kitharize Il., Hes.; lurκi eraton kitharizτn Hhymn. (so that there can have been no great difference between the kithara, lura, and phorminx ); kitharizein ouk epistatai, of an uneducated person,
-Kithar-isis , eτs, hκ, playing on the cithara, Pl.Prt.325e; k. psilκ, i.e. without the voice, Id.Lg.669e, cf. Pae.Delph.15; aulκsis kai k. Phld.Mus.p.23 K.
-Arassτ ,of any violent impact, with collat. notion of rattling, clanging, as of horses, hoplais, pound in a mortar, strike with a shower of stones.
a). kitharēn strike the lyre, Orph.A.382; humnon, melos, etc., Nonn.D.1.15,440, etc.
2. c. dat. modi, arassein tina oneidesi, kakois, assail with reproaches or threats,
II. Pass., to be dashed against, dash one against the other
Pound in a mortar, holmō a. Nic. Th.508Al Maxey Harps: a song that could be known and sung only by those "who had been purchased from the earth" [vs. 3] -- the redeemed. Thus, we see the saved of all time, from both old and new covenants, singing redemption's sweet song. Singers sang and harpists played their harps, the two melding together in a harmonious offering of praise unto the Father which He accepted as a sweet smelling offering from His people.
Peter told the people that if they repented AND were baptized they would receive A holy spirit (theirs). In 1 Peter 3:21 he said that BAPTISM SAVES because we request A good conscience, consciousness or a CO-percepton of the Word. In 2 Corinthians 3 Paul told the Jews that they could not READ or HEAR the Word in the Old Testament unless they converted to (were baptized) into Christ. It is not possible that one who calls Jesus a liar about baptism to be added to His church could ever read BLACK text on BROWN paper.
2Corinthians 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
2Corinthians 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
2Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were blinded:
for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament;
which vail is done away in Christ.
2Corinthians 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2Corinthians 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord [be baptized], the vail shall be taken away.
2Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Revelation 14:2ASV And I heard a voice from heaven,
AS the voice of many waters, and
AS the voice of a great thunder: and
[AS] the voice which I heard was AS the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Revelation 14:2WEB I heard a sound from heaven,
LIKE the sound of many waters, and
LIKE the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was
LIKE that of harpists playing on their harps
Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous,
seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:
and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark,
and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
III. as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ō deilotaton su thērion Ar.Pl.439, cf. Eq.273; kolaki, [Lisping] deinō thēriō Pl.Phdr.240b; Krētes, kaka th. Epimenid.1; dusnouthetēton th., of poverty, Men. Georg.78;IV. Astron., the constellation Lupus, [WOLF in Paul's warning a pedarast]
hē mousikē aei ti kainon thērion tiktei [A New Style of Music or Drama} is the MARK]
Anaxil.27, cf. Eup.132; ti de, ei autou tou thēriou ēkousate; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin.Ep.2.3.10; th. sunestiōmenon, of woman,
Revelation 15.2 Kai eidon hōs thalassan hualinēn memigmenēn puri, kai tous nikōntas ek tou thēriou kai ek tēs eikonos autou kai ek tou arithmou tou onomatos autou hestōtas epi tēn thalassan tēn hualinēn, ontas kitharas tou theou.
ho , hē , 1. fem. dat. tē, of Place, there, on that spot, here, this way, that way, Il.5.752,858, al.: folld. by hē, 13.52, etc.: also in Prose, to men tē, to de tē X.Ath.2.12.THEY HELD THE HARP OF GOD (not the harp of David or Al). God's harp is ORGANIC. The word is NOT PLAYING but APPREHENDING THE WORD OF GOD.
when the person spoken of is to be specially distinguished, Zeus, hostis ho Zeus whoever this Zeus is
to theous einai the existence of gods, Pl.Phd. 62b
A.Eu.24; esp. of tutelary gods and heroes, Th.2.74, X.Cyr.8.3.24;
Since they are going to SING: no one ever dared PLAY an instrument in the presence of God: NO, He was not in the temple.
EkhōABSOLUTELY YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO GOD AND DO WHAT AL WANTS TO DO: Here is the sense of HOLDING which would be used of mechanical instruments.
9. possess mentally, understand, hippōn dmēsin Il.17.476; tnēn Hes.Th.770;
pant' eis logon A. Ag.582,
Everyone INTO the Word.
logos
Opposite: kata pathos, Arist.EN1169a5; YOUR personal experiences or opinions.
Opposite aisth-ēsis A. sense-perception, sensation2. display of feeling, Arist.Rh.1386a32 (v.l.).
