See the
musical idolatry of the Egyptian Trinity at Mount Sinai
as a terminal fall from Grace
See how
Christ in the Prophets understood this event.
If, as Stephen confirms,
the Exodus and Amos story proves that God turned the nation
over to WORSHIP THE STARRY HOSTS, what "gods" were they
abandoned to worship even when they called him
Jehovah? Christ through the prophets said they had a covenant
with death: the Marzeah defined by Amos and
the sacrificial system defines that abandonment by God at
Mount Sinai. This points to Baal.
The entire Bible and the
Jewish Encyclopedia makes it absolutely certain: it was Sabazianism
or the wide-spread Dionysus (Bacchus) worship or the
god of the OLD winekins. Plutarch makes it clear that the
Jews lost their "place and their god" and worshipped
Dionysus. Apollo (Abaddon, Apollyon) was the sun god and all
sun gods were worshipped on the seventh day of the week:
both the sabbath as WORSHIP and the tithe derived from
Babylon. The synagogue on the Rest days calculated
from the Sun and Moon were called REST and not worship: this
quarantined thee godly people from any of the
performance-based worship on the Sabbath. Modern
Sabbath worship pretending to honor the Lord's death at the
Lord's Supper is just another Mark of end-time Sabazianism
including the New Wineskins mantra.
Chrisit who guided them
separated out the Qahal, synagogue
or church of Christ in the wilderness to
conduct School of the Word of God. That never changed and
Jesus added the Lord's Supper which is another teaching
visual aid. In addition He as the Spirit in His
post-glorified state and leads worship which in the New
Testament is giving heed to the Word of Christ
in the Prophets and apostles.
7.12.11
Truitt Adair: 3. It should
be understood at the outset that brother Atchley is on a mission
to pursuade others to his understanding of
instrumental music and is finding receptive audiences.
In his first session he said that his lessons would be
available on the Richland Hills website and on DVD so that
others could “hear what we are saying and doing.”
His task is enabled if the non-instrumentalists accept that
God commanded anything connected with the Monarchy.
I am surprised that their effort has been a failure based on
the money and numbers of people discorded. However, we should
expect that we will not be able to find an ekklesia of Christ
and we may have to meet at night and in the dark:
Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge
them speedily.
Nevertheless when
the Son of man cometh,
shall he find
faith on the earth?
He also
said, “I think becoming a both/and church could inspire
many other churches of Christ to be courageous in
their Kingdom efforts.”
Based on the accounts posted by their agents, the NACC
thanks him very much.
RECORDED HISTORY INCLUDING THE BIBLE PROVES THAT HE IS
"MISSIONAL." HERE ARE THE MARKS. The Mount
Sinai event also proves that there is no redemption
and therefore God leads you into Babylon defined in Revelation
17-8. When the blind follow the blind they also fall into a
"ditch" which means a PIT.
Rick and the whole flock should grasp that according to the
prophecies by Christ (repudiating the lying pen of the Scribes)
and Luke 17 Jesus defines their effort as ANTI-kingdom of
Christ. After all, music from mystery in all sacrifical systems
(goats burned) was tasked "to make the lambs dumb before the
slaughter." Even Silly Sally understands that when the
rhetoricians rhetors, the singers sing and the players pluck
there must be an INTENTION to make sure that Jesus does not get
a word in edgewise.
Lk 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is
impossible but that offences will come:
but woe unto him,
through whom they come!
Jesus has named the Scribes and Pharasees hypocrites: in
Isaiah and Ezaekiel 33 these are slick speakers, singers
and instrument players.
According to Philo, "the gods of the pagans exploit this
weakness of men. For the sake of a better effect,
and with the intention of more easily cheating their
devotees, they have set their lies to melodies,
rhythms and meters."
Skandal-istēs , ou, ho, prob. A. acrobat
who performed on a trapeze trap
or snare laid for an enemy, “skandala poieisthai”
Romans 14:13 Let us not therefore judge
one another any more:
but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock
or an occasion
to fall in his brother’s way.
Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren,
mark them
which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the
doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Rick Atchley certainly never heard Paul preach or practice
anything other than the Word of God. On the contrary, Paul
used words which excludes "mental excitement" or doubtful
disputations or private opinions which do not edify or
educate.. Godly people build or educate the church on the
Prophets and Apostles:
Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures
of the prophets, according to the commandment of the
everlasting God, made known to all nations for the
obedience of faith:
Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against
thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine
of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Revelation 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine
of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
nik-ē 2. later,
generally, mastery, ascendancy, etc., in all
relations, nikēn diasōzesthai to keep the fruits
of victory, X.Cyr.4.2.26,
cf. 4.1.15.
II. pr. n., Nike, the goddess
of victory, Hes.Th.384,
cf. Pi.I.2.26,
etc.; “Nikē Athana Polias” S.Ph.134,
cf. E. Ion457
(lyr.), 1529.
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus
Christ, but their own belly; and by good words
and fair speeches deceive the hearts
of the simple.
Exa^pa^taō
1.
[deceive “
brotōn phatis — dedaidalmenoi pseudesi poikilois exapatōnti muthoi” (“
phatin Sgr:”)
O. 1.29
Myth: 2. fiction (Opposite.
logos, historic
truth), Pi.O.1.29
(pl.), N.7.23
(pl.), Pl.Phd.61b,
Prt.320c,
324d,
etc. Hes. WD 194
Hes. WD 194 [185] Men will dishonor their
parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at
them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted
they, not knowing the fear of the gods. They will not
repay their aged parents the cost of their nurture,
for might shall be their right: and one man will
sack another's city. [190] There will be no
favor for the man who keeps his oath or for the just
or for the good; but rather men will praise the
evil-doer and his violent dealing. Strength
will be right, and reverence will cease to be;
and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking
false words against him, and will swear an oath upon
them
Poikilos 2. of
Art, p. humnos a song of changeful
strain or full of diverse art,
id=Pind.; so, poikilon kitharizōn
[harp, guitar]
3. intricate,
complex,
Hdt.,
Soph., etc.:
—adv.,
poikilōs audōmenos speaking
in
double sense,
Soph.
Pind.
O. 1 From there glorious song enfolds the
wisdom of
poets, so that they
loudly sing
[10] the son of
Cronus, when they arrive at the
rich and blessed hearth of
Hieron,
Yes, there are many marvels, and yet I suppose the
speech of mortals
beyond the
true
account can be
deceptive,
stories
adorned
with
embroidered lies;
[30] and
Grace, who fashions all gentle things
for men, confers esteem and often
contrives to
make believable the unbelievable. But the days to come
are the wisest witnesses.
Poieō , A make,
produce, first of something material, as
manufactures, works of art
2. create, bring into existence,
“genos anthrōpōn poiein” Id.R.576a;
tēs lexeōs the forms
(modes) used in poetry, such as entreaty, threat, command, Id.Po.1456b9);
ta tēs kōmōdias
Lexis 2. diction,
style, hē enthade l. the style used
here (in courts of justice), Pl.Ap.17d;
Mousēs l. poetical diction
7. a figure in Dancing, Ar.V.1485:
mostly in pl., figures, gestures (cf. skhēmation),
skhēma “skhēmata pros ton aulon [flute] orkheisthai” X.Smp.7.5;
en . . mousikē kai skhēmata . . kai melē enesti figures
and tunes, Pl.Lg.655a;
Lk 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were
hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the
sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
If the kingdom is within you then worship is IN SPIRIT as the
place as opposed to temples or megachurches. Those who are
terminally condemned are those who try to make the kingdom
visible in ceremonial legalism: this is the ultimate insult to
God making you capable of doing what you think He left SILENT.
YOU CANNOT FIND THE KINGDOM OR CHURCH OF CHRIST BY SIGHT,
SOUND OR SMELL
Lk 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come,
he answered them and
said, The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation:
The ekklesia / synagogue was A School of Christ (Campbells)
defined for Rest, Reading and rehearsing the Word of God.
Peter restricts the upbuilding part as the prophets by Christ in
Spirit and the prophecies made more perfect by Jesus of
Nazareth. God made Jesus to be both Lord and Christ with
the power to fully define the prophets. He defines the
nature of the future church including baptism in Isaiah.
Impure religion or Threskia would involve the "laded burden"
which would be religious rituals calculated to arouse spiritual
anxiety pretending with lying wonders that they were revealing
God to the paying audience.
Jesus said and everyone understood that Worship was in the PLACE
of the now sanctified spirit as it is devoted to The Spirit of
truth: the Words of Jesus
Latin:
Observātĭo ,
A. An office, duty, service (eccl.
Lat.): “Dei sui et expiationis,” Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 44: “in observationibus sicut fas est,” id. 1 Macc. 12, 11.—
1 Macc 12:11
- We therefore remember you constantly on every occasion,
both in our feasts and on other appropriate days,
at the sacrifices which we offer and in our prayers,
as it is right and proper to remember brethren.
Jesus commanded us to pray in our private places.
“Observationi operam dare,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 5:
“siderum,” Cic. Div. 1, 1,
Opĕra , A.
Care, attention, exertion bestowed
on any thing:
“alicui,” to attend
to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:
“sermoni,” Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:
B. An observation, remark; a precept, rule
(post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 163:
“dare observationes aliquas coquendi,” id. 22, 23, 47, § 99:
“sermonis antiqui,” Suet.
Gram. 24.—
C. In partic., circumspection, care, exactness:
“summa erat observatio in bello movendo,” Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36.—
D. Regard,
respect, esteem, reverence
(post-class.):
“religionibus suam observationem reddere,”
“
Christianitatis, [Christian Clergy]
Cod. Th. 12, 1, 112: divina,”
ib.
12, 1, 104.—
rĕlĭgĭo piety,
religion, both pure inward piety and that which is
manifested in religious rites and ceremonies;
“hence the rites
and ceremonies,
as well as the entire system
of religion
and worship,
the res divinae or sacrae, were
frequently called
religio or
religiones (cf.
our use of the word religion):
E. Display,
outward show (eccl. Lat.): “
non venit regnum Dei cum observatione,”
Vulg. Luc. 17, 20.—
“
p. patheōn allotriōn”
F. Observance:
“dierum,” [
Days]
Gell. 3, 2, 3.
Your personal experiences
is YOU putting YOU at the center and most people
are skandalized that a person could mount the pulpit. YOU
have nothing to bring.
Pathos
A. that which happens to a person
or thing 2. what one has experienced,
good or bad my experience “ todrama tou pathous pleon”
II. of the soul, emotion, passion
(“legō de pathē . . holōs hois hepetai hēdonē ē lupē” Arist.EN1105b21),
“sophiē psukhēn pathōn aphaireitai”[take away
for oneself to be robbed or deprived
of a thing a heretic]
p. poiein to excite passion
V. RHETORID., emotional style or
treatment, to sphodron kai enthousiastikon p. Longin.8.1;
“pathos poiein” Arist.
Rh.1418a12;
“pragmata p. ekhonta” Plu.2.711e, etc.: pl., “pathē diestōta hupsous”
Sophia , Ion. -iē, hē, prop. A. cleverness
or skill in handicraft and art,
Hephaestus [Lucifer]and Athena in music
and singing, tekhnē kai s. h.Merc.483,
cf. 511;
in poetry, Sol.13.52,
Pi.O.1.117,
Ar.Ra.882,
X.An.1.2.8,
e divination
Allotriōn” [estrange from, made an enemy, alienated,
fall into other hands]
Greek:
Paratēr-ēsis ,
patheōn allotriōn”
empirical observation,
OPPOSITE.
logismos “p. so
kata historian ē p.
histor-ia A.
inquiry, systematic or scientific
observation, 2. knowledge so obtained,
information,
II. written account of one's inquiries,
narrative, history, “hai tōn peri tas praxeis graphontōn hi.
Praxis , A. doing,
transaction, business, on a trading voyage
2. result or issue of a business,
esp. good result, success
action in drama, opp. logos,
4. magical operation, spell, P 2. practice,
i.e. trickery, treachery,
VII. public office, hē dioikētheisa p.
VIII. discourse, lecture of a
rhetorician or philosopher,
Lord hasn't all of the workshops, guest appearances
and fame and fortune said THE KINGDOM is where I
preach. You are an affront to God and the
disciples who understand that worship is IN SPIRIT as devoted
to THE TRUTH.
Lk 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo
there! for, behold, the kingdom of
God is within you.
The Israelites refused to hear God without Moses as mediator:
they were made blind and deaf and there is nothing between
Moses and Jesus which has spiritual application except the
Church of Christ in the Wilderness. Moses promised another
prophet like him
John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive
that thou art a prophet.
John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; [place]
and ye say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh,
when ye shall neither in
this mountain, [place] nor yet at Jerusalem,
[place]worship the Father.
John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we
worship:
for salvation [the
Saviour] is of the Jews.
John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit [place]
and in truth: f
or the Father seeketh
such to worship him.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias
cometh, which is called Christ:
when he is come, he will
tell us all things.
John 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
This sinful woman knew than all of the scholars in the modern
world: she knew that the Purpose Driven Christ came to "tell us
all things." We don't get to be the teller or seller.
A baptized believer is a disciple of Christ: He adds you
to Hiis School and then puts our spirit in a safe house:
Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness,
and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son:
The Israelites as Rick's foundation had a covenant with
death; Amos speaks of that evil worship.
Skotos (“ho”.) O. 1.83 “gnōman kenean skotō kulindei” N. 4.40 “tai megalai gar alkai skoton polun humnōn ekhonti deomenai” N. 7.13 “prophasis — aretan es aipun ebale skoton” fr. 228.
Pind.
N. 4 [30] When toils have been resolved, festivity
is the best physician; and songs, the skillful daughters of
the Muses, soothe with their touch. And warm water
does not wet the limbs so gently [5] as praise that
accompanies the lyre. Speech lives longer than deeds; whatever
words the tongue, with the favor of the Graces, draws from the
deep mind.
A man who did not understand this proverb would appear to be
inexperienced in battle: since “it is likely that the doer
will also suffer.” The laws of song and the hurrying
hours prevent me from telling a long story, [35] and I am
drawn, by a magic charm on my heart, to touch
on the new-moon festival. Nevertheless, although the
deep salt sea holds you around the middle, strain against
treacherous plots. We will be seen arriving in the light far
above our enemies. But another man, with an envious glance,
[40] broods in the darkness over an empty thought that falls
to the ground. As for me, I know that whatever excellence
ruling destiny gave me, time will creep forward and bring it
to its appointed perfection. Weave out, sweet lyre,
right now,
Pind.
N. 7 For he lives in a city that loves music, the
city of the Aeacidae with their clashing spears; [10] and they
very much want to foster a spirit familiar with contests. If
someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet
thoughts into the streams of the Muses. For those
great acts of prowess dwell in deep darkness, if they
lack songs, and we know of only one way to hold a mirror up to
fine deeds:
Propha^s-is , eōs, hē, (prophainō) 2. falsely
alleged motive (or cause), pretext, pretence,
excuse, pretence, ostensibly, pretence
that public debts are owing,
III. persuasion, suggestion, dub.l.in S.Tr.662
(lyr.)
Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye devour widows’
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Jesus quotes from Isaiah and Ezekiel 33 which names slick
speakers, singers and instrument players.
Lk 17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come,
when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man,
and ye shall not see it.
Lk 17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see
there: go not after them, nor follow them.
Lk 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth [+thunder]
out of the one part under heaven,
shineth unto the other
part under heaven;
so shall also the Son of
man be in his day.
I SUGGEST THAT ALL OF THE Skandal-istēs LINE UP FOR THE
FITTING OF A MILLSTONE.
Paul calls this the Lying Wonders of those send a strong
delusion so that they believe a lie and are damned.
Truitt Adair: In the second
lesson he stated, “My love for the Bible compels me to
say what I’ve said this morning. I cannot in good
conscience allow people to teach as Bible what the Bible
doesn’t teach.”
People have complained
about threatening rhetoric.
You have to conclude that Rick has never read
the context of the proof-text paper handed to him by
Chris Seidman and David Faust as an agent of the NACC. He
repeats word for word the out of sequence argument on the
White Paper. Becuase doctors of the law take away the
key to knowledge God left a written record and Jesus said that
SPEAKING the Word of God was receiving the Spirit WITHOUT
METER as the word often means. Since there is NO meter
in the Biblical text no one ever sung (sang) in a tuneful
sense. If Rick and the NACC had done some research on
the words READ and SPEAK they would have
discovered that patriarchal gods NEVER SING or are sung
too. If you want to teach and admonish you speak or
read: you never teach with effeminate "praise teams" singing
about making love to God. That was the message of the writer
of Psalm 149.
The only way to verify that you are not being led by a son of
the Devil--who speaks on his own--is to follow the unchanging
example:
Acts 15:21 For
Moses of old time
hath in every city
them that preach
him,
being read in
the synagogues every sabbath day.
Peter outlawed Doubtful
Disputations which is "further expounded" and left a written
memory to MARK false teachers.
See 2 Peter 2 where Peter defined musical corruption.
And
2 Peter 3 the End Time Mockers
That is the pattern Paul commanded to timothy: singing as an
ACT was imposed and caused division after Constantine began
paying pagan priests to become unwashed bishops. That is
documented as the year 373 and split the east from the west.
Because we have not understood that the Bible includes the
history of the Civil-Military-Clergy thread which was
antithetical to the Prophetic thread, men like Rick Atchley
have taken the record of EVENTS in a God-abandoned
worship of the Starry Host and made them DIRECT COMMANDS
for the godly people guided by Christ in the prophets and
prophecies made more perfect by Jesus of Nazareth.
Truitt Adair: I. LIKE MOST WHO
ADVANCE A LARGE NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS TO PROVE A POINT,
SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS PRESENTED ARE STRONGER THAN OTHERS. WE
WILL FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE BETTER ARGUMENTS
A. Like
any good debater, Rick targets the weakest
and most foolish
arguments he has heard and read in opposition to his
position and demolishes
those arguments. (1)
1. He correctly
denies the view expressed by some that
instrumental music in the Old Testament was an unauthorized
innovation of David (Amos 6:4-5) and that at best,
God merely tolerated it as He did polygamy and
never really approved of it.
He
correctly points out that God commanded
instrumental music in the Old Testament and was praised
by
it.
I have collected most of
recorded history beginning with clay tablets and I deny
that God ever commanded instruments to make music and
praise him.
If remotely true to the
Biblical text who, where and why were loud
noise made by instruments? Assuredly, since we know the
meaning of SYNAGOGUE we know that Christ OUTLAWED vocal or
instrumental noises and any kind of elevated speech when the
people rested FROM pagan worship services and atted the
School of the Word of God. If David praises--makes himself
vile--in the firmament how can that be a command for the
Kingdom of Christ which is NOT in any external acts or
works. #150 is a halal and not a true psalm.
THE BOOK OF AMOS
If you hobble those
who deny that Amos approved instruments IF
they had a good attitude or IF you hobble those who
deny that God COMMANDED anything within the Monarchy,
by marking them as weak and foolish, you
have made it increasingly impossible for honorable people to
open their mouth; assuredly you have made it impossible to
ever be invited to the Workshops of Evil.
