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Feb 21, 2022 · Some have suggested that the use of instrumental music in worship in David’s day was condemned on the basis of the fact that the prophet Amos uttered “woe” on those who invented for themselves musical instruments like David (Amos 6:5). The context of the passage, however, clarifies the meaning of this statement as originally intended by ...
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- Why Mention David?
- Grammatical Considerations
- Instruments of David, Not Jehovah
- Conclusion
If corruption in Israel exhausts the thrust of Amos’ censure, why mention David? The rebuke could have been adequately rendered without any allusion to the Lord’s illustrious ancestor. To suggest that Israel’s apostates were appealing to David cannot be substantiated for certain.
The common theory that the rebels of Amos’ day were being contrastedwith king David’s practice does not conform to the grammar. The prophet does not say that David was applauded in what he did and that the rebels of Israel acted in the opposite fashion. In some sense, the latter rebels are said to be like David. In some sense, what they did was the...
The expression “instruments of David” is found three times in the Old Testament. Notice how the phrase “song of Jehovah” is distinguished from the “instruments of David” in the Chronicles text. The musical instruments are never said to be “instruments of Jehovah” in an isolated context. The only time a text even comes close to that, David is inject...
When all has been said and the controversy is still left murky, the issue actually is a non-issue. The real question is not whether David introduced the instruments on his own initiative or at the bidding of God. Either way, the matter is of no relevance to the Christian. The task that lies with those who wish to employ the instrument in Christian ...
INSTRUMENTS OF DAVID. Amos 6:5. Go Back. “ Woe to them that … trust in the mountain of Samaria …. that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David” (Amos 6:1-5). When I was a youth I erroneously understood ...
When the ark finally arrived in Jerusalem, one of the first things David did was appoint some of the Levites to the ministry of music and song. They were "to minister before the ark of the LORD, to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel: Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel.
- God Calls and Commissions Ordinary Individuals. Nothing about Amos’ vocation as a shepherd and farmer would have marked him as one suited to carry the mantel of prophet.
- The Burden of a Divine Calling Cannot Be Easily Ignored. In receiving the call to prophesy to the northern kingdom, Amos could have chosen to stay home to tend his fig trees and care for his sheep.
- Worship Must Be on God’s Terms, Not Ours. Years before Amos arrived on the scene in Bethel, Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom after the split, feared that the northern tribes might grow nostalgic and seek to return to the house of David.
- God Is Sovereign Over the Nations. Though the focus of Amos’ ministry is understandably directed at the nation of Israel, the first two chapters of Amos include charges against surrounding nations and the enemies of Israel.
1. (Amos 7:1-3) The vision of locusts. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!”.
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a. The words of Amos: This book of the prophet Amos is the only mention we have of this man in the Old Testament. The books of 1 and 2 Kings or 1 and 2 Chronicles do not mention this prophet, and he should not be confused with Amoz, the father of Isaiah the prophet (Isaiah 1:1). i. The name Amos means burden or burden bearer.