Opposite stage-effects, Po. 1454b16; aisthēseis theōn visible appearances of the gods,
Opposite ek tēs epagōgēs, 2. bringing in to one's aid, introduction,
b. incantation, spell,
7. leading away into captivity, captivity,
Opposite muthos, as history to legend, Ti.26e; poiein muthous all' ou logous
Opposite 4. speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc rhētorikōn,
IX intelligent utterance, Opposite. phōnē, Arist.Pol.1253a14; l. esti phōnē sēmantikē kata sunthēkēn
prose, Opposite. poiēsis, Id.R.390a; opp. psilometria, Arist.Po.1448a11; opp. emmetra, ib.1450b15 (pl.)
Opposite poiētikē, D.H.Comp.6; opp. poiēmata, ib.15; koina kai poiēmatōn kai logōn
2.b Only the WORDS to melos [melody]
Ekhō continued.
cf. E.Alc.51; ete to pragma S.Ph.789; eis ti; do you understand? Ar.Nu.733: imper.e attend! listen! Pl.Alc.1.109b; e. oun ib. 129b: with imper., ', apokathaire Ar.Pax1193; e. nun, aleipson Id.Eq.490; eis touto iskhurōs; Pl.Tht.154a; know of a thing, mantikēs hodon S.OT311; tina sōtērian; E.Or.778 (troch.).
hēpar ousi Od.9.301;
10. keep away from, c. gen.rei,
tina agoraōn, neōn, Il.2.275, 13.687; goōn S.El.375;
phonou[murder] E.HF1005: c.inf., ē tina . . skhēsō amunemenai Il.17.182;
stop, hinder from doing,
ei phatin Dionusophanēs thapsai Mardonion Id.9.84; [Kleisthenēs logon ei tēn Puthiēn anapeisai Id.5.66); hōs an logos ē pros anthrōpous, hoti . . Plu.Alex.38:
kōmos , ho,
deipna kai sun aulētrisi kōmoi Pl.Tht.173d
Dionusiois hē pompē
II. the ode sung at one of these festive processions, Pi.P.8.20, 70, O.4.10, B.8.103; meligaruōn tektones kōmōn Pi.N.3.5, cf. Ar.Th.104, 988
Ekhō In the sense ofRevelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
keep up, maintain, kanakhēn e made a rattling noise, Il.16.105,794; boēn on, of flutes and lyres, 18.495.
1 Corinthians 13. If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13.1 Kai eti kath' huperbolēn hodon humin deiknumi. Ean tais glōssais tōn anthrōpōn lalō kai tōn aggelōn, agapēn de mē ekhō, gegona khalkos ēkhōn ē kumbalon alalazon
saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Ado is never used with an instrument.
G103 adō ad'-o A primary verb; to sing:sing
Al Maxey Harps: It is certainly no secret to anyone that there are some within Christendom who firmly believe the use of musical instruments in the corporate worship of the church today is sinful in the sight of God. Indeed, some of these will even go so far as to declare that such instrumental accompaniment to singing will send those involved straight to hell.
Music in this sense from mystery means "to make the lambs dumb before the slaughter" or to "silence the voice of the victim." It was always called Sacred Violence: that effeminate thingy. That's what Christ said in Isaiah 30 and Jesus said in Revelation.
There is no recored exception until after the Reformation. Besides we simple simons know that none of the Bible is metrical and no one sang it tuneful until after John Calvin. Not even the Catholics used instruments to accompany congregational singing.
There is not one single sentence anywhere in the Bible that even hints that God regards accompanied singing as "sinful." Not one verse!! This doctrine is based entirely upon no greater foundation than human assumptions drawn from what is perceived to be biblical silence. And yet, the Bible is far from silent. In both OT and NT documents we clearly find God's approval of such accompanied singing of praises.
Jesus speaks of the Scribes and Pharisees (peddlers) as hypocrites and Christ names speakers, singers and instrument players in Ezekiel 33. In the Isaiah 6 version.
Isaiah 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and convert,
and be healed.
Isaiah 6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered,
Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Isaiah 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away,
and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Isaiah 30 has Christ prophesying the musical enemies being cast into hell as does John in Revelation. Speaking of the Syrians whose worship Israel had been plagued with.
And his breath [SPIRIT], as rushing water in a valley, reach reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for their vain error; error also shall pursue them and overtake them. Isaiah 30:28 LXX
Must ye always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must ye go with a pipe, as those that rejoice into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel Isaiah 30:29 LXX
and the Lord shall make his glorious voice to be heard and the wrath of his arm, to make a display with wrath and anger and devouring flame: he shall lighten terribly, and his wrath shall be as water and violent hail. Isaiah 30:30 LXX
For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke where with he shall smite them. Isaiah 30:31 LXX
And it shall happen to him from every side, that they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp. Isaiah 30:32 LXX
For thou shalt be required before thy time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has prepared for thee a deep trench, wood piled fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord shall be as a trench kindled with sulphur. Isaiah 30:33 LXX
"We may understand a thing as spoken generally, even when it requires a certain special interpretation to be given to it. For some things spoken with a special reference contain in them general truth.