If they have been DEMOLISHED already by Rick Atchley (eating
from the NACC white paper) why did the effort to reincarnate
churches of Christ as Christian Churches fail so
miserably? Why is it that all of the Bible and
recorded history is still recorded for us to read
and have not been burned in heaps?
If you read Acts 7 you will
discover that Stephen connected Amos to the "rising up to
play" at Mount Sinai: this was the musical idolatry of the
Egyptian (etal) trinity. There is no historic scholar
I have found who does not repudiate the WAY the nation of
Israel carried out their sacrificial system. While
David ordained the Levites to stand gurard to keep the
"commoners" away from their national ziggurat under the king
and commanders of the army, in Israel the musical performers
became a pleasure for the rich who stole from the
poor. The singers went INTO their temple which
according to Moses would be a death penalty.
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The Agape
was a funerary feast with and for the dead much
like the marzeah condemned in Amos 5 and 6.
That lie upon
beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their
couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and
the calves out of the midst of the stall; Am.6:4
That chant to
the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments
of
musick, like David; Amos 6:5
That drink
wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the
chief ointments: but they are not grieved for
the affliction of Joseph. Amos 6:6
Therefore now
shall they go captive with the first that go
captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be
removed. Amos 6:7
Marzeach (h4798)
mar-zay'-akh; formed like 4797; a cry, i. e. (of
grief) a lamentation: - mourning.
For thus saith
the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to
lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my
peace from this people, saith the Lord, even
lovingkindness and mercies. Jer 16:5
 The Marzeah in Amos 5
"The marzeah had an extremely
long history extending at least from the 14th
century B.C. through the Roman period. In the 14th
century B.C., it was prominently associated with
the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit (modern Ras
Shamra), on the coast of Syria...
"The marzeah
was a pagan ritual that took
the form of a social and religious
association... Some scholars regard the funerary
marzeah as a feast for--and with--deceased
ancestors (or Rephaim, a proper name in
the Bible for the inhabitants of Sheol)." (King, Biblical
Archaeological Review, Aug, 1988, p. 35, 35)
"These five
elements are: (1) reclining or relaxing, (2)
eating a meat meal, (3) singing with harp or
other musical accompaniment, (4) drinking wine
and (5) anointing oneself with oil." (King, p.
37).
"we recognize the same elements:
the sacrifices and libation, the cultic feast in
which the congregation gets a share of food and
drink after it has been blessed by the king, and
the merry-making, now in the form of
instrumental and vocal music. But the central
act of the ritual, which was performed by the
king, is called literally 'drinking' the god
(Gurney, O. R. Some Aspects of Hittite Religion,
p. 33-34, Oxford University Press, 1977)
"The normal
order of events was a meal, followed by a
drinking party. Entertainment might include
anything from a rhetorcian or philosopher
discoursing on some topic, to musical
entertainment, to sexual dalliance."
"Plutarch
implicitly contrasts a serious dinner
featuring a sage as the after-dinner speaker
with the other sorts of dinners--where sexual
play with the girl flute-players or hetairae
was common." (Witherington, Ben, Why Not Idol
Meat, Bible Review, June 1994, p. 41-42).
The Battle of Baal and Yahm
Aloud they [summon the assembly of
the gods/ do cry to those near]. They
invite
the distant
ones / those far away, to the assembly of `El
they summon/do cry: "`El remains seated
[in his marzeah/banqueting
hall/among his cult-guests (dM)] . . .
The shame of the Eternal One
The shameful conduct of the
usurper . . .
O gods, (to) the house of your lord . . .
[Who surely travels (S)
lest he go (D/G) quickly
the Runner will not walk (dM)] through the land,
. . .
who goes in the dust (of)
destruction
a mess of mud on the ground . . .
Comments: Smith believes
lines 7-8 should be interpreted "Either
literally, as `El walking through
the underworld, or an allusion to
`El being "dead drunk," or both
metaphorical, and ironic, as the marzeah serves as the
setting for feasts for the dead and for the living
mourning
the dead (p. 145).
Conrad L'Heureux demonstrated that
the marzeah, or symposium (feast, gathering,
banquet, assembly) of El that is found in
the Rephaim Texts of Ugarit "must be
a reflex in the divine world of the symposium celebrated by the
members of the earthly marzeah of El...each guild
apparently had a divine patron."42 The heavenly
marzeah had participants called rp'm, which we also
find in the earthly marzeah, e.g., "May Krt be
greatly exalted among the rp'm of the
earth...the rp'm constitute an aristocracy of which the Canaanite
kings were a part."43 Moses, and the
prophets following him were proclaimed as
"Speakers for Yahweh," showing the people that
"they are sent from the divine king, the
suzerain of treaties, to reprove and to
pronounce judgment upon Israel..."44
Note
42: Conrad L'Heureux, "The
Ugaritic and Biblical Rephaim," Harvard
Theological Review, 67(1974): 270-271.
Note
43. Conrad L'Heureux, Rephaim, 271. Cf. 272,
footnote 25, the authority of El is ordinarily
exercised through the younger
generation of gods whom we could
call the executive deities. It is also
possible to understand the term rp'm as "the
assembly of the gods." The entire
premise of Jacobsen's article "Primitive
Democracy," is that the groups
and assemblies on earth reflected what the
gods had done in heaven.
See
Plato define the Greek Symposium.
See
John Mark Hicks urging the Lord's Supper
is a Jubilating SACRIFICIAL-LIKE feast
with God.
Terry
Briley at Lipscomb: "The book of
Isaiah begins with an analysis of Israel's
worship. Outwardly, there's
nothing wrong. But their hearts
are not engaged and
their lives are disconnected from their
worship."
See the BAAL CYCLE OR EPIC
Resource: Photograph by Bruce
and Kenneth Zuckerman, West Semitic Research.
Courtesy Claremont Graduate School.
The MRZH
Tablet
"The tablet seen
here is a contract having to do with the
setting up of an association called the MRZH
(marzeah). This association was a group of people
who got together regularly in a special room in
someone's home to celebrate and hold banquets,
probably for religious reasons. Some scholars think
they may have practiced certain rituals to honor and
mourn the dead. We do know that the
biblical prophets Amos and Jeremiah
disapproved of whatever rituals were involved; see Amos 6:7 and Jeremiah 16:5.
Commentary by Marilyn J. Lundberg.
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"NO command of God was ever so
ascribed to man. The use of the instruments of
music in the Old Testament were of man, not of
God." (Tract on music, Lipscomb).
"Surely these inspired
statements are sufficient to show that David
made, invented, and commanded the use of
instruments of music in divine worship. Where
does revelation explain that God made,
invented, appointed, or commanded the use of
instrumental music in ordained worship of that
age? On the basis of plain declarations, the
contention that David introduced the idea is
founded; in the absence of such testimony that
God is the author, we reject the opinion that
God authorized the practice." (L.O. Sanderson,
p. 350).
In 2
Chronicles 29 used to prove that God
commanded instrumental worship, the Levites
STOOD in ranks in silence during the regular
blood letting and offering. However,
Hezekiah's EXTRA sacrifice to Israel
involved the BURNT OFFERING where the
playing of instruments was under the Command
of King David.
"From the
beginning, then, it was not so. Neither is it
a part of or aid to Christian worship. Since
there is no record of God ordaining the
practice, he must have simply tolerated or
indulged it, just as he did regarding some
ignorance, kings, divorces, and polygamy"
(Sanderson, p. 351).
God tolerated the musical
performance of the Levites (only) because He
had turned them over to worship the starry
host. God always permits those who reject
Him to do whatever they wish.
"It was by
the hand or commandment of the Lord and his
prophets that the Levites should praise the
Lord; for so the Hebrew text may be
understood:
"and it was
by the order of David that so many
instruments of music should be introduced
into the Divine service." (Adam Clark,
Commentary on 2 Chron. 29:25).
Then
Clark says:
"But were it
evident, which it is not, either from this (2
Chron. 29:25) or any other place in the sacred
writings, that instruments of music were prescribed
by Divine authority under the law, could
this be adduced with any semblance of reason
that they ought to be used in Christian
Worship? No..." (Adam Clark, Commentary, Vol.
II, PP. 690-691).
"I believe
that David was not authorized by the Lord
to introduce that multitude of musical
instruments into the divine worship of which
we read; and I am satisfied that his conduct
in this respect is most solemnly reprehended
by this prophet; and I further believe that
the use of such instruments of music in the
Christian church is without the sanction and
against the will of God; that they are
subversive of the spirit of true devotion...if
there was a woe to them who invented
instruments of music, as did David under the
law, is there no woe...to those who introduce
them?" (Adam Clark, Commenting on Amos 6:5).
"...Scriptures
do condemn the use that David
made of the instruments in worship--Amos 6:5: 'Woe
to them... that chant to the sound of the
viol, and invent to themselves instruments of
music, like David;' and Amos 5:23: 'Take thou
away from me the noise of thy songs; for I
will not hear the melody of thy viols.' The
condemnation of the instruments of music in
this passage turns on the phrase like
David--it does not say like David's, which
could refer only to the instruments, but like
David is the use that David made of the
instruments. David did not invent the musical
instrument--Jubal invented the instruments
(Gen. 4:21)--but David invented them for
worship--they were David's
innovation." (Wallace, p.
177).
"Amos, we
are told, is the sharpest critic of musical
instruments in pre-Christian times. through
him God expresses a preference for justice and
honesty over bloody sacrifice and its
attendant music of song and instruments. This
sentiment, we are told, was revolutionary,
making part of a similar change felt over the
civilized world... And overall view of the
evidence, McKinnon thinks, reveals a
relationship between the three elements: a
higher conception of God, a rejection of
sacrifice, and a rejection of musical
instruments." (Green, William M, Pepperdine
College, in Restoration Quarterly, v. 19,
1966).
"To hear a
man's or woman's voice sing Handel's solo...
beats through one's chest with some sort of a
throb depending on how well he or she is
singing, and how much you respond to this kind
of music. But no matter how much you may
'enjoy' Handel's solo, the words are not meant
to be entertainment." (Schaeffer,
Edith, Christianity is Jewish, p.
1)
"Amos
stressed "that violations of the moral law
could not be remedied by means of festive
rites, offerings, or liturgical indulgence on
the part of the sinner. In point of fact, God
was already standing beside the altar (Am.
9:1ff), poised and ready to shatter it. No
ritual, however, elaborate and symbolic in
nature, could possibly substitute for the
sincere worship of the human spirit, grounded
in high moral and ethical principles."
(Harrison, p. 895).
"Not
surprisingly, most Israelites declined the
prophet's invitation to enter into a dialog
with Yahweh. They preferred a less demanding
religion of cultic observance either in the
Jerusalem Temple or in the old fertility cults
of Canaan. This continues to be the case: the
religion of compassion is followed only by a
minority; most religious people are content
with decorous worship in synagogue, church,
temple and mosque. The ancient Canaanite
religions were still flourishing in Israel...
the Israelites were still taking part in
fertility rites and sacred sex there, as we
see in the oracles of the prophet Hosea, Amos'
contemporary." (Armstrong, Karen, A History of
God, p. 47).
F.
B. Bruce is one of the best
known modern writer and one might expect that
he would defend the denominational practice.
However, he like most who rest on their
scholarship tell the truth. He wrote--
"...these
same people were punctilious in their
religious observances. Never did such abundant
sacrifices smoke to Yahweh from the altars at
Dan and Bethel and other sanctuaries in
Israel; and the note of praise rose regularly
and loudly from tongue and harp. Was not this
the worship in which Yahweh delighted? So they
thought, but the voice of Yahweh through His
prophet told a different story." (F.F. Bruce,
Israel, p. 58).
Bruce shows,
along with the LXX, that (1) music was used as
worship, (2) they thought that God would
delight in it, but (3) God
condemned it. This refutes
those who deny that Amos said anything about
music and it supports the clear statement and
context of the book of Amos.
Most ancient
scholars not only condemn music as worship but
show that it had its origin in pagan
superstition and was the product of the poets
(songs as magical incantations)--
- "It was
only permitted to the Jews as sacrifice was,
for the heaviness and grossness of their
souls. God condescended to their
weakness, because they
were lately drawn off from idols; but now,
instead of organs, we may use our own bodies
to praise him withal." (Chrysostom on Psa.
149, Vol. iii, p. 634).
"It is
foreign also to the piety of Clement that the
(song) instituted for drinking companies, to
be sung in the convivial feasts of the
Gentiles... As if he [Clement] did not know
that Psalms, not 'wine songs,'... were
recited at the close of
the Supper... I say that so great a
profanation of the Psalms is most severely
condemned by God in the third [commandment] of
the Decalogue and Amos 5:23; 6:5" (Joseph
Bingham, Antiq. of the Christian Church, Vol.
2, p. 485 quoting Clement).
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Rick has done the set-up
with the younger generation which will be the hiring
leadership of the future.
David Lipscomb noted that
the Disciples "invented" the word "psallo" to
try to justify the split within the Disciples/Christian
churches. It seems clear that the NACC and
sympathizers radically interpreted Amos to say that
their only problem was a bad mental attitude. Because
violent
men take the kingdom by violence most preachers were intimidated
not to look any further. As the "unity" movement by the NACC
grew it was fatal to your career path to preach the truth
that God DID NOT command anything about the Monarchy
to which He abandoned them when the "elders"
(always) demanded a national or secular leadership: God
understood that to mean that they wanted to worship like
the nations.
Unfortunately, Truitt Adair
has affirmed Rick Atchley by denouncing as weak and
foolish the Bible and historic scholarship: if he has
demolished the historiic scholarship then Rick
Atchley's job is half finished. However, I would challenge
anyone to find any historic pre-theology scholarship which
does not know that Christ in the prophets repeats the condemnation
over and over: WHY NOT, in ordaining the Holy
Convocation for the godly people's REST He outlawed
vocal and instrumental rejoicing including elevated forms of
speaking intending to intimidate the flock. The
Sabbath or Rest day was to protect the godly people FROM the
seventh day worshipers which always worshipped the SUN or starry host.
If you missed the
message of Acts 7 Stephen repudiated the whole Jewish
national system as a result of musical idolatry at
Mount Sinai: HE was brave enough to tell the
truth like Amos. He was willing to lose his life and not
just his "standing in the priesthood."
FACT:
The Levi tribe was abandoned
to worship the starry host and all credible Bible
students understand that the unlawful monarchy,
monarch, temple, slaughter of innocent
animals and the accompanying exorcism noise could not be an
ABANDOMENT and an ENDORSEMENT at the same time.. Jacob in
Genesis 49 had sorted out the reign of the tribe of Levi and
warned us not to make a covenant with them or to attend
their assemblies. Jacob leaped over the Monarchy and told us
to accept the king out of Judah.
If YOUR God enjoys
FEASTING with you while you burn the fat (John
Mark Hicks) then shame on you for making
yourself the superior feeder, houser and sexually complant
enabler.
Genesis 49.5 Symeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia
Gen. 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
instruments (weapon,
psaltery)
of cruelty are in their
habitations.
(stabbing, dig through furnace, for burning
Bellor fight, carry on
war,
The Levites--an old
Egyprian infant burning sect--were under the KING and
commanders of the Army.
Verg. A. 11.660
Swift through the midmost slaughter proudly strides
the quiver-girt Camilla, with one breast
thrust naked to the fight, like Amazon.
Oft from her hand her pliant shafts she rains,
or whirls with indefatigable arm
a doughty battle-axe; her shoulder bears
Diana's sounding [sŏno] arms and golden
bow.
Sometimes retreating and to flight compelled,
the maiden with a rearward-pointing bow
shoots arrows as she flies. Around her move
her chosen peers, Larina, virgin brave,
Tarpeia, brandishing an axe of bronze,
and Tulla, virgins out of Italy
whom the divine Camilla chose to be
her glory, each a faithful servitress
in days of peace or war. The maids of Thrace
ride thus along Thermodon's frozen flood,
and fight with blazoned Amazonian arms
around Hippolyta; or when returns
Penthesilea in triumphal car
'mid acclamations shrill, [Ulŭlo halal] and all
her host
of women clash in air the moon-shaped
shield.
Fēmĭnĕus , II. Transf.,
with an accessory notion of contempt, womanish, effeminate,
unmanly
Clash: exsulto (exult- ),to run
riot, to revel;
2. Of an orator or an oration, diffuse,
prolix: “fiunt pro grandibus tumidi ... laetis corrupti, compositis exsultantes,”
Gen. 49:6 O my soul,
come not thou into
their secret;
unto their assembly,
mine honour,
be not thou united:
for in their anger they slew a man,
and in their selfwill they digged down a
wall.
Gen. 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and
their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Divido
I. To force asunder, part, separate,
divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo,
dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo,
sejungo, segrego, secerno).
Besides being totally wrong
in approving what Amos condemned if we "just have a
good mental attitude", blaming churches of Christ
for being pretty ignorant is someone conceiveing to
deceive: they missed the clear history of the Old Testament
and the fact that the Synagogue of Christ as a school only
is built upon the foundation of the Prophets and apostles.
Since other prophets guided by Christ repudiate the ACTIONS
of their worship: why would false teachers be left only with
Amos to repudiate?
John Chrysostom
Homilies Temple and Sacrifice [ c. ad 347-407]
Note
Speaking for all historic scholarship.
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The meaning is: Stephen was accused of speaking against
"the customs,"-sacrifices, temple, feasts, etc.
Therefore he significantly points to that critical
conjuncture. from which these "customs" date their
introduction: namely, the
Provocation at Horeb.
Prior to that, he tells
of "living oracles," life-giving
precepts:
after
it, and as its consequence, sacrifices, etc.,
those statutes which were not good, and ordinances by
which a man shall not live,
as God says by Ezekiel.
Not
a
word of sacrifice till then: and the
first mention is, of the sacrifices offered to the
calf. In like manner,
"they rejoiced," "the people ate and
drank, and rose up to play:" and in consequence
of this,
- the feasts
were prescribed: kai
eufrainonto, fhsin: dia touto kai
eortai.-'Epishmainetai might be rendered, "he marks," "puts a
mark upon it" (so the
innovator, who substitutes, touto kai Dauid
epishmainomenoj legei): we take it passively,
"there is a mark set over it-it is
emphatically denoted." In the active, the verb
taken intransitively means "to betoken or
announce itself," "make its
first appearance."-
In the
Treatise adv. Judaeos, iv. §6. tom. i. 624.
C. St. Chrysostom gives this account of the legal
sacrifices: "To what purpose unto Me is the multitude
of your sacrifices? etc. (Isaiah i., 11, ff.)
- Do ye
hear how it is most plainly declared, that God did
not from the first require
these at your hands? Had He required
them, He would have obliged those famous
saints who were before the Law to observe this
practice. Then wherefore has He
permitted it now?
In condescension to your infirmity. As a physician in his treatment
of a delirious patient, etc.:thus did God
likewise. For seeing them so
frantic in their lust
for sacrifices, that they were ready, unless
they got them, to desert
to idols: nay not only
ready, but that they had already deserted,
thereupon He permitted sacrifices. And that
this is the reason, is clear from the order of
events.
