Psalm 96:1 NIV
Sing to the LORD a new song
sing to the Lord all the earth.
First of all, how do we sing a "New" song?
and secondly, how do we do that in unity with "all the earth"
Are we all going to be inspired simultaneously
to sing a fresh new song in harmony with" families of nations."
...in harmony with the rejoicing heavens
...in harmony with the jubilant fields
...in harmony with all the trees of the forest singing for joy ?
The answer is that we do it "One in the Spirit"
Ephesians 5:18-19 NASB
be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody
with your heart to the Lord.
Such lively expectant worship, full of anticipation
and joy might fulfill the psalmists vision in
Psalm 96:11-13 NIV
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
they will sing before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his truth.
Ephesians 5 talks about "speaking" in the Spirit
and "singing" in the Spirit
and" making melody with your heart",
the prerequisite for which is;-
being " filled with the Spirit".
Singing in the Spirit does make us one
with people of all nations who are also
"One in the Spirit"
We are one in the Spirit with the angels of heaven
when singing in the Spirit.
We know that this psalm 96 was sung when the arc of
the covenant was placed in the newly built tabernacle
in Jerusalem.
We know that psalm 96 was a regular part of the liturgy
in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, even in the days
when Jesus walked in Galilee.
So there is already a good crowd of people up there
who are completely familiar with psalm 96.
When we sing psalm 96 in Spirit and truth,
again enthroning Jesus as King in our own lives,
we assert our citizenship of the Holy Nation
and Royal Priesthood of the Children of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song
sing to the Lord all the earth.
First of all, how do we sing a "New" song?
and secondly, how do we do that in unity with "all the earth"
Are we all going to be inspired simultaneously
to sing a fresh new song in harmony with" families of nations."
...in harmony with the rejoicing heavens
...in harmony with the jubilant fields
...in harmony with all the trees of the forest singing for joy ?
The answer is that we do it "One in the Spirit"
Ephesians 5:18-19 NASB
be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody
with your heart to the Lord.
Such lively expectant worship, full of anticipation
and joy might fulfill the psalmists vision in
Psalm 96:11-13 NIV
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
they will sing before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his truth.
Ephesians 5 talks about "speaking" in the Spirit
and "singing" in the Spirit
and" making melody with your heart",
the prerequisite for which is;-
being " filled with the Spirit".
Singing in the Spirit does make us one
with people of all nations who are also
"One in the Spirit"
We are one in the Spirit with the angels of heaven
when singing in the Spirit.
We know that this psalm 96 was sung when the arc of
the covenant was placed in the newly built tabernacle
in Jerusalem.
We know that psalm 96 was a regular part of the liturgy
in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, even in the days
when Jesus walked in Galilee.
So there is already a good crowd of people up there
who are completely familiar with psalm 96.
When we sing psalm 96 in Spirit and truth,
again enthroning Jesus as King in our own lives,
we assert our citizenship of the Holy Nation
and Royal Priesthood of the Children of God.
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