When God admonishes the Isrealites of their duty, or sharply reproves them,
He has surely a reference to all men;when He threatens destruction to Egypt and Ethiopia,
He surely pre-condemns every sinning nation, whatever.If, reasoning from species to genus, every nation that sins against them is an Egypt and Ethiopia; so also, reasoning from genus to species, with reference to the origin of shows, every show is an assembly of the wicked.
Psalms 106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.RISING UP TO PLAY AT MOUNT SINIA WAS LIKE MIRIAM RISING UP TO LEAD THE WOMEN OUT.
Psalms 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Psalms 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Psalms 106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Psalms 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Psalms 106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Psalms 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalms 106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Psalms 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Psalms 106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
In Exodus 18 before the people REFUSED to listen to the Word of God, the PATTERN for the future synagogue for the godly people was ordained: This involved teaching The Book of The Covenant of Grace which is the Abrahamic Covenant. No one who fusses about Baptism benefits from that covenant just like the Jacov-cursed tribe ofLevi.
Ex. 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee:IN EXODUS 31 GOD OUTLAWED ANY KIND OF MUSIC OR NOISE DURING THE REST DAY.
Be thou for the people to Godward,
that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Ex. 18:20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws,
and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk,
and the work that they must do.
caerĭmōnĭa
A. [select] Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin.B. [select] Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.)
ostendo , A. [select] In gen., to show, disclose, exhibit, manifest: ille dies cum gloriā maximā sese nobis ostendat, 2. [select] Transf.: vocem, to make heard, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.Ex. 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide
1. [select] To show, express, indicate by speech or signs; to give to understand, to declare, say, tell, make known, etc. (syn.: indico, declaro, significo).With acc.: illud ostendit, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4.With obj.- or rel.-clause: ostendit se cum rege colloqui velle, Nep. Con. 3, 2:
out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place such over them, to be
rulers of thousands,
and rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and
rulers of tens:
BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD THEY FELL INTO MUSICAL IDOLATRY.
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Acts 7:42 Then God turned,Euphrainō , Ep. euphr-, fut. Att.155.12, Pi.I.7(6).3 II. Pass., make merry, enjoy oneself,
Pind. I. 6 Just as we mix the second bowl of wine when the men's symposium is flourishing, here is the second song of the Muses for Lampon's children and their athletic victories: first in Nemea, Zeus, in your honor they received the choicest of garlands,
Aristoph. Ach. 5 I was in ecstasy and I love the Knights for this deed; it is an honour to Greece. But the day when I was impatiently awaiting a piece by Aeschylus, what tragic despair it caused me when the herald called, Theognis, introduce your Chorus! Just imagine how this blow struck straight at my heart!
Xen. Sym. 7.5 However, these questions also fail to promote the same object that wine does; but if the young people were to have a flute accompaniment and dance figures depicting the Graces, the Horae, and the Nymphs, I believe that they would be far less wearied themselves and that the charms of the banquet would be greatly enhanced.Upon my word, Socrates, replied the Syracusan, you are quite right; and I will bring in a spectacle that will delight you.
Or, the Seasons. Or it may be used here in the Homeric sense of the maidens who kept the cloud gate of Heaven.
and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;
as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices
by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
and the star of your god Remphan,
figures which ye made to worship them:
and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.Al Maxey Harps: Not only was it commanded by the Lord in times past,
Absolutely NOT the truth. Al wants you to think that if the Levites were ONCE commanded by David to make noise during animal sacrifices when Christ in the prophets said God never commanded sacrifices, that means that God commanded Al to affirm using instruments each time the church assembles ONLY as A School of Christ.
David is always the one who commanded the instruments because the Jacob-Cursed Levites were under the KING and the COMMANDERS OF THE ARMY.
In 2 Chronicles 29 the Levites were commanded--back in Exodus--to stand in ranks as the militry part of the Civil-Military-Clergy complex Christ called robbers and parasites. They made NOISE and not music and this was called EXORCISM in the worship of the starry host to which god had abandoned Israel on their way back to Babylon. The ONLY command of God was that if they permitted any godly person never associated with the sacrificial system come near or in any holy area they were to EXECUTE them as they had executed 3,000 of the "brethren" because of musical idolatry at Mount Sinai.
Christ in the prophets DENIES that God commanded sacrifices or burnt offering and therefore the PATTERNISM may be a mark of being abandoned.
Al Maxey Harps: but it is anticipated in the courts of heaven! The redeemed of all time are seen before the throne, singing the song of Moses and the Lamb, "holding harps of God."
They were APPREHENDING the Voice of God SPOKEN as in the Song of Moses as a TERMINAL WARNING.
Although the Lord God has not commanded the use of instrumental accompaniment to our worshipful singing here on earth during this present dispensation -- and, thus, neither should we --
there is nevertheless clear evidence of His approval of such instrumental accompaniment.