-
- After
the feast which they made
to the demons, then it was
that He permitted sacrifices: all but saying:
`Ye are mad, and will needs
sacrifice: well then, at
any rate sacrifice to Me.
-
"But
even this, He did not permit to continue
to the end, but by a most wise method,
withdrew them from it ...
For He did not permit it to be
done in any place of the whole world,
but
in
Jerusalem only.
Anon,
when
for
a
short time they had sacrificed,
he destroyed the city.
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2Chr
28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of
Assyria to help him.
2Chr 28:24 And Ahaz
gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and
cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut
up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him
altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
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2Chr 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria
to help him.
2Chr 28:24 And Ahaz gathered
together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces
the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors
of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every
corner of Jerusalem.
Ahaz took the quarantined horrors of animal slaughter outside
of Jerusalem: this caused a plague to fall on the city and
kingdom.
Rick atchley takes Hezekiah's bringing the sacrifice BACK
under cover as HIS pattern for making instrumental praise
(whatever that is). Christ through Isaiah and Jeremiah says
that God had never commanded sacrifices or burnt offerings:
the scapegoat imposed after Nadab and Abihu went into a holy
place was for Azazel or the Devil. The burnt offering with
instrumental noise as Ricks pattern was probably to
Dionysus. In Ezekiel 33 they returned to burning
infants.
Since Rick under the NACC has taken the sacrificial
INSTRUMENTS public one wonders what lies in store? If he had
done that under the Law and violated the quarantine he would
be Plagued by God Who demanded that they hid The Worship of
the Starry Host.
See 2
Chronicles 33 to see the END OF THE ROAD.
-
Sabazios - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
- The first Jews who
settled in Rome were expelled by virtue of a law
which proscribed the propagation of the cult of
"Jupiter Sabazius," according to Valerius
Maximus
- It is conjectured that
the Romans
identified the Jewish Yahveh Sabaoth ("of the
Hosts") as Sabazius:
- The same praetor
compelled the Jews, who attempted to infect the Roman
custom with the cult of Jupiter Sabazius,
to return to their homes."
And
finally, according to Plutarch, Sabazius became
associated with the Jewish "sabbath", as heretical
Jews worshipped Dionysus Some sources say these
Sabazius-worshipping Jews brought the cult of Sabazius
to Rome Further
still, some believe that Sabazius was another title
for the Sibyls of Thrace,
and others believe Sabazius was a Cretan
demigod from whom the name "Zeus" was derived.
If that upsets you just remember that Christ in the prophets
spoke of the Lying Pen of the Scribes who wrote about the
temple. Jesus used Ezekiel 33 to accuse the Scribes and
Pharisees hypocrites naming rhetoricians, singers and instrument
players.
All of the Restoration Scholars agreed because they were
Bible Scholars and not performers.
"NO
command
of God was ever so ascribed to man. The use of the
instruments of music in the Old Testament were of man, not
of God." (Tract on music, Lipscomb).
"Surely
these inspired statements are sufficient to show that
David made, invented, and commanded the use of instruments
of music in divine worship. Where does revelation explain
that God made, invented, appointed, or commanded the use
of instrumental music in ordained worship of that age? On
the basis of plain declarations, the contention that David
introduced the idea is founded; in the absence of such
testimony that God is the author, we reject the opinion
that God authorized the practice." (L.O. Sanderson, p.
350).
"From the beginning, then, it was not
so. Neither is it a part of or aid to Christian worship.
Since there is no record of God ordaining the practice, he
must have simply tolerated or indulged it, just as he did
regarding some ignorance, kings, divorces, and polygamy"
(Sanderson, p. 351
“The
neighboring gods of Phoenicia, Canaan, Moab—Baal, Melkart,
Astarte, Chemosh, Moloch, etc—were particularly
attractive to Jerusalem, while the old Sem calf-worship
seriously affected the state religion of the Northern
Kingdom...the worship of the sun, moon, stars and signs
of the Zodiac became so intensely fascinating that these were
introduced even into the temple itself
(2 Ki. 17:16; 21:3-7; 23:4,
12; Jer. 19:13; Ezek. 8:16; Amos 5:26)” (Int
Std Bible Ency., Idolatry, p. 1448)
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2Kings
17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away
into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and
in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes.
2Kings 17:7 For so it was, that the children of
Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which
had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from
under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had
feared other gods,
2Kings 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of
Israel, and of the kings of Israel,
which they had made.
Even though the Law of Moses turns
Israel over to worship the starry host and imposed
sacrifices which came with that form of worship, the
Law of Moses contains no hint about the use of
musical instruments even when slaughtering the
innocents.
Rick's proof text in Hezekiah's plague stopping
exorcism proves that the instruments DAVID HAD
COMMANDED were used during the burnt offering. But,
Christ says that God had not commanded
sacrifices or burnt offerings.
2Kings 17:15 And they rejected his statutes,
and his covenant that he made with their
fathers, and his testimonies which he
testified against them; and they followed vanity,
and became vain, and went after the heathen
that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD
had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Vānĭtas , “Magicae vanitates,”
Măgus , i,
m., and măga , ae, f.,
= magos. I.
In the masc., a Magian, a learned man and
magician among the Persians: II.
In the fem., a female magician, enchantress:
cantusque artesque magarum, v. l. Ov. M. 7, 195
Cantus , ūs,
m. id., I. the production of melodious
sound, a musical utterance
or expression, either with voice or
instrument; hence, song, singing,
playing, musiccarmen is
prop. the contents or substance of the song
(while
B. An incantation,
charm, magic song,
etc.: cantusque artesque magorum
Hes.
Th. 11 And one day they taught Hesiod
glorious song while he was shepherding his
lambs under holy Helicon, and this word first the
goddesses said to me— [25] the Muses of Olympus,
daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: “Shepherds
of the wilderness, wretched things of shame,
mere bellies, we know how to speak many
false things as though they were true; but
we know, when we will, to utter true things.”
2Kings 17:16 And
they left all the commandments of the LORD
their God,
and made them
molten images,
even two calves,
and made a grove, and worshipped all the
host of heaven,
and served Baal.
2Kings 17:17 And they caused their sons and
their daughters to pass through the fire,
and used divination
and enchantments,
and sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD,
to provoke
him to anger.
2Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with
Israel,
and removed
them out of his sight: there was none left but the
tribe of Judah only.
When the Levites "prophesied" the word means
"soothsaying."
Augŭrĭum , A.
Any kind of divination, prophecy,
soothsaying, interpretation: “auguria rerum futurarum,”
C. The art of the augur, augury:
“cui laetus Apollo Augurium citharamque dabat,” Verg. A. 12, 394
(v. Apollo and augur): “Rex idero et regi Turno gratissimus augur
Verg.
A. 12.394
Quickly to his side
came Iapyx, dear favorite and friend
of Phoebus [Abaddon, Apollyon], upon whom the god
bestowed
his own wise craft and power,
Iove-impelled.
The gifts of augury were given, and song,
with arrows of swift wing:
Apollo's harp shot forth love
arrows and hymns.
“Mutos Thamyris damnatus in annos, Ore simul citharaque.”
silent, in the literal sense, as opposed to the
arts of prophecy and music, and in the secondary
sense of obscure, in connexion with ‘inglorius.’ Cic.
uses the phrase of arts which do not require
speaking: “
Ars , so
far as it is practically exhibited; a profession,
art (music, poetry),
artis, f. v. arma, jurisprudence and eloquence,
Liv. 9, 42:
“ars grammatica,
[scribere]” grammar, Plin. 7, 39, 40,
§ 128: “rhetorica,” Quint. 2, 17, 4:
“musica,” poetry,
Ter. Hec. prol.
23: “musica,” music,
Plin. 2, 25, 23,
§ 93: “medicae artes,” the
healing art, medicine, Ov. H. 5, 145;
so, “ars Apollinea, [Orpheus,
Ov. M. 11, 8:
ars, both the art of soothsaying,]”
id. Tr. 3, 3, 10: “magica,”
Inglōrĭus ,
a, um, adj. 2. in-gloria, I. without
glory or fame, not glorious,
ingloriou
cĭthăra , I. the cithara,
cithern, guitar, or lute
(very freq. in the poets
II. Meton., the music of the
cithara, or, in gen., of a stringed
instrument, the art of playing on the
cithara,
2Kings 17:19 Also Judah
kept not the commandments of the LORD their God,
but walked in
the statutes of Israel which they
made.
Mic 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is
all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel.
..........What is the transgression
of Jacob? is it not Samaria?
..........and what are the high
places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Mic 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of
the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I
will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,
and I will discover the foundations thereof.
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Sirach in Ecclesiasticus 48
1. Then the
prophet Elijah arose like a
fire, and his word
burned like a .
2. He brought a
famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few
in number.
3. By the word of
the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three
times brought down fire.
4. How glorious
you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the
right to boast which you have?
5. You who raised
a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of
the Most High;
6. who brought kings down to
destruction, and famous men from their
beds;
7. who heard
rebuke at Sinai and judgments
of vengeance at Horeb;
8. who anointed
kings to inflict retribution,
and prophets to succeed you.
O
Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself;
but in me is thine help. Hosea 13:9
I will be thy king: where is
any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy
judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Hosea 13:10
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away
in my wrath. Hosea 13:11
Because the prophets were
guided by the Spirit of Christ, before literally blaspheming
against that Spirit one should look at the statements in
Psalms and Prophets to prove that violent men use
violent means to get their own way and not be cowed into
silence:
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[Hear
this word, you cows of
Bashan, who
are on the mountain of Samaria, Who
oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say
to your husbands, "Bring wine, let us drink!"
Amos 4:1NKJV
Forasmuch
therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and
ye take from him burdens of
wheat: ye
have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall
not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant
vineyards, but ye shall not
drink wine of them. Am.5:11
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For
the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
and
the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he
looked for judgment,
but
behold oppression;
for
righteousness,
but
behold a cry.
[proclaim assemblies] Isaiah 5:7
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And
they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge
by every ALTAR, and
they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Am.2:8
That
drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with
the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the
affliction of Joseph. Am.6:6
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Woe unto them
that rise up early in the morning,
that they may
follow strong drink;
that continue
until night,
till wine
inflame them Isaiah 5: 11
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Take thou away
from me the noise of thy songs; for I
will not hear the melody of thy viols. Am.5:23
That chant
[hum, scatter words "tongues"] to the sound
of the viol, and invent to themselves
instruments of musick, like David; Am.6:5
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THEY 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 5:
12
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Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send
a famine in the land, not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing
the words of the Lord: Amos 8:11
And they shall
wander from sea to sea, and from the north even
to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek
the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Amos 8:12
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Therefore my
people are gone into captivity, BECAUSE they
have no knowledge: and their honourable
men are famished, and their multitude dried
up with thirst. Isaiah 5:13
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And I will turn
your feasts [religious festivals] into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon
all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I
will make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter
day. Am.8:10
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Therefore HELL
hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their
multitude, and their POMP, and he that
rejoiceth,shall descend into it. Isaiah 5:
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And
he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket
of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me,
[The
basket of summer fruit is the same
lusted after fruits in Revelation 18.
The end is come
upon my people of Israel; I WILL NOT again
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Yea,
they are greedy dogs which can
never have enough, and they are shepherds
that cannot understand: they all
look to their own way, every one for his gain,
from his quarter. Is.56:11
And
I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the
Lord: the sword to
slay, and the dogs to
tear,
and the fowls of
the heaven, and the beasts of
the earth, to devour and
destroy.
Je.15:3
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And the songs
of the temple shall be howlings in that
day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many
dead bodies in every place;
Texas! Apollo has landed and unleashed
the locusts (muses)
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Thy POMP is
brought down to the graves,
-sublīmis ,
B. In partic., of language, lofty,
elevated, sublime (freq.
in Quint.): “sublimia carmina,” Juv. 7, 28:
“verbum,” Quint. 8, 3,
18:
carmen song,
poem,
6. On account of the very ancient
practice of composing forms of religion
and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula
in religion or law, a form:
“barbaricum,” id. M. 11,
163.—With allusion to
playing on the cithara:
Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
APOLLO
and since he communicated oracles in verse, god
of poetry and music, presiding
over the Muses and homosexual worship.
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they
shall CAST them forth with silence. Am 8:3
Jesus cast out the musical minstrels "like dung"
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and
the noise of thy VIOLS:
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms [maggots]
cover thee. Is.14:11 |
“Self-interest in social
affairs made for self-indulgence in matters of religion. The northern sanctuaries were
crowded with worshippers who, in the main, were rejoicing in the erotic religious rites that were the
concomitant of a
pagan Canaanite Baal worship.
Prophets and priests
associated with the sanctuaries profited from the
lavish gifts of the worshippers, and naturally condoned
these exercises in the name of religion,
appearing completely
oblivious to the
conditions of rapid decay
which lay immediately
underneith the surface of social life.”
(Harrison, R. K.,
Introduction to the Old Testament, Eerdmans, p. 886)
The situation was analogous in Corinth. The Christian profession
demanded that the Corinthians should forego the old
heathen enjoyments. But
instead of rejoicing in their deliverance through Christ
the Corinthians were dissatisfied and long for the old
pagan celebrations. It
was not so much the participation in pagan sacrificial
feasts which tried out the Lord but the dissatisfaction
with the restrictions on their new faith.” (Lenski
on 1 Cor., p. 399)
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.
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.
STEPHEN GOT INTO TROUBLE
FOR REPUDIATING WHAT RICK IS IMPOSING
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God
had not commanded sacrifices: To think so is
pretty evil.
Amos
5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of
thy songs; for I will not hear the melody
of thy viols.
Zimrah
(h2172) zim-raw'; from 2167; a musical piece
or song to be accompanied by an instrument:
- melody, psalm.
Amos
5:24 BUT let judgment run down as
waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos
5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and
offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house
of Israel?
Amos
5:26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of
your Moloch and Chiun your images,
the star of your god, which ye made to
yourselves.
Amos
5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
beyond Damascus, saith the Lord,
whose name is The God of hosts.
6:1
WOE to them that are at ease in Zion,
and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are
named chief of the nations, to whom the house of
Israel came
Amos
6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs
out of the flock, and the calves out of the
midst of the stall;
Amos
6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and
invent to themselves instruments of musick, like
David;
Amos
6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the
first that go captive, and the banquet
of them that stretched themselves shall be
removed.
Mirzach (h4797) meer-zakh'; from
an unused root mean. to scream; a cry, i. e.
(of joy), a revel: - banquet.
If
they had "a good mental attitude" God still
would not accept the manner in which they acted
out their religion. Most scholars in history
agree.
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This is he, that
was in the church in the wilderness with
the angel which spake oracles
to give unto us: Acts 7:38 to him in the
mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the
lively
To
whom our fathers would not obey, but
thrust him from them, and in their hearts
turned back again into Egypt, Acts 7:39
Saying
unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as
for this Moses, which brought us out of the land
of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Acts
7:40
And
they made a calf in those days, and
offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced
in the works of their own hands. Acts 7:41
Euphrainō , Ep.
euphr-, fut. Att.155.12, Pi.I.7(6).3
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 Just imagine how this blow struck
straight
at my heart! On the other hand, what
joy Dexitheus caused me at the musical
competition, when he played a Boeotian melody
on the lyre! But this year by contrast!
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
7:42
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. Acts 7:4
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Our fathers
had the tabernacle of witness in
the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking
unto Moses, that he should make it according to
the fashion that he had seen. Acts 7:44
Which also our
fathers that came after brought in with Jesus
into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God
drave out before the face of our fathers, unto
the days of David; Acts 7:45
Who found
favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle
for the God of Jacob. Acts 7:46
Skenoma
(g4638) skay'-no-mah; from 4637; an
encampment, i.e. (fig.) the Temple (as God's
residence), the body (as a tenement for the
soul): - tabernacle.
Yea, I think
it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle,
to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
2Pe.1:13
Skenoo
(g4637) skay-no'-o; from 4636; to tent or
encamp, i.e. (fig.) to occupy (as a mansion)
or (spec.) to reside (as God did in the
Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and
communion): - dwell.
And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth. Jn.1:14
Skenos
(g4636) skay'-nos; from 4633; a hut or
temporary residence, i.e. (fig.) the human
body (as the abode of the spirit): -
tabernacle.
But
Solomon built him an house. Acts 7:47
Oikos
(g3624) oy'-kos; of uncert. affin.; a dwelling
(more or less extensive, lit. or fig.); by
impl. a family (more or less related lit. or
fig.): - home, house (-hold), temple.
Howbeit
the most High dwelleth not in temples made with
hands; as saith the prophet. Acts 7:48
Heaven
is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what
house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what
is the place of my rest? Acts 7:49
Hath not my
hand made all these things? Acts 7:50
Ye stiffnecked
and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do
always resist the Holy Ghost: as your
fathers did, so do ye. Acts 7:51
Which of the prophets
have not your fathers persecuted? and they have
slain them which shewed before of the
coming of the Just One; of whom ye have
been now the betrayers and
murderers: Acts 7:52
Jesus came to
DETHRONE the Jewis Sacrificial system which was
based on a blood and flesh lust with robbing the
poor to keep the flesh-pots filled and the
horrors of the slaughter of the innocent hidden
behind closed doors and their screams hidden by
the instrumental Levites.
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That logically leads most
historic scholars to deny that God commanded musical worship
Adam Clark: Verse
5. And invent
to themselves instruments of music, like David] See the
note on 1 Chron. xxiii. 5; and see especially the note
on 2 Chron. xxix. 25.
I believe
that David was not authorized by the Lord to
introduce that multitude of musical instruments into the
Divine worship of which we read,
and I am
satisfied that his conduct in this respect is most solemnly
reprehended by this prophet;
and
I farther believe that the use of such instruments of music,
in the Christian Church,
is without the
sanction and against the will of God;
that they are subversive of the spirit of
true devotion, and that they are sinful.
If there was a woe to them who invented
instruments of music, as did David under the law, is
there no woe, no curse to them who invent them, and
introduce them into the worship of God in the Christian
Church?
Albert
Barnes:
p 303
"they
employed on their light, enervating unmeaning music, and
if they were in earnest enough, justified their
inventions by the example of David... The word can mean no
other than devise.
He introduced into the
Temple-service the use of the stringed instruments, the
kinnor, (the lyre) and the nebel (the harp) in addition
to the cymbals.
Whence
these, in contrast to the trumpets, are called
the instruments of David." (Barnes,
Albert, Amos, p. 308
"When
Amos (6:5) caustically chastises the nouveaux riches and their 'artistic'
extravagance, he stressed for the first time the
age-old feud between the professonal and dilettante (orig. tr):
- They
chant idle songs to the sound of the harp
- and
fancy to play their instruments like David.
- --
(The Int. Std. Bible Dict., p. 457).
Messiah did not come to
UPDATE a legalistic (music, rhetoric) system of
worship but to PUT DOWN that which was against us. The
shadow or skia means a totally erroneous system:
Christ in Isaiah said that they had a Covenant with Death.