Indeed, there is no hint whatsoever of divine disapproval of such anywhere in Scripture.
If the LAW I seek to bind is based upon no greater authority than my own assumptions drawn from what He never said, then I fear I will one day have a lot of explaining to do!! God has never once, not anywhere in the Bible, said singing with instrumental accompaniment is a sin. He has never even hinted at disapproval of such. Not one single time ... NEVER!
Al Maxey defends those who IMPOSE instruments and drive the owners out. A heretic or sectarian is one who IMPOSES on the group something contrary to its practices, which is not required to carry out the work of the church one knows will SOW DISCORD. Those who continue to NOT do what they have never been done do NOT bind anthing on anyone.
Therefore, for me to do so would be abominable arrogance!
I can only proclaim what God DID say in Scripture,
In ALL of the never-musical passages God DID tell you to "use one mind and one mouth" to "speak that which is written for our learning which he names as SCRIPTURE. He commanded Al NOT to impose SELF-pleasure which is "creating spiritual anxiety through religious rituals." This word in Greek and Latin OUTLAWS all of what Jesus called the HYPOCRITIC practices: Rhetoric, singing, playing, dancing or acting.
Al Maxey Harps: and in the book of Revelation, which was penned by John by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we are shown the redeemed of all time standing before God lifting up their voices in praise "holding harps of God."
"And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had come off victorious from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass,
holding harps of God.
And they sang the song of Moses the bond-servant of God and the song of the Lamb" [Rev. 15:2-3].
When Jesus and the apostles HYMNED just once in His entirel life they SPAK a HYMN which is always God's Word. You cannot SPAKE and SING at the same time even in Ephesians 5.Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD,
and SPAKE, saying,
I will sing unto the LORD,
for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Deuteronomy 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought,
in that they are turned unto other gods.
Now therefore write ye this song for you,
and teach it the children of Israel:
put it in their mouths,
that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers,
that floweth with milk and honey;
and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat;
then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant
Deuteronomy 31:21 And it shall come to pass,
when many evils and troubles are befallen them,
that this song shall testify against them as a witness;
for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed:
for I know their imagination which they go about,
even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
ABOUT NOW AGAIN:
Matthew 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my names sake.
Matthew 24:10 And then shall many be offended,
and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;
and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
This allowed singers and prostitutes (male and female) to enter into the holy places. The image is thought to be a "hermes" or phallic pole announcing "we are open for traffic."
Deuteronomy 31:30 And Moses SPAKE in the ears of all the congregation of Israel
the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy 32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people,
he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
2Samuel 22:1 And David SPAKE unto the LORD the words of this song
in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
Psalms 18:0 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD,
who SPAKE unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him
from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said
See They Sang a Hymn and Went out (pretty good pattern?)
Matthew 26.30 et hymno dicto exierunt in montem Oliveti
Hymnus , i, m., = humnos, I. a song of praise, a hymn: hymnus cantus est cum laude Dei, divinorum scriptor hymnorum, Lact. 4, 8, 14; Vulg. Psa. 60 tit.; id. Matt. 26, 30.
Psalm 60 A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
There is no SINGING TUNEFULLY involved in hymning:
Dīco, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: for, loquor stands for the Gr. eipein pros tina,
Al Maxey Harps: Although there is some diversity of opinion as to exactly what this instrument may have looked like, few would differ with the analysis that it was "a stringed musical instrument primarily used in worship" [Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, p. 553]. Josephus described it as "an instrument of ten strings" [Antiquities of the Jews, book 7, chapter 12, section 3].
ALL musical terms and NAMES of instruments especially in trying to control the people of God speak of pollution, perversion or perfidity. Witchcraft or Sorcery is the Word: the Levites performed SORCERY with instrumental noise.
h5035.Nebel.Wine.Skin
h5034 Nabal ALWAYS-EVIL-ROOT
Al Maxey Harps: The harp was "an instrument of joy and celebration ... and it accompanied songs of praise and thanksgiving" [International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. 3, p. 441].
We attend School of the Bible where "vocal or instrumental rejoicing" including elevated form of rhetic is OUTLAWED so the elders can PREACH by READING the Word.
h4744 Miqra : the PATTERN.
"Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones; praise is becoming to the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy" [Psalm 33:1-3]. This will all be brought to perfect fruition as those who are the redeemed of all time assemble before the throne with the "harps of God" in their hands and with the "new song" on their lips!
This is called a HALAL 33. None of the harping is in the assembly of the saints called ONLY to "rest, read and rehearse the Word of God."
Charles Spurgeon Psalm 33:Verse 2. Praise the Lord with harp. Men need all the help they can get to stir them up to praise.This is the lesson to be gathered from the use of musical instruments under the old dispensation.We who do not believe these things to be expedient in worship, lest they should mar its simplicity, do not affirm them to be unlawful, and if any George Herbert or Martin Luther can worship God better by the aid of well tunes instruments, who shall gainsay their right?