That is why they burned animals when Christ says God had not
commanded anything Rick Atchley's spirit is revealing to
him.
Ski^a , as, Ion. ski^ē , ēs, hē, A. shadow, Od.11.207;
skia antistoikhos hōs like the shadow that is one's
double.
3. shade of one dead, phantom,
Od.10.495,
A.Th.992
(lyr.), S.Aj.1257;
“spodon te kai skian” Id.El.1159;
human affairs, of worthless things,
4. evil spirit, IV. an
uninvited guest, introduced by another
Isaiah 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful
men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a
covenant with death, and with hell are we at
agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge,
and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I
lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth
shall not make haste.
Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away
the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the
hiding place.
Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be
disannulled, and your agreement with hell
shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass
through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
In Isaiah 66:4 scornful is defined as:
Empaiktēs , ou, o(, A. mocker,
deceiver, LXX Is.3.4,
2 Ep.Pet.3.3,
Ep.Jud. 18.
Prospaizō , fut.
3. laugh at,
make fun or sport of, tini Men.Epit.182,
Plu.2.197d, Caes.63;
satirize, tiniD.L.4.61,
7.164:—Med.,
App. l.c.
Paizō
5. play amorously,
“pros allēlous”
As at Mount Sinai.
Again: The Marzeah in
Amos 5 identifies a form of pagan religion and the
worship was the RESULT of of a bad attitude toward God
and His Word: no "good mental attitude" would prove what
most preachers preach.
"The
marzeah had an extremely long history extending at least
from the 14th century B.C. through the Roman period. In
the 14th century B.C., it was prominently associated with
the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit
(modern Ras Shamra), on the coast of Syria...
The
marzeah was a pagan ritual that took the form of
a social and religious association... Some scholars regard
the funerary marzeah as a feast for--and with--deceased
ancestors (or Rephaim, a proper
name in the Bible for the inhabitants of Sheol)." (King,
Biblical Archaeological Review, Aug, 1988, p. 35, 35)
"These
five elements are:
(1) reclining or relaxing,
(2) eating a meat meal,
(3) singing with harp
or other musical accompaniment,
(4) drinking wine and
(5) anointing oneself with oil." (King,
p. 37).
THIS
WAS RISING UP TO PLAY AND THE PLAY OF DAVID WHERE
EVERYONE GOT A SHARE OF FOOD. This was the story of
David's Naked dance.
"we
recognize the same elements: the sacrifices and libation, the cultic
feast in which the congregation gets a share of
food and drink after it
has been blessed by the king, and the
merry-making, now in the form of instrumental
and vocal music. But the central act of the
ritual, which was performed by the king, is called
literally 'drinking' the god (Gurney, O.
R. Some Aspects of Hittite Religion, p. 33-34, Oxford
University Press, 1977)
This
won't shock the literate who know that because of the
MUSICAL IDOLATRY at Mount Sinai God TURNED THEM OVER to
worship the starry host.
"The
normal order of events was a meal, followed by a drinking
party. Entertainment might include anything from
a rhetorcian or philosopher discoursing on some
topic, to ˜ entertainment, to sexual
dalliance."
"Plutarch
implicitly contrasts a serious dinner featuring a sage
as the after-dinner speaker with the
other sorts of dinners--where sexual play with the
girl flute-players or hetairae was
common." (Witherington, Ben, Why Not Idol Meat,
Bible Review, June 1994, p. 41-42).
Plutarch said that the
"god" of the Jews was Dionysus under various titles and that
all of their rituals worshipped dionysus. This was one of
the sects Paul silenced in Romans 14 so that the synagogue
could take place in Romans 15: Jesus sings to the Gentiles
when believers "use that which is written for our learning
using one mind and one mouth."
Our "silly" brethren said that because
all recorded history understood that. The people of
Israel had moved David's warrior instruments into their
temple on Mount Gerizim. Like Nadab and Abihu who got to
the incense altar which imposed the death sentence. God
had abandoned them to this worship of the starry host
exactly like the musical idolatry at Mount Sinai.
Christ in the prophets proves that God did not command
sacrifices or burnt offering so the practice was proof
that God had ABANDONED and not COMMANDED them.
Most historic scholars who address this
issue agree that this musical, perverted worship was NOT
God's command.
This comes from
Theodoret after singing as an ACT (that legalism word)
was imposed in the year 373. However,
it was in Justin Martyr's papers according to George
Girardeu
Thus
the unknown author of a treatise among Justin Martyr's
works:
Quest. If songs were invented by
unbelievers with a design of deceiving,
and were appointed for those under the law, because of
the childishness of their minds, why do
they who have received the perfect instructions
of grace, which are most contrary to the aforesaid
customs, nevertheless sing in the churches just as they
did who were children under the law?
Ans. Plain singing is not childish, but only the
singing with lifeless organs, with dancing and cymbals,
etc. Whence the use of such instruments and other things
fit for children is laid aside, and plain singing only
retained.'
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series
I, Vol. XIV, John Chrysostom, Homily I (c. 349–407
[1.] They that are spectators of the heathen games, when
they have learned that a distinguished athlete and winner
of crowns is come from any quarter, run all together to
view his wrestling, and all his skill and strength; and
you may see the whole theater of many ten
thousands, all there straining their eyes both of body and
mind, that nothing of what is done may escape them. So
again these same persons, if any admirable
musician come amongst them, leave all that
they had in hand, which often is necessary and pressing
business, and mount the steps, and sit listening very
attentively to the words and the accompaniments, and
criticising the agreement of the two. This is what the
many do.
"Again; those who are skilled
in rhetoric do just the same with respect
to the sophists, for they too have their theaters, and their audience, and clappings of hands, and noise, and closest
criticism of what is said.
"And if in the case of rhetoricians, musicians,
and athletes, people sit
in the one case to look on,
in the other to see at once and to listen with such
earnest attention;
what zeal, what earnestness ought ye in reason
to display,
when it is no musician or debater who now comes forward to
a trial of skill,
but when a man is speaking from
heaven, and utters a voice plainer than thunder? for he has
pervaded the whole earth with the sound; and
occupied and filled it, not by the loudness of the cry,
but by moving his tongue with the grace of
God.
And
what is wonderful, this sound, great as it is, is
neither a harsh nor an unpleasant one, but sweeter and more
delightful than all
harmony of music, and with
more skill to soothe; and
besides all this, most holy, and most awful, and full
of mysteries so great, and
bringing with it goods so great, that if men were
exactly and with ready mind to receive and keep them,
they could no longer be mere men
nor remain upon the earth, but would
take their stand above all the things of this life,
and having adapted themselves to the condition
of angels, would dwell on earth just as if it were
heaven.
[2.] For the son of thunder, the beloved
of Christ, the pillar of the Churches throughout the
world, who holds the keys of heaven, who drank the cup of
Christ, and was baptized with His baptism, who lay upon
his Master's bosom with much confidence,
this
man comes forward to us now; not
as an actor of a play, not
hiding his head with a mask, (for he
hath another sort of words to speak,) nor
mounting a platform, nor striking the stage
with his foot, nor dressed out with apparel of
gold, but he enters wearing a robe of inconceivable
beauty. For he will appear before us having "put
on Christ" (Rom. xiii. 14; Gal.
iii.
27), having his beautiful "feet shod with
the preparation of the Gospel of peace" (Eph. vi. 15);
wearing a girdle not about his waist, but about his loins,
not made of scarlet leather nor daubed outside with gold,
but woven and composed of truth itself.
Now will he appear
before us, not acting a part, (for with him
there is nothing counterfeit, nor fiction, nor fable,)
but with unmasked head he proclaims to us the truth
unmasked;
not making the
audience believe him other than he is by carriage, by look, by voice,
needing for the
delivery of his message no instruments of music, as harp, lyre, or any other
the like, for he effects all with his tongue, uttering
a voice which is sweeter and more profitable
than that of any harper or any music.
Justin
to Trypho Chapter XXII.-So Also Were Sacrifices and
Oblations.
"And that
you may learn that it was for the sins of your
own nation, and for their idolatries and not
because there was any necessity for such
sacrifices, that they were likewise enjoined,
listen to the manner in which He speaks of these by Amos,
one of the twelve, saying:
Take thou away from Me
the multitude of thy songs and psalms; I will not hear thine instruments. But let judgment be rolled down
as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent. Have
ye offered unto Me victims and sacrifices in the
wilderness,
O house of Israel? saith the Lord. And have ye taken up
the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raphan, the figures which ye made
for yourselves? And I will carry you away beyond Damascus,
saith the Lord, whose name is the Almighty God.
Woe to them that are at
ease in
Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria: those who are named
among the chiefs have plucked away the first-fruits of the nations:
the house of Israel
have entered for themselves.
Pass all of you unto
Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye unto Hamath the
great, and go down thence to Gath of the strangers, the
noblest of all these kingdoms, if their boundaries are
greater than your boundaries.
Ye who come to the evil
day, who are approaching, and who hold to false
Sabbaths;
who lie on beds of ivory, and are at ease upon their
couches; who eat the lambs out of the flock, and the
sucking calves out of the midst of the herd;
who applaud at the sound of the
musical instruments; they reckon them as stable, and not
as fleeting,
who drink wine
in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief
ointments, but they are not grieved for the
affliction of Joseph. Wherefore now they shall
be captives, among the first of the nobles who are
carried away; and the house of evil-doers shall be
removed, and the neighing of horses shall be taken
away from Ephraim.'
And again by Jeremiah: "Collect
your flesh,
and sacrifices, and eat: for concerning neither sacrifices nor libations did I command your fathers in
the day in which I took them by the hand to lead them out of
Egypt.'
I believe that this has been
the chink in the armor taught by very latter-day scholars. The
only spiritual covenant was made by Christ to Abraham: Paul
leapfrogs the entire Monarchy and reconnects us to Abraham by
baptism where we become sons of God and Abraham:
Galatians 3:12 And
the law is not of faith:
but, The man that
doeth them shall live in them.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
of the law,
being made a curse for
us: for it is written,
Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham
might come on the Gentiles
through Jesus Christ;
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.
Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 [what I means is] as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Truitt Adair 2. He also quotes
from some non-instrumental sources who in attempting
to explain the presence of harps in Revelation 15:2-3,
said, “It says they were holding the harps, it doesn’t
say they were playing them.” While I do not believe
the presence of harps in heaven, held or played, authorizes
instrumental music in the assembly of the church on earth,
neither would I use the foolish argument he quotes.
Scripture says the HELD the harps:
try falling on your face and playing literal harps: all of
these sounds-like created panic as the Levite musicians
created panic. The other angel speaking to the LIVING was
to PREACH THE GOSPEL because judgement is comming
soon. They "apprehended" the Word of God.
To fool those trying to fool others, the
word holding means to APPREHEND and never means to PLAY.
The harps are from God and the Greek literature is
filled with images of us SPEAKING with the instrument
God gave us.
Truitt Adair B. Rick presents
some concepts which are true and beneficial.
These are presented to prove that instrumental music is
acceptable for the church. I do not believe he proves his
conclusion but some of the concepts upon which he bases the
arguments are valid.
1. He
says, “I believe the gospel is barrier
enough for unregenerate man...Why would we put
up any barrier to Christ’s message
that was not absolutely demanded by faithfulness to
scripture?” Who would argue with that? When a person puts
his trust in Christ and is baptized for the forgiveness of
sin, God accepts him and adds him to His Church.
Wow! The Gospel is GOOD NEWS:
it reads "come to me all ye that labor and are heaven laden
and I will give you rest.
That's what He thinks: The command for anyone worthy
of food and shelter is that he must GO and preach the
gospel. Those who are righteous and just based on their
own community can by faith and baptism receive A holy spirit
or A good conscience so they can apprehend (hold) the Word of
God in their own now-holy spirit. The gospel freedthem
from the loaded burden of the Scribes and Pharisees Jesus
called Hypocrites and the Exekiel reference names speakers,
singers and instrument players. The gospel freed them from the
tempe tax--sons don't pay taxes. The gospel removed the whole
evil temple organization and freed them to attend synagogue to
Rest, Read and Rehearse the Word of God as the SIMPLE PATTERN
for the kingdom of Christ.
Acts 2:41 Then
they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and the same day there
were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Peter and the eleven preached
the gospel on the day of Pentecost and there was NO music of
any kind which by definition STANDS in the way of hearing
the Word of Christ. I think Rick is worried about
obstacles to joining his institution. However, he was
not worried about the owners who were forced to cast
themselves out of THEIR synagogue. How many of those and
others will have a total disdain for the church when it knows
that we have to IMPOSE loud vocal and instrumental performance
to LEAD them to Christ. Everyone knows that the rhetoricians,
singers and instrument players Christ identified as hypocrites
in Ezekiel 33 are EXHIBITIONISTS and know that all of
the ATTENTION (the worship word) will be sucked up by
them.
Hupokrinô reply, make
answer
2. expound, interpret,
explain [outlawed by Peter as private
opposition] II. Att., speak in dialogue,
hence play a part on the stage, be an actor,
kômôidian, of orators and rhetoricians, represent dramatically,
use histrionic arts, exaggerate,
Often appears with: Pharisaios 1 a Pharisee,
Separatist (from pharash, to distinguish), one of a sect who separated
themselves from other Jews as affecting
superior holiness.
Including the Latin canto to
produce melodious sound (by the voice or an instrument),
to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; rare in
Cic.). 2. Of an actor, to represent
a part, to act, tragoedias [goat
singers],
This is THE GOSPEL or good
news: no more laded burdens or burden laders: Scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites meaning rhetoricians, singers and
instrument players. Nimrod and modern medicine knows
that music is destructive to a large part of the population:
when you USE music and musicians you EXCLUDE that population
which cannot tolerate "decibel poisioning" which destroys
their mental health and hearing.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
People gladly received the Word and were baptized because they
KNEW the burden imposed by the Jewish clergy who fleeced the
widows for maing long prayers or "hymns."
RICK ATCHLEY ETAL IMPOSE THE BURDEN JESUS REMOVED AS GOSPEL
The
burden
in Greek includes:
Epōd-os , on, （epadō） A. singing
to or over, using songs or charms
to heal wounds, “epōdoi muthoi” Pl.Lg.903b.
Myths are opposite to
Logos: Logos is the opposite of poetry or music. Mythos
is female and effeminate: Logos is masculine and normal.
b. Subst., enchanter,
“e. kai goēs” E.Hipp. 1038
(but “goēs e.” Ba.234):
c. gen., a charm for or against, “ethusen hautou paida epōdon Thrēkiōn aēmatōn” A.Ag.1418
; e. tōn toioutōn one to charm
away such fears, Pl.Phd.78a.
2. Epōdos, ho, verse or passage
returning at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H.Comp.19 ; chorus,
burden, refrain, Ph. 1.312 : metaph., ho koinos hapasēs adoleskhias e. the 'old story',
The Burden Jesus
removedwas:
-Phortos
A. load, freight, cargo, Od.8.163,
14.296,
Hes.Op. 631,
Hdt.1.1,
S.Tr.537,
and later Prose, as PEnteux.2.11
(iii B. C.), Plu.Marc.14,
Luc.VH1.34; epoiēsanto me ph., expld. as pepragmateumai, prodedomai, phortos gegenēmai, Call.Fr.4.10P.; ph. erōtos, of
Europa on the bull, Batr.78,
cf. Nonn.D.4.118.
III. mass of
detail, 'stuff', in semi-colloquial sense, Aret.CD1.4
PAUL KNEW THIS AND WAS INCLUSIVE
of using one mind and one mouth to speak "that which is
written for our learning."
BURDEN IS: Airo (h142)
ah'ee-ro; a prim. verb; to lift; by impl. to take up or
away; fig. to raise (the voice), keep
in suspense (the mind); spec. to sail
away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Heb. [comp. 5375] to expiate
sin: - away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make
to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Rom.
15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
G700 aresky
ar-es'-ko Probably from G142
(through the idea of exciting emotion); to be
agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so):please.
Aeirō , II. raise
up, exalt, “apo smikrou d' an areias megan” A.Ch.262,
cf. 791
esp. of pride and passion, exalt, excite, hupsou ai. thumon grow excited,
S.OT914
BURDEN IS: Epoiēsanto A.
make, produce, first of something
material, as manufactures, works of art,
Explained as pepragmateumai, prodedomai, phortos gegenēmai,
That marks legalists.
A. Pragmateuomai work
at at thing, labour to bring it about, take
in hand, treat laboriously, be engaged in. Work at
writing religious poetry for use around the shrine
or Hieros the temple of Athena
for the hierodoulo
Hierodoulos Nethinim
1 Esdras 1:2 especially of the temple courtesans
at Corinth and elsewhere also male prostitutes. Str.8.6.20,
6.2.6;
Neokoros
BURDEN IS: 4.
after Hom., of Poets,
compose, write, p. dithurambon, epea, Hdt.1.23,
4.14; “p.
Represent in verse, or poetry, invent, represent,
myths, comedy, tragedy
BURDEN IS: Erōs , ōtos, o(, acc. erōn —love,
mostly of the sexual passion, name of the klēros Aphroditēs,
III. of the Levites, “Kurios autos klēros autou” LXX De.18.2:
Aphrodite or ZOE is the
Musical Worship Minister: that is a burden Jesus died to
PRY OFF.
BURDEN
IS: 2. metaph., heavy
load or burden, ph. khreias, kakōn, E.Supp.20,
IT1306;
cf. phortion.
Eur. Supp. 20 Before the
temple of Demeter at Eleusis.
On the steps of the great altar is seated Aethra.
Around her, in the garb of suppliants, is the
Chorus of Argive
mothers. Adrastus lies on the ground before the altar,
crushed in abject grief. The children of the
slain chieftains stand nearby. Around the altar are
the attendants of the goddess.
BURDEN IS: II.
Att., vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash, Ar.Pax748
(anap.) Pl.796.
Aristoph. Peace 748 Chorus
The Chorus turns and faces the audience.
Undoubtedly the comic poet who [735] mounted the
stage to praise himself in the parabasis
would deserve to be handed over to the sticks of
the beadles. Nevertheless, oh Muse, if it
be right to esteem the most honest and illustrious of our
comic writers at his proper value, permit
our poet to say that he thinks he has deserved a
glorious renown. First of all, he is the one who has
compelled his rivals no longer [740] to scoff at rags or
to war with lice;
and as for those Heracleses,
always chewing and ever hungry,
he was the first to cover them
with ridicule and to chase them from the stage;
he has also dismissed that slave, whom one never failed to
set weeping before you, [745] so that his comrade
might have the chance of jeering at his stripes
and might ask, “Wretch, what has happened to your hide?
Has the lash rained an army of its thongs on you and laid
your back waste?” After having delivered us from
all these wearisome ineptitudes and these low buffooneries,
he has built up for us a
great art, like a palace with high towers,
[750] constructed of fine
phrases, great thoughts and of jokes not
common on the streets.
Moreover it's not obscure private persons or women that he
stages in his comedies; but, bold as Heracles, it's the
very greatest whom he attacks, undeterred by the fetid
stink of leather or the threats of hearts of mud.
THE burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it
shall be a ruinous heap. Isa 17:1
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Laden
is:
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Impure Religion
is: |
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Phortizo
(g5412) for-tid'-zo; from 5414; to load up (prop.
as aa vessel or animal), i.e. (fig.) to
overburden with ceremony or spiritual anxiety: -
lade, be heavy laden.
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Threskeia (g2356)
thrace-ki'-ah; from a der. of 2357; ceremonial
observance: -
religion, worshipping.
Let no man beguile you of your
reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping
of angels, intruding into those
things which he hath not seen, vainly
puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Col.2:18 |
THE MUSIC
IS AN OBSTACLE TO THOSE CAST OUT OF THEIR OWN SYNAGOGUE:
Congregational singing has never been an obstacle to those who
want to be a participant rather than aspectator of FABULA.
So, as
much as in me is, I am ready to preach
the gospel to you that are at Rome also. Rom
1:15
For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power
of God unto salvation
to
every one that believeth;
to
the Jew first, and also to
the Greek. Rom 1:16
For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not
perish, but have everlasting life. John
3:16
For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn
the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3: 17
He that
rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words,
hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
Jn.12:48
Here are some of those WORDS:
And
he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and
preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved;
but
he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark
16:16
But
the Pharisees and
lawyers rejected (despised)
the counsel of God
against themselves,
being
not baptized of him. Luke 7:30
However,
he doesn’t represent what I believe when he says, “That’s
what churches of Christ have done with our position on
instrumental music.”
2. Rick
says, “Abuse of a practice is never a sound reason for
disuse of that practice.”
But, Rick has not--maybe cannot--catch on
to the fact that the Campbells being Bible literate tried
to restore:
Church is A School
of Christ
Worship is Reading and Musing the Word.
That's what Christ ordained for the church of Christ in the
wilderness
Truitt Adair: This is true.
Instrumental music should not be rejected because some
have used it in a self-serving way. It is the practice
itself which should first be questioned. If it can be
shown that it is authorized in the first place, then it
should be done in the right spirit with the right motives.
Rick is correct when he emphasizes that God always
requires a right heart and attitude in our worship.
3. In
lesson two Rick observes, “Most members of
churches of Christ...don’t have trouble with
instrumental music anymore... And for several
decades now, there’s this giant elephant that’s been
in the room and we don’t talk about it.” Later he will
add, “Most of our schools...don’t even try to teach the
anti-instrument doctrine anymore. Most of our
pulpits don’t teach it.
We
(2) are creating
[DELIBERATELY] a serious credibility gap
because we don’t even attempt any longer to defend from
the Bible what we practice.” In lesson three he
passionately states, “We cannot continue to ask our kids
to hold on to a practice we’re not defending,
Biblically.” I agree that it is time we start
teaching what we believe regarding music in the church and
why we believe it.
HERE IS THE
CONFESSION OF THE SATANIC PATTERNISM WE KNEW ALL
ALONG:
Everyone is aware that since the NACC was
officially delisted from the Disciples of Christ in 1971
after the Restructure in 1968. Men like Leroy Garrett had
begun what he calls his infiltrated colleges much earlier.
The so-called Unity meetings by the NACC cut out some
dupes and began using the "mask" of unity but coming into
the meetings "loaded and cocked" with their very detailed
"White Papers" using all of the mentions of instruments in
a Topical Bible totally ignoring the story line which
proved the opposite. When these meetings like
Jubilee began the plan was to do an end run around the
older generation and cut out the "prime" youth and begin
their lies about al of the Bible and recorded
history--bruising and cutting logic and human decency.
See
Rick Atcley-Chris Seidman on Instrumental Music
Delusion in New Wineskins Magazine.
Boasting that the Progressive movement has
finished its task, Rick Atchley confesses what we have
been telling you from the beginning.
Rick Atchley: The era of the
progressive Church of Christ is over.
Back in the 80’s you could go to any major city,
especially in the South,
and you could find a
progressive Church of Christ —
and if they would
preach grace,
and if they would
put words on a screen,
and if they would
let divorced people place membership, they would grow.
The generation of Boomers has enough denominational
loyalty that they’re going to find the least
legalistic Church of Christ they can find, and that’s
where they’re going to attend.
Well, we
discipled the children of those progressive
churches for a whole generation to grow past
us Boomers.
They never heard the sermons we heard.
They never heard the rationale for a cappella
music.
We sent them to youth rallies and Church
of Christ events with some of the finest Christian
bands in the world.
We discipled our children to leave
our Movement!”
They’re not leaving the kingdom of God, and I’m
not saying that — so please hear me say,
I’m not placing the
health of the Movement above the kingdom of God —
I
want my kids to love
Jesus, but I do think that Churches need to understand.
If you look at most
of the “progressive Churches of Christ” across the
country,
they’re
plateaued. In fact, they are in decline.
They are older
and smaller, and their kids are gone. Their kids
have fond memories of growing up in that church. The church
taught them about Jesus, but now they are somewhere else.
You know,
when I hear some of those old arguments about music, because
of my history, even though I disagree, at least I can
connect the dots and see how you got there. My children
don’t even have the graph paper! “An Afternoon
with Rick Atchley and Chris Seidman, Part
4” (New Wineskins, September – December 2010)
It is absolutely certain that
the preachers have been cuckoled by the NACC using a few
pampered dupes to accept their white paper filled with black
lies. There is not one passage they have not used to justify
their destroying their own denomination.
I fear that NOT ONE of
them understands the difference between a SCHOOL OF JESUS
CHRIST and a theater for entertaining the goats.
I remember one of the members
boasting that he had convinced another preacher never
to preach another sermon against instruments. This is proof
that the BOASTED ABOUT infiltration and diversion was the
reason many preachers were intimidated especially since their
new Phd depended on agreeing with the men infiltrated from the
Christian Church or the Baptists..
Truitt Adair
continues:
Rick
Atchley made no new and Biblically
profound arguments in favor of instrumental music. True,
he stated them very well, and with great contemporary
appeal. However, all of his “better” arguments in
favor of the instrument have been presented and debated
for hundreds of years in “Christiandom” and for at least
100 years by those in the Restoration Heritage.
Rick Atchley noted that he had been working
his hidden agenda for a long time: we think 10 to 12
years before "a" spirit stopped him and told him it was
time to preach that sermon. Of course we know that Rick
had been very vocal in his agenda to seduce churches of
Christ into His loyalty to the Christian Church.
Truitt Adair: The sad truth
is, because we have not studied this issue in our
churches for several decades, a whole generation
has never heard nor dealt with many of these arguments.
Therefore, they sound new and fresh and appealing to those
who are not familiar with them and have not heard Biblical
and logical answers to them. He put a new face on several
traditional arguments in favor of instrumental music.
These are his four best arguments for the instrument:
That proves that the intimidation
worked: my experience over 80 years is that preachers never
understood that the Bible is not a history of the world
but a history of the Hebrew nation which began when
God "picked out" Abraham from a band of caravan robbers and
participants in Babylonianism which was the beginnning-- and
end-- time Babylon Mother of harlots (Revelation 17) who used
lusted after "fruits' (same as in Amos) as rhetoricians,
singers and instrument players:
John called them sorcerers and consignes the "dogs" (Cynic,
Catamite) and "sorcerers" to be cast alive into the Lake of
Fire. Christ led Isaiah 30 to define the "For Whom" God
comes in judgment and for whom "hell" was prepared: the way to
know that you are being driven their quite violently is the
sound of wind, string and percussion instruments: these were
the instruments Lucifer as the singing and harp-playing
prostitute brought when he/she/it was cast as profane out of
heaven.
"Cast as profane" has the
same meaning as "halal" which is the PRAISE word used
by David. #15 is not a psalm but a halal meaning "to make
a fool of yourselves" because these were the boast or
taunt songs since David was king and the Levites were under
the King and commanders of the army: they made violent war
with vile treatment of the enemy and not worship.
If you can hold on to the
fact that God TURNED THEM OVER to worship the starry host
because of the musical idolatry of the Egyptian trinity.
The Worship of the Monarchy was therefore defined by Amos and
Stephen: history recognizes that the god of the Jews was
Dionysus or Bacchus who under different forms is the
foundation of most paganism.
Truitt Adair: 1.
It is authorized in scripture. Rick will show
from the Old Testament that instrumental music was
commanded and blessed by God.
That's absolutely untrue: Rick Atchley missed
Mount Sinai 101a: when they rose up to PLAY this was
musical idolatry where the golden calf points to the
trinitarian worship they had always practiced in
Egypt. God turned them over to "worship the starry
host" and sentenced them to return to "beyond Babylon" for
captivity and mostly death.
God had given them The
Book of The Covenant of Grace which continued the
Patriarchal order which had no religious rituals to
perform. The rules of the Covenant were conditional but
commanded no sacrificial system.
The Law of Moses gave
them The Book of The Law and assigned the tribe
of Levi to control things: after the elders fired God and
demanded a king like the nations, God understood that they
wanted to WORSHIP like the nations. He abandoned them to
the kings to carry out the conditional captivity an death
sentence.
If you think that
anything in the Cursed Monarchy was God's command rather
than God's abandonment you should read
First Samuel Eight.
The Sacrificial System
(not worship) was common to all of the Goyim or national
systems: Egypt and Babylonian in specific identity.
If you will read 2
Chronicles 29 with a little more care, you will
notice that it was Hezekiah's plan to conduct a purification
or exorcism service to stop the plague which fell
when the sacrificial system was taken from behind closed
gates. After the purification they went throughout the
city and burned down all of the "denominational
churches." Hezekiah burned Goats as a way to appease
Israel and Azazel: the devil. Just before Rick
Atchley's PATTERNISM they burned infants because
that is what they did in Egypt, Tyre and Jerusalem.
Adam
Clark: In Second
Chronicles when we see the dedication of the temple
with animal sacrifices, we hear it repeated
that
David made the
instruments for David to praise
therewith.
And the priests waited on
their offices: the Levites also with instruments of
musick of the Lord,
1.
which David the king had made to praise
the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever,
when
David praised by their ministry;
2.
and the priests sounded trumpets
before them, and all Israel stood. 2 Chronicles 7:6
Verse
5. Four thousand praised the Lord] David made this
distribution according to his own judgment, and from
the dictates of his piety;
but
it does not appear that he
had any positive Divine authority for such
arrangements.
As to the instruments of music which he made they
are condemned elsewhere;
see Amos vi. 5, to which this verse is allowed
to be the parallel.
Here,
however, the author of this book states
he
had the commandment of the prophet
Nathan, and Gad the king's seer;
and this is stated to have been the commandment of
the Lord by his prophets:
but the Syriac and Arabic give
this a different turn-
"Hezekiah
appointed
the
Levites in the house of the
Lord, with instruments of music, and the sound of
harps,
and
with
the HYMNS of
DAVID,
and the HYMNS of
GAD, the king's
prophet,
and of [Hymns of] NATHAN, the king's
prophet:
for David sang the
praises of the Lord his God,
as from the mouth of the
prophets."
See
Second Chronicles 33
After
the blood atonement for the king, kingdom, temple and staff,
Hezekiah THOUGHT that he would offer the burnt offering of
Goats to try to appease Israel which was alread the
"Instrumental Sectarians" apparently bringing the musicians
into the holy places (Amos). They laughed at Hezekiah just
as the modern instrumental sectarians mock the "appeasers"
knowing they can take them captive.
Matthew Henry notes that: "Some think
that goats were chosen
for the sin-offering because, by
the disagreeableness of their smell, the offensiveness of sin is
represented: others think, because it was said that the demons
which the heathens then worshipped often
appeared to their worshippers in the form of goats, God
therefore obliged his people to sacrifice goats, that
they might never be tempted to sacrifice TO goats. (cappella in Greek: a goat and a
starry constellation)
The Goat was sacrified to Dionysus because
they were harmful to the Vine. This is the SOURCE of the
loud instrumental noise--never called music.
Nadab and Abihu
went into a holy place and the Day of Atonement and the
Scape-goat offered to Azazel or the devil as
punishment.
Book of Enoch 8:1 And Azazel taught men to
make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made
known to them the metals of the earth
and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use
of antimony, and the
beautifying of the eyelids, and all
kinds of costly stones, and all
8:
2 colouring
tinctures. And there arose much godlessness,
and they committed fornication, and they
8:
3 were led
astray, and became corrupt in all their
ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and
root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving
of enchantments, Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the
constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel
the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and
Sariel the course o
This
was a CIVIL
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2Chr. 29:25 And he SET [in ranks] the Levitescymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps,
ccording to the in the house of the
LORD with commandment of David,
and of Gad the king’s seer, [The
worship of the starry host got its commands
from a STARGAZER]
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2Chr.
29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt
offering upon the altar.
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and Nathan
the prophet: for so was the commandment
of the LORD by his prophets. {only the
trumpets}
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And
when the burnt offering began, |
2Chr. 29:26
And the
Levites STOOD
[in military ranks] with
the instruments of David,
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the song of the LORD
began also with the trumpets |
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and the priests with the
trumpets. |
and with the instruments
ordained by David king of Israel. |
No honorable disciple can
miss the fact that making NOISE during the BURNT OFFERING was
commanded by the King. There are other parallel passages:
Nehemiah looked all of the way back to David for A Temple
Exorcism Ceremony. David commanded the instruments.
1 Chr 25:1
David, together with the commanders of the army,
set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and
Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied
by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the
men who performed this service:
The Levites were an old
Infant Burning sect in Egypt: they worshipped Molech in the
wilderness, in Amos's record and in Jerusalem.
-Exodus
15:[20] sumpsit ergo Maria prophetis soror Aaron
tympanum in manu egressaeque sunt omnes
mulieres post eam cum tympanis et choris
Payne
insists that the Hebrew of 1 Chronicles 25:1 unambiguously
identifies these leaders as military commanders,
an interpretation favoured by several Bible translations.
(Payne, p 423-4; NASB, NIV, NKJV, NRSV, Jerusalem Bible)
If military commanders had a particular
interest in the appointment of musicians, it
suggests a strong link between music and warfare.
HOW DO WARRIORS PROPHESY WITH INSTRUMENTS
TO PANIC THE ENEMY:
-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 primarius
1. Aegyptius,
2. Prophetai
3. Primarius I. one of the first, of the first rank,
chief, principal, excellent, remarkable,
primarius parasitus,
Christ in the
prophets such as Nehemiah note that the sacrificial
system was because of their sin and that the
Civil-Military-Clergy complex were robbers and
parasites.
Părăsītus
, 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,
he tutelar deity of parasites was Hercules,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79.
Hercules
was the father of the perverted worship in the Abomination
of Desolation
Notes
from 2 Maccabees defining the Abomination of Desolation
The
tensions which led to the Jewish revolt were exacerbated
when the Jewish high priest, a Hellenist himself, offered a
sacrifice to Heracles (Hercules) who was a
Greek symbol of homosexuality.
"The
Hithpa'el
of nb', in the ancient
texts, refers to ecstasy and delirium rather than to
the emission of a 'prophecy'." (de Vaux,
Roland, The Bible and the Ancient Near East, p. 243
Doubleday
"Maniac inspirations,
the violent possession which threw sibyls and priestesses into
contortions--the foaming lip and streaming
hair and glazed or glaring eyes-- have no
place in the self-controlling dignity of Christian
inspiration. Even Jewish prophets, in the paroxysm of
emotion, might lie naked on the ground and rave (1 Sam. xix.
24); but the genuine inspiration in Christian ages never
obliterates the self-consciousness or overpowers the reason.
It abhors the hysteria and stimulation and frenzy which have
sometimes disgraced revivalism and filled lunatic asylums." (Pulpit Commentary, 1 Cor., p.
460).
CHRISTIANS
KNOW THAT THE CHURCH IS BUILT (INSTRUCTED) BY THE
APOSTLES AND PROPHETS: not by a king abandoned to
worship the starry host as the musical idolatry at Mount
Sinai requested.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord
God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be
poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the
fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and
shall not be quenched. Jeremiah 7:20
Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel;
Put your burnt offerings unto
your sacrifices, and eat
flesh. Jeremiah 7:21 |
21. Put ...
burnt offerings unto ... sacrifices ... eat
flesh--Add the former
(which the law required to be wholly
burnt) to the latter (which were burnt only in part),
and "eat flesh" even off the holocausts or
burnt offerings. As far as I am concerned,
saith Jehovah, you may do with one and the
other alike. I will have neither (Isa 1:11 Ho 8:13 Am 5:21,22). JFB
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| For I spake NOT
unto your fathers,
nor
commanded them |
I hate, I
despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your
solemn assemblies. Amos 5:21 |
in
the day that I brought them out of the land of
Egypt,
concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices: Jeremiah 7:22 |
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them:
neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Amos 5:22
Take
thou away from me the noise of thy songs;
for I will not hear the
melody of thy viols. Amos 5:23 |
BUT this
thing commanded I them, saying,
Obey my voice,
and I will be your God,
and ye shall be my people:
and walk ye in all
the ways
that I have commanded
you, that it may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 7:23 |
BUT let
judgment run down as waters, and righteousness
as a mighty stream Amos 5:24
Amos 5:25 Have ye offered unto me
sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness
forty years, O house of Israel? |
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BUT they HEARKENED NOT, nor inclined their ear,
but walked in the counsels
and in
the imagination
of their evil heart,
and went backward,
and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
Since the day that your
fathers came
forth out of the land of Egypt unto
this day,
I have
even sent
unto you all MY servants the PROPHETS,
daily rising up early and sending them:
Jeremiah 7:25
Yet they HEARKENED
NOT unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their
neck: they did worse than their
fathers. Jeremiah 7:26
Therefore thou shalt
speak all these words unto them;
but they will not
hearken to thee:
thou shalt also
call unto them;
but they will not
answer thee. Jeremiah 7:27
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Amos
5:26 BUT ye have borne the tabernacle of
your and Moloch and Chiun [#666] your
images, the star of your god,
which ye made to yourselves.
They burned infants to the beat of instruments in
2 Chron 28 just before the PURGE and EXORCISM and
in chapter 30 just AFTER Hezekiah's ceremony
SOLELY to get the priests to return to Jerusalem
to help defend it.
Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go
into captivity
beyond
Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God
of hosts.
This was the sentence conditionally imposed
because of musical idolatry at Mount Sinai.
Canaan as the promised land became the
Killing Fields as God let the kings lead them into
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I
BELIEVE THAT THE MUSICAL DECEIVERS HAVE TURNED THEIR
CONGREGATION OVER TO THE WORSHIP OF THE DEVIL: history
universally identifies the Devil and the "father" of musical
instruments used in worship. In the 2 Chronicles proof-text,
the worship of Azazel the result of mocking the Nadab and
Abihu example.
Truitt
Adair: He will stress the presence of “harps
in heaven.”
The "elders"
of note "fired" God, demanded a king and the
king imposed musical instruments for the cursed
sacrificial system.