Israel was at school, and used childish things to help her to learn;
but in these days, when Jesus gives us spiritual manhood, we can make melody without strings and pipes.
We do not need them, they would hinder than help our praise,
but if others are otherwise minded, are they not living in gospel liberty? Sing unto him.
This is the sweetest and best of music. No instrument like the human voice. As a help to singing the instrument is alone to be tolerated, for keys and strings do not praise the Lord. With the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Calvin remarks upon Psalm 33:2.
John Calvin: I have no doubt that playing upon cymbals, touching the harp and the viol, and all that kind of music, which is so frequently mentioned in the Psalms,
was a part of the education; that is to say,
the puerile instruction of the law: I speak of the stated service of the temple.For even now, if believers [privately, please, like David] choose to cheer themselves with musical instruments, they should, I think, make it their object not to dissever their cheerfulness from the praises of God.
But when they frequent their sacred assemblies, musical instruments in celebrating the praises of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of lamps, and the restoration of the other shadows of the law. The Papists, therefore, have foolishly borrowed this, as well as many other things, from the Jews. Men who are fond of outward pomp may delight in that noise; but the simplicity which God recommends to us by the apostle is far more pleasing to him
The Catholics CONCUR with Calvin: to their credit NO ONE ever thought of SINGING while playing the ORGAN in the public assembly:
Candles [Catholic Encyclopedia]: We need not shrink from admitting that candles, like incense and lustral water, were commonly employed in pagan worship and in the rites paid to the dead.
But the Church from a very early period took them into her service, just as she adopted many other things indifferent in themselves, which seemed proper to enhance the splendour of religious ceremonial. We must not forget that most of these adjuncts to worship, like music, lights, perfumes, ablutions, floral decorations, canopies, fans, screens, bells, vestments, etc.
were not identified with any idolatrous cult in particular;
they were common to almost all cults.Al Maxey Harps: As the early church spoke "to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" [Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16], could this have been one of the psalms that poured forth from their hearts and from their mouths as they continually encouraged one another regarding this heavenly expectation?
NO: in Romans 15 the only resource is "that which is written for our learning" or "Scripture." The METHOD is to "use one mind and one mouth. A disciple of Christ does not DO worship rituals: The Kingdom of God does not come with observation: that means RELIGIOUS SERVICES. The Synagogue excluded instruments in the wilderness. Lawful people don't need a law keeping them from making noise when God's Word is being PREACHED by being READ.
And would it have crossed any of their minds for even an instant that they were "speaking heresy" because they dared to make mention of those horrid harps?!
No decent person was permitted to be present when animals were being slaughtered and even simpletons knew that the instruments in the pagan religions seduced people into enjoing an ACT with the temple prostitute.
In fact, when Paul outlawed SELF-pleasure in Romans 15 the Greek is Areskos and the Latin is Placeo: this excludes all of the performing arts and crafts--cunning craftsmanship. Adding instruments while pretending to let Jesus do the teaching IS heresy.
Paul speaks of a heretic or SECTARIAN in Romans 1 after silencing the doubtful disputations or sectarian preferences in Romans 14.
Rom. 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
G700 areskō ar-es'-ko Probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so):please.
G142 airō ah'ee-ro A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [ H5375 ]) to expiate sin:away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Aeiro II. raise up, exalt, apo smikrou d' an areias megan A.Ch.262, cf. 791; olbon Dareios ēren Id.Pers.164:esp. of pride and passion, exalt, excite, hupsou ai. thumon grow excited, S.OT914;
III. lift and take away, remove,
2. raise by words, hence, praise, extol, E.Heracl.322, etc.; ai. logō to exaggerate, D.21.71.
7. take away, remove, E.IT1201; hence, kill or destroy,
2. ogkon arasthai to be puffed up, S.Aj. 129; thaumaston ogkon aramenoi tou muthou Pl.Plt.277b.
aeidō , 2. of persons, places, etc., sing, praise, celebrate, B.6.6, etc.:Pass., aeidetai threpsais' hērōas is celebrated as the nurse of heroes, Pi.P.8.25, cf. 5.24.
also, vie with one in singing, Theoc.8.6; a. pros aulon ē luran sing to . . , Arist.Pr..918a23; hup' aulois
aoid-ē a^], Att. contr. ōdē (q. v.), h(, : (aeidō): 5. = eppsdē, spell, incantation, okhēes ōkeiais . . anathrōskontes aoidais A.R.4.42, cf. 59. Cf. ōdē.
aoidos a^, o(, (aeidō) A. singer, minstrel, bard, Il.24.720, Od.3.270, al., Hes.Th.95, Op.26, Sapph.92, etc.; a. anēr Od.3.267; theios a. 4.17, 8.87, al.; tou aristou anthrōpōn a. Hdt.1.24; polla pseudontai a. Arist.Metaph.983a4: c.gen., goōn, khrēsmōn aoidos, E.HF110, Heracl. 403; pratos a., of the cock, Theoc.18.56.