The "beast"
in the literature to which John probably points and
even his definitions are to hide the truth
from the Civil-Military-Clergy complex Rick Atchley
imagines for his authority is defined by the Greek
literature as:
III.
as a term of reproach, beast, creature,
“ō deilotaton su thērion” Ar.Pl.439,
cf. Eq.273;
“kolaki, deinō thēriō” Pl.Phdr.240b;
“Krētes, kaka th.” Epimenid.1; dusnouthetēton th., of poverty, Men. Georg.78; “hē mousikē aei ti kainonthērion tiktei ” Anaxil.27, cf. Eup.132; ti de, ei autou tou thēriou ēkousate; said by
Aeschines of
The
Cynics were "dogs" and they howled out an old style
praise tune to seek partners for the night. Paul said
for us to worship IN THE SPIRIT because of the "dogs"
howling to get in. History is pretty solidly in
associating religious performers as homosexuals. Music and the Effeminate
Johannes Quasten. In Music and Worship in Pagan and Christian
Antiquity,
beginning on page 41 He uses many of the church
Fathers and Classical resources we also rely upon:
"Philodemus
considered it paradoxical that music should be
regarded as veneration of the gods while
musicians were paid for performing this
so-called veneration. Again, Philodemus held as self
deceptive the view that music mediated religious ecstasy. He saw
the entire condition induced by the noise of cymbals
and tambourines as a disturbance of the
spirit.
He
found
it significant that, on the whole, only women and effeminate men
fell into this folly.
Accordingly,
nothing of value could be
attributed to music; it was
no more than a slave of the
sensation of
pleasure, which satisfied much in the same way that
food and drink did.
"Women and girls from the
different ranks of society were proud to enter
the service of the gods as singers and musicians. The
understanding of this service was universal: these
singers constituted the 'harem of the gods'." (End of
Quasten)
"Hebrew
music... was used in the luxurious times of
the later monarchy the effeminate gallants
of israel, reeking with perfumes, and
stretched upon their couches of ivory, were wont at
their banquets to accompany the song with the tinkling
of the psaltery or guitar (Am. v1. 4-6), and
amused themselves with devising musical instruments while
their nation was perishing... music
was the legitimate expression of mirth and
gladness, and the indication of peace and prosperity."
(Smith's Bible Dictionary, Music, p. 590).
Kolax
A. flatterer, fawner, parasite,
II. lisping pronunciation of
korax, Ar.V.45.
2. in later
Gr., = Att. goēs,
Goēs , ētos, ho,
A. sorcerer, wizard epōdos Ludias apo khthonos” E.Ba.234
2. juggler,
cheat, “deinos g. kai pharmakeus kai sophistēs” Pl.Smp.203d;
“deinon kai g. kai sophistēn . . onomazōn” D.18.276;
“apistos g. ponēros” Id.19.109;
“magos kai g
Sophis-tēs , ou, ho,
A. master
of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners,
with modal words added, “hoi s. tōn hierōn melōn” [MELODY IN
THE SHRINE]
3.
later of the rhētores, Professors
of Rhetoric, and prose writers of
the Empire, such as Philostratus and Libanius, Suid.; “Apollōnidē sophistē”
[Abaddon, Apollyon]
PHARMAKIA
identifies the speakers, singers and instrument
players in Revelation 18: John called them
sorcerers and says they will be (are) cast alive
into the lake of fire.
Perhaps prophetic of
our time in Revelation 17-18 where the lusted after
fruits served under the Babylon mother of harlots. John
called the singers and musicians sorcerers (pharmakon),
said they HAD deceived the whole world and consigned to
be cast alive into the of fire.
That's
what Christ said in Isaiah 30 defining for whom hell
was created.
Thêrion III. as a term of reproach,
beast, creature, hê mousikê aei ti
kainon thêrion tiktei
Of the phrase
mousikê aei ti kainon
thêrion tiktei
A. Mousikos, musical, agônes m. kai
gumnikoi choroi te kai agônes ta mousika
music,
II. of persons,
skilled in music, musical, X.l.c., etc.; poiêtikoi
kai m. andres Pl.Lg.802b ; kuknos [minstrel]
kai alla zôia; peri aulous - professional
musicians, mousikos kai melôn poêtês, use with
singing, skilled in speaking before a mob.
Melody,
Jesus cast the
musical minstrels out "like dung."
B. aei always
C. kainos
, esp. of new dramas, the representation of
the new tragedies, (Aphrodisias dedicated to
Aphrodite (ZOE); comedy, sexual love, pleasure, a
woman's form of oath, Aster or Venus
or ZOE.
Therion
D. Tikto
mostly of the mother
E. of Rhea
one of the zoogonic or vivific principles
Rev. 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.
Bestĭa , ae, f.
perh. akin to fera and to belua,
2. As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our
beast): “mala tu es bestia,” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1,
21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And,
humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and
caper), Cat. 69, 8.—
Cănis (cănes
a. A shameless, vile
person, Plaut. Most. 1, 1,
40; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33
Donat. ad loc.; Hor. Epod. 6, 1;
cf. id. S. 2, 2, 56;
Petr. 74, 9; Suet. Vesp. 13.
—
See
The Fires that Consume.
Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine
of the wrath of God,
which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels,
and in the presence
of the Lamb:
Thu_moō
, A.
make angry, provoke, LXX Ho.12.14(15):
once in Trag., “hōste thumōsai phrenas” E.Supp.581.
restive, Id.Ant. 477,
X.Eq.1.10;
thumousthai eis keras vent fury
with the horns, Virgil's irasci in
cornua, E.Ba.743;
cf. “aoidos es keras tethumōtai”
kera^s , to, Ep. gen. Kera^os, Att. contr. kerōs; Ep. dat. kera^i (elided) or kerai or
2. of musical instruments, horn
for blowing, “sēmēnai tō kerati” X.An.2.2.4,
c 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”
Tursēnos , , ē, on, salpigx, kōdōn, A.Eu. 567,
S.Aj.17;
cf. “kēros”
kōdōn ,
A. bell, “hup' aspidos de tō khalkēlatoi klazousi k. phonon” A.Th.386,
cf. 399,
E.Rh.308;
khalkostomou kōdōnos hōs Tursēnikēs, i.e. a trumpet,
S.l.c. (where Sch. expl. kōdōn as to platu tēs salpiggos, i.e. the mouth
of the trumpet, cf. Ath.5.185a,
Poll.2.203); carried on
rounds of inspection to challenge sentries, “tou kōdōnos pa enekhthentos” Th.4.135;
“ephodeuein kōdōni” Plu.Arat.7,
cf. Luc.Merc.Cond.24,
Sch.Ar.Av.843.
2. crier's bell,
hence tauth' houtos monon ou kōdōnas exapsamenos diaprattetai 'is his
own trumpeter', D.25.90:
metaph., hē k. akalanthis （hoti lalon to zōon Sch.) Ar.Pax 1078
(perh. kuōn is the true
reading, v. App. Prov.1.12);
cf. krotalon.
Kuōn
later, in a coarse sense, Ar.V.1402;
hē rhapsōdos k., of the Sphinx, S.OT391,
cf.A.Fr.236
(lyr.); of men, “kakai k.” Il.13.623;
implying recklessness, 8.299,
527,
Od.17.248,
22.35;
also of offensive persons, compared to yapping
dogs,
3. of the Cynics, “areskei toutois kunōn metamphiennusthai bion” . 339.8: hence, Cynic
philosopher, Arist.Rh.1411a24,
AP7.65
(Antip.), of the “Bakkhai, Lussas k.” E.Ba.977
Perhaps this is the
religious and secular rulers giving up their thrones and
rules. For certain you cannot play the harps while
falling down. The spiritual concept of HOLDING your
harps is to APPREHEND the Word of God:
CLASS NUMBER ONE:
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book,
the FOUR BEASTS and four and
twenty ELDERS
fell down before the Lamb,
having every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odours,
which
are the prayers of saints.
When Jesus and the
apostles HYMNED a hymn both hymn and the Latin "dico"means
to SPEAK or recite: none of the Bible is metrical so you
cannot sing it in four part Atchley.
Revelation 5:9-10 And
they sung a new song, SAYING,
"Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof:
for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood
out of
every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
And hast
made us unto our God kings and priests:
and we shall
reign on the earth. "
CLASS NUMBER TWO
Revelation 5:11
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of
MANY ANGELS
round about the
throne and the beasts and the elders:
and the number of
them was ten thousand times ten thousand,
and thousands of
thousands;
Revelation 5:12 SAYING with a loud voice,
"Worthy is
the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches,
and wisdom, and
strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."
CLASS NUMBER THREE
for the living
Revelation 5:13
And EVERY CREATURE which is in heaven, and on
the earth,
and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,
heard I SAYING,
"Blessing, and honour, and glory, and
power,
be unto him that
sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the
Lamb for ever and ever. "
REVELATION 14 the same
warning of judgment:
AND I
looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty
and four thousand, having his Fathers name
written in their foreheads. Rev 14:1
What they heard was from heaven--in
the atmosphere over Zion.
And I
heard a voice from heaven
..........like the sound
of many waters and
..........like the sound
of loud thunder; the voice
I heard was
..........like the sound of harpers playing on their
harps Revelation 14:2RSV
Keladeo sound as
flowing water 2. of persons, shout aloud,
atar keladēsan Akhaioi, in applause. keladeonti amphi Kinuran phamai” Pi.P.2.15:
c. acc. cogn., “k. humnous” lSound of the
grasshopper, ring bells, of the flute, sing
of, celebrate loudly.
However, the
LITERAL sounds in Revelation 18 John calls "sorcerers."
The "heaven" are terms used in paganism and the role
of Christ is to replace them:
Ouranos
vault or firmament of heaven, sky
Hesperos, hos kallistos en ouranō histatai astēr” 22.318;
“ouranos asteroeis” 6.108,al.
2. heaven, as the seat of the gods,
outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus
(v. Olumpos), 15.192,
cf.Od.1.67,
Heaven-gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which the Hōrai lifted and put down
like a trap-door, 5.749,
8.393;
so, later, hoi ex ouranou the gods of heaven,
Opora III.
metaph., life's summer, the time of youthful ripeness,
Pi.I.2.5
; tereinan mater' oinanthas opōran (v. oinanthē) Id.N.5.6
; ripe virginity, A.Supp.998,
1015 ;
“o. Kupridos”
Therefore, rather than worship the creature and
the heavens, we are commanded worship God Who MADE
all of these things:
Rev. 14:6 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. 14:7 Saying
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. 14:8 And there
followed another angel,
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city,
because she made all nations drink of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
You will note that little
brother and sister singers do not compose their own
songs. In Revelation 14 all of the SOUNDS LIKE are
sounds which create terror or alarm: the angel to the LIVING
warns of impending judgment and commands PREACH THE
GOSPEL.
When you hear the SOUNDS
LIKE harps pointing to things which create spiritual
anxiety, this is Christ's SIGN that judgment is soon. If you
are living and on the earth the ANTITHESIS: you are
commanded to preach the gospel for time is short.
Read the
WHOLE story here
Truitt
Adair: He will talk about the presence of
Jesus and the early disciples in the Jewish Temple
where instruments were certainly used.
We need a quote on that!
The sacrificial system had been
effectively dead since just after the Return from
captivity. The priesthood bought his office as highest
bidders and most godly youth had fled the city rather than
being turned into singers an prostitutes in the actual
covered Holy and Most Holy Place. The race of VIPERS or
the Crooked race were not fit to hear the gospel and may
have been Edomites. The Godly people including Jesus
attended the Synagogue on rhe REST day: He stood up to
READ and then decently sat down. There was not praise
service in the Synagogue which people attended for worship
which was uniquely "giving heed to the Word of God."
They went into the outer courts because that's where the
people were and preached the gospel.
The fact that Jesus was not instantantly
executed PROVES that He never went INTO any holy place or
near any holy thing. Not even a Levite (singer-musician)
could enter or come close to any holy thing or place: they
aided the slaughter priests by making "noise to make the
lambs silent before the slaughter."
Furthermore, no Levite, used as
Warrior Noise makers and later under the king and commanders
of the army--could come near the holy places of the
sanctury or they would be executed. The patternism is that
if a musician
enters into the body of Christ as fulfilment of the Holy
Place he / she / it is worthy of death.
Num
18:2
And
thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto
thee, and minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall
minister BEFORE the tabernacle of witness. [never IN]
H8334
sharath shaw-rath' A primitive root; to attend as
a menial or worshipper; figuratively to contribute
to:--minister (unto), (do) serve (-ant, -ice, -itor), wait
on.
Num 18:3 And they shall keep
thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come
nigh the
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they,
nor ye also, die.
Nadab and Abihu violates
several commandments.
All of the non-Levites were called
STRANGERS: therefore, if you were not of the tribe
of Levi with
the assignment to serve you could not even minister to
the priests outside of the Temple-proper.
Therefore, no member of the "church" could come near
the Tabernacle and none of the "ministers" could ENTER
it.
"A stranger," that is, one, neither a priest nor a Levite, who should intrude into any departments of the sacred office,
should incur the penalty of death. ROBERT JAMIESON
Num 18:4 And they shall be joined
unto thee,
and keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the congregation,
for all the service [hard, legalistic bondage] of the
tabernacle:
and a stranger shall
not come nigh unto you.
The sacrificial system was NEVER the
spiritual worship but part of the WRATH DISPELLING
curse imposed because of Musical idolatry.
Num
18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and
the charge of the altar:
that there
be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
Contrary to being a spiritual
worship service, the sacrificial system had been
imposed and if it were not performed it would bring
down God's wrath as punishment due for NOT performing
what they had been abandoned
to.
Num 18:6 And I, behold, I
have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel:
to you
they are given as a gift for the LORD,
to do the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 18:7 Therefore
thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s
office for
every thing of the altar,
and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given
your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift:
and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
"And,
behold, I have given the children
of Levi all the tenth
in Israel for an
inheritance, for their service which they serve,
even the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation. Numbers 18:21
That also removes any modern cleric from
imposing the tithe.
H5656 ‛abodah
‛abodoh ab-o-daw',
ab-o-daw' From H5647 ; work of any kind:--act,
bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering
(-try),
H5647 ‛abad aw-bad'
keep
in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do,
dress, ear, execute
"Neither must
the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation,
lest they bear
sin, and die. Numbers 18:22
Truitt Adair: In summary
he states, “there is not a hint in the Bible that God was
ever anything but pleased by instrumental praise.”
What he does not and cannot show, however, is a single
passage of scripture which authorizes or even hints at the
use of instrumental music in the worship of the New
Testament church.
RICK ATCHLEY BUILDS
UPON THE FOUNDATION OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES
A Church of Christ is
built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles.
Christ spoke through
the writing prophets and universally repudiated the
Civil-Military-Clergy complex as robbers and parasites.
All National
Histories include the always pagan sacrificial system
as well as the civillian Godly thread
Jer.
8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed
times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow
observe the time of their coming; but my people know not
the judgment of the LORD.
Jer.
8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD
is WITH US? LO, CERTAINLY IN VAIN MADE HE IT; THE PEN OF
THE SCRIBES IS in vain.
8267. sheqer,
sheh´-ker; from 8266; an untruth; by implication, a
sham (often adverbial):—without a cause, deceit(-ful),
false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain
(thing), wrongfully.
Even
the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the
turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their
coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the
LORD."How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of
the LORD is with us'? But, behold, the false pen
of the scribes has made it into a lie. The wise
men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and
taken; lo, THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE
LORD, and what wisdom is in them? Jeremiah 8:8-9
RSV
Jer.
8:9 The wise MEN ARE ASHAMED, THEY ARE DISMAYED AND
TAKEN: LO, THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD; and
what wisdom is in them?
Jer.
8:10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and
their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every
one from the least even unto the greatest is given to
covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest
every one dealeth falsely.
Cyril
of Alexandria, Commentary on John,
That the
Pharisees puffed
up unto strange boasting,
were wont to pretend
that the Divine Word
was with them and
in them,
and therefore
foolishly affirmed that they had advanced to marvellous
wisdom,
the Spirit Itself will
testify,
since Christ says by the
Prophet Jeremiah
unto them,
How do ye say, WE
are wise, and the word of the Lord is with us?
For nought
to the scribes
became their lying
pen;
the wise
men were ashamed,
were dismayed and taken;
what wisdom is in them? because they
rejected the word of the Lord.
For how are
they not taken rejecting
the Living and Hypostatic Word of God, receiving
not the faith to Him-ward,
but dishonouring the
Impress of God the
Father, and refusing to behold His most
true Form (so to say)through His God-befitting
Authority and Power?
Rick Atchley missed
the fact that Christ ordained the CENI in no uncertain
terms:
After the terminal fall
from Grace because of Musical Idolatry, Christ ordained
the Qahal, Synagogue or Church of Christ in the
wilderness: then and now the object was to teach the Word
of God by Reading and Rehearsing or discussing it.
See
Nehemiah 8 defining how the Holy Convocation of
the godly people was held: there simply was no need to load
people down with the spiritual anxiety of ceremonial
legalism.
Neh. 8:7 Also
Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,
Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad,
Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
995.
biyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally
(or distinguish), i.e. (generally) understand:--attend,
consider,
be cunning, diligently, direct, discern,
eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence,
know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard,
(can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get,
give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly,
man).
Neh. 8:8 So they read in the
book in the law of God distinctly,
and gave the sense,
and caused them to understand the reading.
This was
cantillation and never singing tunefully.
7922. sekel, seh´-kel
say´-kel; from 7919; intelligence; by
implication, success:--discretion, knowledge,
policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom,
wise.
Neh.
8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra
the priest the scribe,
and the Levites
that taught the people, said unto all the
people,
This day is holy
unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.
For all the people
wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying,
All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore,
and teach
all nations,
baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them
to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am
with you alway,
even unto
the end of the world. Amen.
Truitt Adair: 2.
It inheres in the Greek word, “psallo.” Rick
asks, “if the Holy Spirit’s purpose was to forbid
instrumental music, why did he use a word so commonly
associated with it?” Rick argues that the predominant
use of “psallo” in the Septuagint and
in the writings of Josephus was “playing an instrument.”
Utterly False: psallo is NEVER
used meaning "playing on an instrument." If you
miss Lexicon 101a you miss the fact that they do not
DEFINE words but show how they are used in context.
Psallo NEVER means more than "pluck with your finers
and never with a plectrum" when defining a harp.
Scripture always uses separate words for Sing
and play and the name of the
instrument.
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.
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.
1. H3658 kinnôr kin-nore' From an unused root
meaning to twang; a harp:—harp.
2. H5059 nâgan naw-gan' A primitive root; prop
to thrum, that is, beat a tune with the fingers;
especially to play on a stringed instrument; hence
(generally) to make music:—player on instruments, sing
to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play
(-er. -ing).
3 H7892 shı̂yr shı̂yrâh sheer, shee-raw' The
second form being feminine; from H7891 ; a song;
abstractly singing:—musical (-ick), X sing (-er,
-ing), song.
Truitt Adair: 3. It is
implied in the command to “sing psalms.”
Rick points out that Psalms 33, 92 and 150 all mention
praising God with various instruments. He then asks,
“Doesn’t it seem odd to you that the Holy Spirit would
command us to sing Psalms we are forbidden to
practice?”
There is no COMMAND to sing songs: the
Command in all of the never-musical passages is to
SPEAK the word of God. There are 57 true mizmors
and history says that these were the songs RECITED.
Note:The
headings of Psalms is thought by some to be attached
to the bottom:
However,
in
a "worship sense"
"Playing
on musical instruments is prohibited on
Sabbaths and holy days, and even to
engage a non-Jew to play for Jews on Sabbath is considered
a 'shebut' or disturbance of the Sabbath rest." Second,
"music, except at marriage ceremonies, is generally
prohibited, in token of mourning for the destruction of
Jerusalem." (Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. IX, p. 432, quoted
by Kurfees).
"It is still
banned by rigid adherents to old ways; but in ordinary
conservative congregations it is unhesitatingly employed at
weddings and other services on week days" (Isadore Singer,
Jewish Encyclopedia, p. 134).
That's why Godly,
Bible-literate people cast themselves out of their own
synagogue.
#150 is not a
psalm but a halal meaning to make
yourself vile, to make a fool of yourself: these
instruments all point to making war or making love. This
is a boast song which threatened the enemy that if they
don't turn coward they will be Robbed, Raped and
Raptured. Real or acted out homosexuality was the
way to prove your superiority.
H1984
hâlal haw-lal' A primitive root; to be clear (originally of
sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a
show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to
rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify:—(make)
boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool (-ish,
-ly), glory, give [light], be (make, feign self) mad
(against), give in marriage, [sing, be worthy of] praise,
rage, renowned, shine
The godly people attended synagogue
on the Sabbath which quarantined them from the
temple. On the other hand, the Levites abandoned
to worship the starry host are said to have PROFANED
the Sabbath which word means blow the flute, steal
people's inheritance, pollute or prostitute. This is the
word defining "Lucifer cast as profane out of heaven."
(A Psalm
or Song for the sabbath day.)
IT is a
good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Psalm 92:1
H3034 Yada
yaw-daw' A primitive root; used only as denominative
from H3027 ; literally to use (that is, hold
out) the hand; physically to throw (a stone, an
arrow) at or away; especially to revere or
worship (with extended hands); intensively to bemoan
(by wringing the hands):
To shew
forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy
faithfulness every night, Psalm 92:2
Upon an instrument
of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn
[murmuring] sound. Psalm 92:3
The
Song was: Shiyr (h7891) sheer; or (the orig.
form) 7788 (1 Sam. 18:6), shoor; a prim. root [rather
ident. with 7788 through the idea of strolling
minstrelsy]; to sing: - behold [by mistake
for 7788], sing (-er, - ing man, -ing woman).
Shuwr (h7788)
shoor; a prim. root; prop. to turn, i. e. travel about (as
a harlot or a merchant): - go, sing.
See also 7891.
People who have watched
"worship teams in action" see this persona: it assuredly
attracts a different kind of flock. This would
never be something a mature male would do before David
reversed things:
1Samuel 18:6 And
it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came
out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing,
to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments
of musick
This is not a COMMAND for
others to do what the psalmist did. A Nebel is
H5035 nebel nêbel
neh'-bel, nay'-bel From H5034 ; a skin bag for liquids (from
collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in
shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of
like form):—bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel,
viol.
h5034 Nabal
Delitzsch,
Psalms:
The
word "psalm", which is derived from the Greek word psalmos,
is a translation of the Hebrew term mizmor, which is
the title standing at the head of fifty-seven
of the psalms. Thus it is evident that not every
psalm has the superscription "psalm". But it is this word
which has come to be the designation of the whole book.
Thus we see
that although the one hundred and fifty units are called in
the Scriptures the Book of Psalms, only fifty-seven
of them bear the superscription psalm (mizmor)
in the Hebrew Old Testament. The title which the Book of
Psalms bears in Hebrew is Sepher Tehillim - the Book
of Praises. It is this Hebrew word tehillim....
In
Hellenistic
Greek the corresponding word psalmoi' (from psa'llein = zimeer) is the more
common; the Psalm collection is called bi'blos psalmoo'n (Luke 20:42; Acts
1:20) or psaltee'rion, the name of the
instrument (psanteerîn in the Book of Daniel)
"The name of psaltery entered Christian
literature in the 3rd century B.C. translation of the Old
Testament called the Septuagint where, in the Psalms, nebel was translated psalterion. Thus, Nebuchadnezzar's idolatrous
ensemble included the Aramic psantria. Notice, also,
that the book of Psalms has also become known as the Psalter
(or psalterium), from the hymns sung with
this harp. Source
# 47 and
81 are not psalms: While mizmor can be performed with an
instrument, these psalms or mizmors are not aboup playing
instruments
When the scholars translated the Septuagint
into the Greek language the word "psallo" was used for a few
psalms because ALWAYS in the Greek world the word pointed to
making war, to smiting people, to musical seduction with the
harp: it is never translated as melody in the TUNEFUL sense
nor does it have any more musical content than the English
word pluck or smite: Psallo means to smite with the fingers
and NEVER with a plectrum: that outlaws guitar picks,
flutes, organs, trumpets etal. Rather than being
permissive it is NARROWLY RESTRICTIVE and never has any
musical content unless it is a harp; which is SMITED with
the fingers to make a sound like the bow string.
What the translators were SPEAKING
on these 57 mizmors was the inherent making war or making
perverted love understood by ANY Greek kid.
Psalmos
also appears in the LXX as equivalent to the Hebrew word neginah
[5058]. This Hebrew term is used to describe a wide
variety of songs. Neginah is translated by
psalmos in Lam 3:14 (song), in Lam 5:14 (music)
and in Ps 69:12 (song). It is striking to observe
that in the LXX translation of Lam 3:14 and Ps 69:12,
psalmos, or its verbal form, is used for songs that are
not only uninspired but are in fact the product of
the wicked, even drunkards, who mocked God and His word.
The Hebrew term neginah is used elsewhere in the Hebrew
Scriptures of: the songs of the wicked, Job 30:9
(song); the inspired praise of God, Psalm 61 title
(Neginah-a song performed on a stringed instrument); and the
uninspired praisd of the Lord composed by King
Hezekiah, Is 38:20 (my songs).
5059. nagan, naw-gan´; a primitive root;
properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the
fingers; expec. to play on a stringed instrument;
hence (generally), to make music:—player on instruments, sing
to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er,
-ing).
H5060 nâga‛
naw-gah' A primitive root; properly to touch, that is, lay
the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to
lie with a woman); by implication to reach
(figuratively to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike
(punish, defeat, destroy,
Psa 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
and the reproaches of them that reproached
thee are fallen upon me.
Psa 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
that was to my reproach.
Psa 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb
to them.
Psa 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me;
and I was the song
of the drunkards.
Negiynah (h5058) neg-ee-naw'; or
nÿgynath neg- ee- nath'; from 5059; prop. instrumental music; by impl. a stringed
instrument; by extens. a poem set to music; spec. an
epigram: - stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth [plur.],
song
The Psallo
word is the FORCE used on laggards:
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 [ekklesia]; finally, 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.
Jesus
consigned the pipers, singers and dancers to the
marketplace.
Truitt Adair: He also states that “the
first Christians...would’ve known exactly what it meant.”
My question is, if they knew that “make melody”
meant to “play an instrument,” why was the New
Testament Church exclusively a capella and why was the
instrument opposed in Patristic writings for hundreds
of years?
Rick’s assertion that “psallo” included
instrumental music in the Koine Greek of the New Testament
disagrees with every recognized Greek lexicon and with such
undisputed Greek scholars among us as Everett Furguson and
Hugo McCord. For documentation on the meaning of Psallo, I
refer you to “A Cappella Music in the Public Worship of the
Church,” by Furguson (p.16-27) and “Sing His Praise,” by Rubel
Shelly, (p.60- 74.) McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia of
Biblical Knowledge says, “The Greek word “psallo” is applied
among the Greeks of modern times exclusively to sacred music,
which in the Eastern Church has never been any other than
vocal, instrumental music being unknown in that Church, as it
was in the primitive Church.” (Vol. VIII, p.739)
The word "psallo" is
never at any time or place meant "musical" melody. The Gree
Melos is the word Paul would have used if he had even
thought that you could make modern melody while fulfilling
the OPERATIVE direct command to SPEAK the Biblical text.
Speaking is EXTERNAL but
singing and melody (or grace) is INTERNAL because the
external practices would destroy the teaching-learning
process. Paul defines the assembly clearly and no one
misunderstood that EVER, NEVER. They simply imposed a form
for of non-metrical singing about the year 373 ad.
SPEAKING THE WORD BY READING THE WORD
1Tim. 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to
exhortation, to doctrine.
1Tim. 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy,
[teaching]
with the laying on of the hands of
the presbytery.
MAKING MELETAO IN THE HEART.
1Tim. 4:15 Meditate upon these things;
give thyself wholly to them; that
thy profiting may appear to all.
G3191 meletaō mel-et-ah'-o From a
presumed derivative of G3199 ; to take care of, that is, (by
implication) revolve in the mind:—imagine,
(pre-) meditate. attend to study esp. practise
speaking, con over a speech in one's mind,
practice, exercise,
2. attend to, study, ou dunamai akousai, touto meletōn (sc. to akousai) Hdt.3.115; “plēthous doxas memeletēkōs” Pl. Phdr.260c.
5. abs., study, train oneself, Ar.Ec.164,
Th.1.80, X.HG 3.4.16;
ēn to hippikon memeletēkos6.4.10: c.
dat. modi, “toxō m. kai akontiō” Id.Cyr.2.1.21;
en tō mē meletōnti by want of practice,
Th.1.142.
ib.
Mĕdĭtor , ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a. and n. Sanscr. madh-a,
wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanō, mēdomai; cf.: medeor,
re-med-ium, etc.; act., to think or reflect
upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to
think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design,
purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad,
de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause,
or absol. (class.).
If Paul had wanted to
indicate musical melody he was smart enought to have done
that.
Melos , eos, to, A. limb, in
early writers always in pl., Il.7.131, Pi.N. 1.47,
etc. (kata melos is corrupt for kata meros in
B. esp. musical member, phrase: hence, song,
strain, first in h.Hom.19.16
(pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom.
word being molpē), cf. Thgn.761,
etc.; “melē boōn anaula” S.Fr.699;
esp. of lyric poetry,
3. melody of an instrument, “phormigx d' au phtheggoith' hieron m. ēde kai aulos” Thgn.761;
“aulōn
This is the MARK of Apollo.
Philippians 4:8 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,
MAKING
LOGIC IN THE HEART.
think on these
things.
Cōgĭto ,
I.
to pursue something in the mind (cf. agito,
II.), i. e.
I. To consider
thoroughly, to ponder, to weigh,
b.
[ cōgĭtāta , ōrum, n. subst.,
reflections, thoughts, ideas: “
log-izomai ,
2
Corinthians 5.19 namely, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their
trespasses, and having committed to us the word of
reconciliation.
Philippians 4:9 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.
THE RHETORICAL AND MUSICAL PERFORMERS WILL NOT GIVE YOU TIME
TO MEDITATE.
The sacrificial system
was effectively dead and there is no "musical Sacrifices" in
the inner court OFF LIMITS to the godly people. All of the
godly people attended synagogue and they would know that
"vocal and instrumental rejoicing' including an elevated
form of speeking (rhetoric=hypocrite) was outlawed. They had
never sung a songin the synagogue. They had only heard the
TRUMPETS of the hypocrite announcing his OFFERING. They knew
that singing with instruments was almost exclusively a
female prostitute mark: if they saw a male singing and
playing an instrument they knew that "he was drunk,
perverted or just having fun."
The Judas bag was
carried by Judas because he was a thief: the son of
perdition. In Greek literature and numerous vase
paintings the Judas Bag was always the box attached to the
spotted flute case below. The SOP has the same root meaning
as "psallo" and was the SIGNAL for Satan to enter into
Judas. One can suspect that modern Judas Goats are seen
by God and the "fleeing owners" with the same
persona..
RICK ATCHLEY ON # 81
which is not a mizmor:
3. Rick
argues from Psalm 81:1-3 that the command to praise
God with instrumental music pre-dated the Law of
Moses, therefore it was not part of the “law that was
nailed to the cross.”
This
same argument is used by Seventh Day Adventists to prove
that the Sabbath law is still in effect. This is a really
poor and unbiblical argument. Rick should be ashamed to make
such an argument. By this same logic we could bring in
animal sacrifices and a host of other Old Testament
practices that pre-dated the law of Moses.
Psa. 81:0
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.
Psa. 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength:
make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
HOWEVER JACOB HAD
WARNED:
Gen. 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
instruments of
cruelty are in their habitations.
Gen. 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret;
unto their assembly,
mine honour, be not
thou united:
for in their anger
they slew a man,
and in their selfwill
they digged down a wall.
Gen. 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and
their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
WAITING FOR MESSIAH THE GODLY PEOPLE DID NOT JOIN
LEVI
Gen. 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise:
thy hand shall be in
the neck of thine enemies;
thy father’s children
shall bow down before thee.
Gen. 49:9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my
son, thou art gone up:
he stooped down, he
couched as a lion,
and as an old lion;
who shall rouse him up?
Gen. 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come;
and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be.
This is the Set-up
for judgment: when God sings you are in trouble.
When women and children or the effeminate rule over you
look out for the END OF THE STORY.
From the prevailing Greek influence the
priests of the Mother Goddess must be male but perform the
role of females.
God is realy saying YOU GO RIGHT TO IT
ABANDONED PEOPLE!
Psa. 81:2 Take a
psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant
harp with the psaltery.
[3]
sumite psalmum et date tympanum psalterium iucundum cum cithara
"Hebrew
music... was used in the luxurious times of the later
monarchy the effeminate gallants of
israel, reeking with perfumes, and stretched upon
their couches of ivory, were wont at their banquets to accompany
the song with the tinkling of the psaltery or guitar (Am. v1.
4-6), and amused themselves with devising musical instruments while their
nation was perishing... music was the legitimate
expression of mirth and gladness, and the indication of
peace and prosperity." (Smith's Bible Dictionary, Music, p. 590)
Psalm.Delitzsch.Psalm.html
Moreover, we must take into consideration the
facts that the compass of the tenor extends even into the
soprano, that the singers were of different ages down to twenty
years of age, and that Oriental, and more particularly even Jewish,
song
is fond of falsetto singing. We therefore adopt
Perret- Gentil's rendering, chant avec voix de femmes, and still
more readily Armand de Mestral's, en soprano; whereas
Melissus' rendering, "upon musical
instruments
called Alamoth
Tympanum
A. Esp., as beaten by the [emasculated]
priests of Cybele, Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.;
Verg. A. 9, 619;
Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391;
id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38;
Caes. B. C. 3,
105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5,
—Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.—Beaten
by
the Parthians as a signal in battle in place of the
tuba, Just. 41, 2, 8.—
Tympanotriba ,
I. a
taborer, a timbrel-player, a term of reproach for a soft,
effeminate person (alluding to the priests of Cybele),
T. Maccius Plautus, Truculentus, or The
Churl
STRATOPHANES
(to PHRONESIUM.) What say you? Why have you dared to say
that you love another man?
PHRONESIUM I chose to.
STRATOPHANES Say you so, indeed? I'll first make trial of
that. Do you, for the sake of such a shabby present,
vegetables, and comestibles, and vinegar-water, bestow your
love upon an effeminate, frizzle-pated, dark-haunt
frequenting, drum-drubbing debauchee
(608)
7 , a
fellow not worth a nutshell?
GETA
What new thing's this? Do you dare, you rogue, to speak ill
of my master, you spring-head of vice and perjury?
6 Is he
deranged: "Hariolus." Literally, "a soothsayer," or
"diviner." In their prophetic frenzy, these persons often
had the appearance of being mad, and were so
considered.
7 Drum-drubbing
debauchee: "Typanotriba." Literally, "drum," or
"tambourine beater." He alludes to the eunuch-priests of Cybele, who used to
beat tambourines in her procession-probably in allusion to
debauchees, emasculated by riot and dissipation
"Women and
girls from the different ranks of society were proud to enter the
service of the gods as singers and musicians. The
understanding of this service was universal: these singers
constituted the 'harem of the gods'." (Quasten)
BEGINNING OF ANOTHER COMMAND
Psa.
81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
WHERE IS THAT COMMAND?
Num.
10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole
piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the
calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of
the camps.
Num. 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your
solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye
shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt
offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings;
that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am
the LORD your God.
-būcĭno (bucc- ), āvi, ātum, 1,
v. n. bucina, I. to blow the bucina, to
sound or give a signal with the trumpetimpers.;
cf. Gr. salpizein): “cum bucinatum est,” Varr.
R. R. 2, 4, 20: “saepe declamante illo ter bucinavit,” Sen. Contr. 3 praef.: “bucinate in neomeniā tubā,” Vulg. Psa. 81
(80), 4: “Triton conchā sonaci leniter bucinat,” App.
M. 4, p. 157, 3; cf. bucina, II. C.
H8628 tâqa‛ taw-kah' A primitive root; to clatter, that is,
slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy
to drive (a nail or tent pin, a dart, etc.); by
implication to become bondsman (by
handclasping):—blow ([a trumpet]), cast, clap, fasten, pitch
[tent], smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.
Psa. 81:4 For this was a
statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Num. 10:8 And the sons of
Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;
and they shall be to you
for an ordinance for ever throughout your
generations.
Psa. 81:5 This he ordained in
Joseph for a testimony,
when he went out
through the land of Egypt:
where I heard a language
that I understood not.
Psa. 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and
I will fill it.
No 'worship teams'
THE
MUSICAL PRELUDE TO SLAUGHTERING OR BURNING ANIMALS OR PEOPLE
WHO REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF GOD
Psa. 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice;
and Israel would
none of me.
Psa. 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust:
and they walked in their
own counsels.
Psa. 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
and Israel had walked in
my ways!
Psa. 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies,
and turned my hand
against their adversaries.
Psa. 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted
themselves unto him:
but their time should
have endured for ever.
This is common: THIS is
what YOU do but this proves that YOU do not intend to hear
MY VOICE.
Truitt Adair: 6. He makes
the argument that “Jesus never deals with the issue.”
When you do not love the
TRUTH Jesus sends you strong delusions so you believe your own
lies: anyone willing to deliberately sow massive discord
without being able to read BLACK text ond BROWN paper and define words is
following an UNholy spirit of delusion. In fact the girlish
Levites beat the flesh off Jesus with their FLUTES just as
Psalm 41 prophesying the outlawed mocking would not be by
Judas:
Mark 10:34 And they
shall mock him,
and shall scourge
him,
and shall spit
upon him,
and shall kill
him:
and the third day he
shall rise again.