Pro-airesis , eτs, hκ, choosing one thing before another, wrongs done from malice prepense, contrary to one's purpose, 3. in political language, deliberate course of action, 5. political party, b. sect or school of music, philosophy
Hairesis I. a taking especially, esp. of a town, a taking for oneself,
4. a sect, school, etc.: esp. a religious sect, such as the Sadducees and Pharisees, NTest.5. a heresy,
Pharisaios 1 a Pharisee, Separatist (from pharash, to distinguish),Haireτ Il.; hair, tina kheiros to take one by the hand,
one of a sect who separated themselves from other Jews as affecting superior holiness.
Phrik-τdκs , es, attended with shivering, b. inspiring religious awe
Jesus identified them as HYPOCRITES by pointing to speakers, singers and instrument players.
And the audience who would be attracted just for the entertainment. A musical instrument is defined
as "a machine for inducing the shock and awe in battle or in RELIGION.
A. Act., take with the hand, grasp, seize, having taken up [the song], Od.8.500.
2. take away II. take, get into one's power, overpower, kill, of passions,
catch, take, zτon [ZOE: take away life] helein Il.21.102 ; take in hunting, get into one's power, entrap,
II. take, get into one's power, nēas ib.13.42; esp. take a city, 2.37, S.Ph.347,
freq. of passions, etc., come upon, seize,
B. Med., with pf. hērēmai (v. supr.), take for oneself, egkhos helesthai take one's spear,
II. take to oneself, choose,
I. that may be taken or conquered, Hdt.; that may be understood, Plat.
Rom. 15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Aedĭfĭcātĭo , ōnis, f. aedifico
III. Fig., building up, instructing, edification.(a). Absol.: loquitur ad aedificationem, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 3; 14, 26.(b). With gen.: ad aedificationem Ecclesiae, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 12; ib. Eph. 4, 12.
lŏquor [Sanscr. lap-, to talk, whisper; Gr. lak-, elakon, laskō], to speak, talk, say (in the lang. of common life, in the tone of conversation; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 10; 11, 3, 45).
A. To speak, declare, show, indicate or express clearly:Al Maxey Harps: "Whatever these harps were, they were provided by God and were suitable for heavenly praise" [p. 180]. The great theologian John Wesley concurs, saying these harps are "given by Him, and thus appropriate to His praise" [Explanatory Notes, e-Sword].
WES: 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple - As having received their instructions from the oracle of God himself. St. John saw them in heaven, verse 1, Rev 15:1 before they went into the temple. They appeared in habits like those the high priest wore when he went into the most holy place to consult the oracle. In this was the visible testimony of God's presence. Clothed in pure white linen - Linen is the habit of service and attendance. Pure - unspotted, unsullied. White - Or bright and shining, which implies much more than bare innocence. And having their breasts girt with golden girdles - In token of their high dignity and glorious rest.
Exod 15:11
Even if we admit that they are symbolic only, and that there will be no actual musical instruments in heaven, we are still faced with the fact that our Lord chose to use a harp as the symbol to express the concept of worshipful praise unto the Father, and that He chose the vision of saints singing and playing to convey the reality of joyous celebration of the redeemed in heaven,
NO ONE PLAYS INSTRUMENTS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
and that He presented this teaching by inspiration to the church on earth.
Does such a biblical reality lend itself to a theology of approval or disapproval
with regard to instrumental accompaniment of songs of praise?
Given God's employment of such a symbol in the Scriptures, what might this reveal to us about how He perceives the practice? And if indeed God does disapprove of their use by His people during this dispensation, then why did He provide such a positive view of such use in the New Covenant writings? Seems strange that He would portray approvingly that which, if employed, would ban us from His presence! Just something to think about.
HERE IS THE SYMBOLE CONTAINED IN CONTEXT: unless you are so spiritually dead that you are IMPOSING the sounds-like all of which create spiritual anxiety and is the TRUMPET BLAST for the living to PREACH THE GOSPEL which contains NO instruments.
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
..........having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth,
..........and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Rev 14:6INSTRUMENTAL NOISE is always the MARK or SOUND of Judgment and NOT Spiritual worship.
Saying [not singing] with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
.......... for the hour of his judgment is come:
.......... and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
.......... and the fountains of waters. Rev 14:7
Proskuneo (g4352) pros-koo-neh'-o; from 4314 and a prob. der. of 2965 (mean. to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (lit. or fig.) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): - worship.For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Rom 15:4
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: Rom 15:5
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 15:6
Docazo (g1392) dox-ad'-zo; from 1391; to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application): - (make) glorify (-ious), full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
Rev. 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she made all nations drink [enchantment] of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.Jesus referring to Ezekiel 33 called the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: Christ in spirit named "speakers, singers and instrument players."