Latin Illudo
as a female: Applied as a term of reproach, effeminate
men, eloquence, rhētor but with idea
of contempt, caneret,”A. Of
men: “si absurde canat, of the crooked race, a reed
pipe, a guitar, crowing of a hen tibiae , tubae, Gallus , i, m., = Gallos Strab., A. Galli , ōrum, m., the
priests of Cybele, on account of their emasculated
condition) Gallic: “turma,” the troop
of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.
“resupinati cessantia tympana Galli,”
Tac.
Ann. 14.52 Of Nero: They further alleged
against him that he claimed for himself alone the honours
of eloquence, and composed poetry more
assiduously, as soon as a passion for it had seized on
Nero. "Openly inimical to the prince's amusements, he
disparaged his ability in driving horses, and ridiculed
his voice whenever he sang
Verg.
A. 9.634
Of such loud insolence and words of shame
Ascanius brooked no more, but laid a shaft
athwart his bowstring,
and with arms stretched wide
took aim, first offering suppliant vow to Jove:
The Father heard, and from a cloudless sky
thundered to leftward, while the deadly bow
resounded and the arrow's fearful song
hissed from the string; it struck unswervingly
the head of Remulus and clove its way
deep in the hollows of his brow. “Begone!
Proud mocker at the brave!
Paizo, 4. play on a
musical instrument, h.Ap.206:
c. acc., “Pan ho kalamophthogga paizōn” Ar.Ra.230;
dance and sing, Pi. O.1.16.
5. play
amorously, “pros allēlous” X.Smp.9.2
Prospaizō, prospaizousa tois ōmois komē playing over,
II. c. acc., theous p. sing to the
gods, sing in their praise or honour,
Pl.Epin.980b:
c. dupl. acc., humnon prosepaisamen . . ton . . Erōta sang a hymn
in praise of Eros, Id.Phdr.265c.
2. banter,
“tous rhētoras” Id.Mx.235c,
cf. Euthd.285a;
p. ton kuna, ton arkton, , humnon pr. ton Erōt
Mark 14:65 And some began to
spit on him, and to cover his face,
and to buffet
him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: (sing, lament,
dance)
and the servants
did strike him with the palms of their hands.
-[298]
This god too hath prophetic power, [Bakcheusimos]
for there is no small prophecy inspired by Bacchic frenzy;
for whenever the god in his full might enters the human
frame,
he makes his frantic votaries foretell the future.
You rejoice whenever many people are at your gates, [320]
and the city extols the name of Pentheus. He too, I think,
delights in being honored. Kadmos, whom you mock, and I will
crown our heads with ivy and dance, a gray yoke-team
but still we must dance; [325] and I will not be persuaded
by your words to fight against the god. For you are mad in a
most grievous way, and you will not be cured by drugs, nor
are you sick without them.
Maniôdês
A. like madness, noseumata Hp. Aër.7, cf.
Coac.475.
2. like a madman, crazy, Kunas,
II. causing madness, Dsc. 1.68, 4.68; himasthlê Panos
Nonn.D.10.4 .Pan is horn footed
Kunas:
Kuôn
II. as a word of reproach, freq. in Hom.
of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; applied
by Helen to herself rhapsôidos of the
Bakchai, Lussas k. E.Ba.977 Lussao
rave, be mad, erotic. also of offensive persons,
compared to yapping dogs
[977] To the
hills! to the hills! fleet hounds of madness, where the daughters
of Cadmus hold their revels,
goad them
into wild fury
against the man disguised in woman's dress, a frenzied spy upon the Maenads.
Rhapsoidos
stitching songs together. Reciter of poems, of Aoide
Used with "hypokrites" 5. = eppsdê, spell, incantation
3. of
the Cynics, areskei toutois kunôn
metamphiennusthai bion. Catamites.
Epôidos
A. singing to or over,
using songs or charms to heal wounds, epôidoi muthoi
b. Subst., enchanter, e. kai
goês E.Hipp. 1038 (but goês e. Ba.234): c. gen., a
charm for or
against,
c. c. dat., assisting, profitable,
2. Pass.,
sung
to music, phônai Plu.2.622d ; fit for singing, poiêtikên
e. parechein S.E.M.6.16 .
2. epôidos, ho, verse or passage returning at
intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H.Comp.19 ; chorus, burden,
Mark 15:19 And they smote
him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him,
and bowing their
knees worshipped him.
Luke 7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the
men of this generation?
and to what are they
like?
Luke 7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the
marketplace,
and calling one to
another, and saying,
We have piped
unto you, and ye have not danced;
we have mourned to you,
and ye have not wept.
Auleō to be played
on the flute, “ho Bakkheios rhuthmos ēuleito” X. Smp.9.3
“Phrugion aulēsen melos” Alcm.82,
cf. Hdt. 1.141,
2.60, Pl.Prt.327a:
Truitt
Adair: and “Instrumental music is a non-issue in
the Book of Acts.” What is admitted is that
instrumental music in the church is mentioned in neither the
gospels nor the Book of Acts. This seems to do more to
disprove rather than prove his position. Perhaps the weakest
and silliest argument he makes is the mention of
“music and dancing” in the story of the prodigal
son. A close rival is the assertion that “nowhere in the New
Testament is congregational singing specifically
authorized.” Even if that is true, which I deny, it has
nothing to do with whether or not instrumental music is
authorized. Telling someone they are wrong about
congregational singing being authorized doesn’t prove that
instrumental music is authorized for congregational worship.
The synagogue excludes all
hypocritic performance: God doesn't need it and when you
hear a rhetorician or sophist you know that he is pulling
the wool over your eyes getting it off as fleece. Jesus
"synagogued" with the people several times and there is no
mention of music. Paul synagogued out on mission and never
mentioned music: only Ephesus and Colossee seems to have
been plagued with people just out of paganism and thought
that they also heard "spirits." Paul EXCLUDES all such
performance before he defines synagogue as "speaking with
one mind and one mouth that which is written."
Simple Simons know that you don't make musical noise when
Jesus comes to be our ONLY teacher when the elders teach
that which is written. Again, the synagogue is defined
totally. Both Jew and Gentile would understand the morality
issues because they had attended synagogue. Timothy was wise
unto salvation because Christ defined the future REST
inclusively and exclusively. Since the prophets were read in
the synagogue and not that Christ calls "the lying pen of
the Scribes" He names speakers, singers, instrument players,
hypocrites:
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time
hath in every city
them that preach
him,
being read in
the synagogues every sabbath day.
There are in fact many allusions to musical idolatry in the
book of acts. We have shown that Stephen pointed tothe
musical idolatry at Mount Sinai as recorded by Amos in Acts
7. The rejoicing in the works of their hands was musical
performance.
Mark
Henderson: Instrumental music is a non-issue.
You don’t see a
discussion in the Book of Acts.
There is nothing
in the New Testament that even remotely resembles
the detailed
instructions for worship that we saw in the Old
Testament.
The New Testament
simply has nothing to say about instruments in
worship.
The Old Testament commands and encourages
the use of instruments, and the heavenly vision includes
instruments in the picture.
In between, the New Testament says nothing about
instruments in worship, so how did we end up with this anti-instrument heritage?
Acts 13:5 And when
they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their
minister.
Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto
Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a
Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
Magos [a^, ou, ho, Magian, one of
a Median tribe, Hdt.1.101,
Str. 15.3.1:
hence, as belonging to this tribe,
2. one of the priests and wise
men in Persia who interpreted dreams, Hdt.7.37,
al., Arist.Fr. 36,
Phoen.1.5, Ev.Matt.2.1.
3. enchanter, wizard, esp.
in bad sense, impostor, charlatan,
Heraclit.14, S.OT387,
E.Or.1498
(lyr.), Pl.R.572e,
Act.Ap.13.6,
Vett. Val.74.17:
also fem., Luc.Asin.4,
AP 5.15
(Marc. Arg.).
Acts
14 Paul gets violent with those practicing the
Abomination of Desolation.
These false
teachers missed the Abomination of Desolation which makes
the universal association between religious music and perverted
males
or prostitutes. Reading Acts 7 should have
warned them about musical idolatry at Mount Sinai and Amos
and reading Acts 14 might help.
When
the
crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the
Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"
Acts 14:11
Barnabas
they
called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes (Mercury) because he was the chief speaker. Acts 14:12
The
priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the
city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the
crowd wanted to offer
sacrifices to them. Acts 14:13
2 Maccabees 6:2 - and also to pollute
the temple
> in Jerusalem and call it the temple
of Olympian Zeus,
> and to call the one in Gerizim
the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who
dwelt in that place.
It is
a historical fact that the Jews anticipated that the
Messiah would be Bacchus of Dionysus--the
perverted new wineskin god.
See the resources in 2 Maccabees and
the SYMBOLISM of building gymnasiums.
Truitt Adair: 7. After
listing Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, James 5:13 and I
Corinthians 14:26, Rick states, “There is no New
Testament command to sing only a capella. To say
that “sing” means “sing only” is a human inference that
comes dangerously close to speaking where God has not
spoken.” He illustrates his point by saying that an
invitation to come to his ranch and sing songs doesn’t
mean one couldn’t bring his guitar. That may be true, but
if I really wanted someone to play the guitar at a party,
the only way to be sure would be to say, “By the way,
don’t forget to bring your guitar to accompany our
singing.” If my wife invites someone over for a cup of tea
it does not mean they can’t put cream and (7) sugar in it.
However, if I order a cup of tea, I am not authorizing the
waiter to put cream and sugar in it unless I tell him to.
When God wanted singing with instrumental accompaniment in
the Old Testament, he certainly knew how to ask for it. I
believe if he wanted instrumental accompaniment in the
church he would have asked for it that way. Presuming
otherwise might come dangerously close to “speaking where
God has not spoken.”
The Direct action
commanded is to SPEAK
1. That which is
written for our learning with one mind and one mouth
Romans 15
2. The Will of God, Spirit or the inspired text (Ephesians
5)
3. The Word of Christ (Colosians3)
This is Paul's common,
clergy-fooling way of using antithesis:
EPHESIANS 5
Paul used antithetical parallelism to denounce outward
singing or instrumental noise.
II. Antithetical
Parallelism--The thought of the first line
is expressed by an antithesis in the second;
or is counterbalanced by a contrast in the second. This
parallelism is very common in the Book of Proverbs:
(a) The tongue
of the wise adorneth knowledge,
{but} The mouth of the
fool blurteth out folly.
Prov., xv, 2.
(b) Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh,
{but} Envy is the
rot of the bones.
--Proverbs 14:30.
The thoughts of the righteous are right,
But the counsels
of the wicked are deceitful. Proverbs 12:5 (NKJV)
Notice Pauls use of
parallelism: The word SPEAK is the opposite of POETRY or
MUSIC. Therefore,
Eph. 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise,
BUT
understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Eph. 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess;
BUT [instead]
be filled with the Spirit;
Eph. 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs,
{BUT} singing
and making melody IN your HEART to the Lord;
Jesus said that worship must be in SPIRIT as the opposite of
PLACES. Therefore, rather than follow the pagan
religions be faithful to the Christ-ordained synagogue which
was exclusive of "vocal or instrumental rejoicing."
THERE IS NO SINGING COMMANDED. THE WORD IS SPEAK.
IF YOU GRASP THAT SYNAGOGUE
IS A SCHOOL OF THE WORD THE DISCORDERS ARE SILENCED
The SPEAKING is
the opposite of poetry or music: the Ephesians were one of
the two churches which had to be warned about singing in the
churh when it had been outlawed in the synagogue well
attended by Gentiles.
SPEAKING that which is written for our learning is the
thesis: aeido and psallo is the antithes as the root
definition would beclear to the Ephesians.
Singing speaks of
making noise or sounds with the voice or any
inanimate thing
Aeidō, hence of all
kinds of vocal SOUNDS, crow
as cocks, Pl.Smp..223c; HOOT as owls,
hoi tettiges [LOCUSTS] khamothen asontai —of other sounds,
TWANG, of the bow-string, Od.21.411; whistle,
of the WIND through a tree, Mosch.Fr.1.8;
ring, of a stone when struck, Theoc.7.26:—prov.,
prin nenikēkenai adein 'to CROW
too soon', Pl.Tht.164c.—Constr.:—a. tini sing to
ONE, Od.22.346;
also, vie with one in singing,
sing of,
chant,
Aoid-ē a 5. = eppsdē, spell, INCANTATION,
PSALLO is
never used for musical melody.
Psallō , fut. In a
primary sense:
Pluck, pull, twitch, ps. etheiran pluck
the hair, A.Pers.1062:
esp. of the bow-string, toxōn kheri psallousi neuras twang
them, E.Ba.784;
“kenon kroton” Lyc.1453;
ek keraos ps. belos send a
shaft twanging from the bow, APl.4.211 (Stat. Flacc.);
so miltokharēs skhoinos psallomenē a carpenter's red
line, which is twitched and then suddenly
let go, so as to leave a mark, AP6.103 (Phil.): metaph., “gunaikas ex andrōn psogos psallei, kenon toxeuma”
The twang of the harp aroused the same
spiritual anxiety as twanging the bow: thereofre, Paul
loutlawed the "laded burden" and demanded that they enjoy the
REST Jesus died to give us.
Eur.
Ba. 784 Pentheus
Already like fire does this insolence of the
Bacchae blaze up, a great reproach for the Hellenes. [780] But
we must not hesitate. Go to the Electran gates, bid all the
shield-bearers and riders of swift-footed horses to assemble,
as well as all who brandish the light shield and pluck
bowstrings with their hands, so that we can
make an assault against [785] the Bacchae. For it is
indeed too much if we suffer what we are suffering
at the hands of women.
8. Rick’s
emotional appeal to allow gifted musicians to honor
God by using their God-given musical gifts in
the assembly is a very weak argument. This supposes that it
could be shown that instrumentation is one of those gifts
today, and that all spiritual gifts may be used in
the worship assembly of the church. This argument proves too
much, far more than Rick would likely agree with. Is he
really asserting that every gifted person, regardless of
what the gift is, should use that gift in the assembly?
THIS IS RANK LEGALISM: the
flow of information is from God to us. A musician might
aid "worship" in Ricks' mind but worship is literally falling
on your face or giving attention to the reading of God's Word.
What Rick is defining is "how to suck in the seekers to pay my
bills." Worship must be silent or reverent or God is till a Consuming Fire (Hebrews12)
EPHESIANS
4, THE GIFTED LEADERS TO SILENCE PERFORMANCE TO ENABLE
EKKLESIA
Eph
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors
and teachers
WHY?
Eph 4:12 For
the perfecting of the saints, for
the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:
Most of
recorded history notes that music arouses fear and spiritual
anxiety because it taps into the very nature of a human with
the power of Fear or Flight: the other drug-induced or
music-induced feeling is that of sexuality which is sold as
the "spirit" inside.
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1Corinthians 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh
unto men to edification, and exhortation,
and comfort.
1Corinthians 14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown
tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth
edifieth the church.
2Corinthians 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat
more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for
edification, and not for your destruction, I
should not be ashamed:
There is no way to EDIFY a person by letting them watch
a musical performance by a whiney-piney praise team
allof which sounds like they have a gender problem. That
would not be surprised since the Serpent in the garden
of Eden was a musical enchanter(ess)
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HOW?
Eph 4:13 Till we all come
in
A. the unity of THE
faith, and of
B. the knowledge of the Son of
God,
C. unto a perfect MAN,
D. unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ:
Stature:
2244. helikia, hay-lik-ee´-ah; from the same as
2245; maturity (in years or size): age,
stature. [Comrade, not playmate]
You cannot go
BEYOND THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN: that is a direct command made
over and over. If you go BEYOND that which is written
with the SOLE PURPOSE
Eph. 3:8 Unto
me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace
given,
that
I
should
preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Matthew
28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Eph. 3:9 And to
make all men see
what is the fellowship
of the mystery,
which from the beginning
of the world hath been hid in God,
who created all things by
Jesus Christ:
HOW?
Eph 4:13 Till we all come
in
A. the unity of THE
faith, and of
B. the knowledge of the Son of
God,
C. unto a perfect MAN,
D. unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ:
Stature:
2244. helikia, hay-lik-ee´-ah; from the same as
2245; maturity (in years or size): age,
stature. [Comrade, not playmate]
CHURCH MUST EXCLUDE ALL OF
THE CUNNING CRAFTSMEN.
Panourgia (g3834) pan-oorg-ee'-ah; from 3835;
adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry:
- (cunning) craftiness, subtilty.
-Panourg-êma A. knavish
trick, villainy, S.El.1387 (lyr.), LXX Si.1.6 (v.l.); sophistry, Gal.5.251; cf. panourgeuma.
-Sophia A. cleverness
or skill in handicraft and art, as in carpentry, tektonos, hos rha te pasēs eu eidē s. Il.15.412; of the
Telchines, Pi.O.7.53;
hē entekhnos s., of Hephaestus and Athena, Pl.Prt.32 1d; of Daedalus and
Palamedes, X.Mem.4.2.33,
cf. 1.4.2; in music and
singing, tekhnē kai s. h.Merc.483,
cf. 511; in poetry, Sol.13.52, Pi.O.1.117
-HH
4 483 What skill is this? What song for desperate
cares? What way of song? For verily here are three things to
hand all at once from which to choose, —mirth, and love, and
sweet sleep. [450] And though I am a follower of the Olympian
Muses who love dances and the bright path of song —the
full-toned chant and ravishing thrill of flutes —yet I
never cared for any of those feats of skill at young men's
revels, as I do now for this:
PAUL THEN DEFINES THE
SOLE ROLE OF THE EKKLESIA OR SYNAGOGUE IN HIS WORDS.
NOW
YOU CAN HOLD THE ASSEMBLY
Eph. 4:15 But speaking the truth
in love,
may grow up into him in
all things, which is the head, even Christ:
HOW DO WE GET ACCESS TO THE TRUTH
The Church is a school (only) of the Word of Christ (only).
Paul
Eph.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise,
but understanding
what the will of the Lord is.
Eph. 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess;
It is "prophetic" that the
agents who man the podiums (put down in 1 Corinthians 1 and
takers of the shekals do not KNOW the meaning of a Christian
or a Disciple; worship is going to Jesus' Bible class where HE
is the only performer if we "teach that which has been
taught."
Acts
7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children
of Israel,
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise
up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye
hear.
Acts 7:38 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:
A CHURCH OF CHRIST HAS TWO
ROLES: TEACHERS AND DISCIPLES
Heb.
5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,
ye have need that one teach
you again which be the first principles of the oracles
of God;
and are become such as
have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
HERE IS THE LAW OF
DELIVERING CHRISTIAN ORACLES
1Pet.
4:11 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.
SINCE RICK ATCHLEY DOES NOT
KNOW THE MEANING OF EKKLESIA HE SHOULD NOT BE IMITATED
AS HE DRIVES IT INTO DELIBERATE AND MASSIVE DISCORD.
SINCE RICK ATCHLEY DOES NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF A "DISCIPLE"
WHY FOLLOW SOMEONE WHO LEADS YOU INTO A RADICAL MISUNDERSTANDING
OF BLACK TEXT ON BROWN PAPER.
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