Al Maxey Harps: One thing I can assure you I will not do -- I won't lecture Him on the evils of harping on harps. I'm sure He's heard more than His fill of that already! [Bonehead Statement of the Month -- I actually had a person inform me not long back that his preacher had found "proof positive" that there would be NO musical instruments in heaven, and his preacher had quoted this verse from the pulpit. The verse? You guessed it -- Rev. 21:8 ... all lyres will be cast into the lake of fire!! Good grief!!]
IF GOD CASTS THE INSTRUMENTALISTS INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE, WHO CARES ABOUT THE HARPS?
Of the tens of thousands of harps at the Jerusalem Temple imported by Solomon along with the musicians, not a single one can be found after Christ permissively let the "church house, the musicians and the harps" be thrown into hell JUST as Christ said the would be.
Isaiah 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say,
How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah 14:5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Isaiah 14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Isaiah 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet:
they break forth into singing.
Isaiah 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Isaiah 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:
it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;
it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave,
and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms [maggots] cover thee.
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Amos 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Isaiah 5:12 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.
Isaiah 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day,
that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king:
after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
How does a harlot sing:
Isaiah 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah 23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years,
that the LORD will visit Tyre,
and she shall turn to her hire,
and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD,
him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Jeremiah 48:36 Therefore mine heart shall
sound for Moab like pipes,
and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres:
because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,
the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire,
the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:
the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
IF LUCIFER (ZOE) BROUGHT THESE INSTRUMENTS INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHEN HE / SHE WAS CAST AS PROFANE OUT OF HEAVEN, why would a believer lust to follow in his / her steps.Ezekiel 28.13 in deliciis paradisi Dei fuisti omnis lapis pretiosus operimentum tuum sardius topazius et iaspis chrysolitus et onyx et berillus sapphyrus et carbunculus et zmaragdus aurum opus decoris tui et foramina tua in die qua conditus es praeparata sunt
fŏrāmen , ĭnis, n. id., I. an opening or aperture produced by boring, a hole (rare but class.): neque porta neque ullum foramen erat, qua posset eruptio fieri, outlet, Sisenn. ap. Non. 113, 27: foramina parietum et fenestrarum, Col. 9, 15, 10: inventa sunt in eo (scuto) foramina CCXXX., * Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 4: tibia tenuis simplexque foramine pauco, Hor. A. P. 203; Ov. M. 4, 122: alii (scarabei) focos crebris foraminibus excavant, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98: foramina illa, quae patent ad animum a corpore (shortly before, viae quasi quaedam sunt ad oculos, ad aures perforatae; and: quasi fenestrae sint animi), * Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47.
Tībĭa , ae, f., sinistram fregit tibiam, Phaedr. 5, 7, 8. II. Transf., a pipe, flute (orig. made of bone;
I. the large shin-bone, tibia (cf. sura). biforem dat tibia cantum,
sub cantu querulae tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 7, 30: acris, id. ib. 1, 12, 1: Berecyntia, id. ib. 3, 19, 19; 4, 1, 23: sonante mixtum tibiis carmen
Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities,
by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee,
it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth
in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Făcĭo ,poλma, to compose, id. Pis. 29, 70: carmina, Juv. 7, 28: versus, id. 7, 38: sermonem, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf. litteram, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: ludos, to celebrate, exhibit = edere, id. Rep. 2, 20; id. Att. 15, 10; also i. q. ludificari, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:
opinionem alicui, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: orationem, id. de Or. 1, 14, 63
prō-dūco b. Of an actor, to represent, perform: nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30.
c.To expose for sale: ancillam produxit, vendidit, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54: servos, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.Pollŭo to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3:
Ignis passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury: exarsere ignes animo, Verg. A. 2, 575: saevos irarum concipit ignes, Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love: cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis, Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13: laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri, raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509: quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei, Ov. F. 1, 473: (Dido) caeco carpitur igni, the secret fire of love
Amos 7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city,
and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword,
and thy land shall be divided by line;
and thou shalt die in a polluted land:
and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me,
Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
How does a harlot sing:
Isaiah 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that thou mayest be remembered.Revelation 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth have
been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast,
full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
thērion to/ (in form Dim. of thēr), A. wild animal Trag. only in Satyric drama, S.Ichn.147 (dub. in A.Fr.26): used in Prose for thēr, X.An.1.2.7, Isoc.12.163, Hunting Beasts
Lucretious Demeter and Proserpine have become the heroines of a mystic drama; and their wanderings, and seizure, and grief, Eleusis celebrates by torchlight processions. I think that the derivation of orgies and mysteries ought to be traced, the former to the wrath (orge) of Demeter against Zeus, the latter to the nefarious wickedness (mu/soj) relating to Dionysus; but if from Myus of Attica, who Pollodorus says was killed in hunting-no matter, I don't grudge your mysteries the glory of funeral honours.
You may understand mysteria in another way, as mytheria (hunting fables), the letters of the two words being interchanged; for certainly fables of this sort hunt after the most barbarous of the Thracians, the most senseless of the Phrygians, and the superstitious among the Greeks.
Lucretius (98 - c. 55 BC): The Worship of Cybele [Gal 5]
- Wherefore great Mother of gods, and Mother of beasts, And parent of man hath she alone been named. Her hymned the old and learned bards of Greece....
- Do name Idaean , giving her
Escort of Phrygian bands, since first, they say,Rev. 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev. 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
From out those regions 'twas that grain began
Through all the world. To her do they assign
The Galli, the emasculate, since thus [Gal5]
- They wish to show that men who violate
- The majesty of the Mother and have proved
- Ingrate to parents are to be adjudged
- Unfit to give unto the shores of light
A living progeny. The Galli come:
When Attis, spurious woman, had thus chanted to her comity, the chorus straightway shrills with trembling tongues, the light tambour booms, the concave cymbals clang, and the troop swiftly hastes with rapid feet to verdurous Ida.
Then raging wildly, breathless, wandering, with brain distraught, hurries Attis with her tambour, their leader through dense woods, like an untamed heifer shunning the burden of the yoke: and the swift Gallae press behind their speedy-footed leaderRev. 18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
THUS hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. Amos 8:1
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. Amos 8:2
Keleb (h3611) keh'leb; from an unused root mean. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute: - dog.
For dogs [Catamites] have compassed me: the assembly [multitude, swarm] of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. Ps.22:16
Resound around to bangings of their hands;
The fierce horns threaten with a raucous bray;
The tubed pipe excites their maddened mindsRev. 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
In Phrygian measures; they bear before them knives,
Wild emblems of their frenzy, which have power
The rabble's ingrate heads and impious hearts
To panic with terror of the goddess' might.Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Rev. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
III. as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ō deilotaton su thērion Ar.Pl.439, cf. Eq.273; kolaki, [Lisping] deinō thēriō Pl.Phdr.240b; Krētes, kaka th. Epimenid.1; dusnouthetēton th., of poverty, Men. Georg.78;IV. Astron., the constellation Lupus, [WOLF in Paul's warning a pedarast]
hē mousikē aei ti kainon thērion tiktei [A New Style of Music or Drama} is the MARK]
Anaxil.27, cf. Eup.132; ti de, ei autou tou thēriou ēkousate; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin.Ep.2.3.10; th. sunestiōmenon, of woman,For the foolish who ignore the symbols: the horns are POWER places
kera^s 2. of musical instruments, horn for blowing, sēmēnai tō kerati X.An.2.2.4, cf. Arist.Aud.802a17; also, the Phrygian flute, because it was tipped with horn (cf. Poll.4.74), aulein tō k. Luc.DDeor.12.1; kai kerati men aulein Turrēnoi nomizousi Poll.4.76, cf. Ath.4.184a.
Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Kera^s 3. drinking-horn, ek tou keratos au moi dos piein [potērion] Hermipp.43, cf. X.An.7.2.23, OGI214.43 (Didyma, iii B.C.); ex argureōn k. pinein Pi.Fr.166, cf. IG12.280.77; argurēlatois kerasi khrusa stomia prosbeblēmenois A.Fr.185; ekpionti khruseon k. S.Fr. 483; for measuring liquids,
Pharmakon 3.enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell, Od.4.220 sq., Ar.Pl.302, Theoc.2.15, PSI1.64.20 (i B. C.); pharmakoistonandr'emκnenAr.Th.561 ; toiautaechτ ph. such charms have I, Hdt.3.85, cf. Apoc.9.21.Revelation 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions;
and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Revelation 9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire,
and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Revelation 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails:
for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues
yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, [Exod 32]
and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Revelation 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts."Applied to Persian priests or astrologers of Babylon. Pharmakos (g5333) an adjective signifying "devoted to magical arts," is used as a noun, "a sorcerer," especially one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, Rev 21:8, in the best texts (some have pharmakeus) and 22:15" Vine
Revelation 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
In Revelation 18 the harlot uses "lusted after fruits" with the same definition Amos used.
Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea,
saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,
and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters,
shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman,
of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee;
and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee;
and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee:
for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;
for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints,
and of all that were slain upon the earth.
The harps in Amos and in Isaiah 5 are condemned because the musical performance IN the temple caused the people to hunger and thirst for the Word (only) of Good (only).
Home PageRevelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. [not harps."
Revelation 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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