Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Chronicles 24-26.

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So, these names were a challenge for me to read.  I will be perfectly honest I got very little out of this.  However, there are a few things worth highlighting.  As part of this process they organized the priests into groups according to the houses of the sons of Aaron’s sons.  These groups served in the temple in turn according to the pattern laid out here.  This same process was the one referred to in Luke when Luke tells us that Zechariah was of the division of Abijah and that Gabriel came to him while he served in the temple.  So, the process laid out for assigning priestly tasks when David was king, continued to be used almost 1000 years later.  The other thing I want to pull out of this is that Asaph, along with his sons, was appointed to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals.  That is they were appointed to prophesy using music.  I wanted to note this reference to Asaph being appointed to prophesy using music because in the Book of Psalms we have multiple psalms which are attributed to him.  This suggests to me that we miss part of the purpose of music in our services today.  Yes, music is a way in which we worship the Lord, but it is also a way in which God communicates with us.  Those who lead our music teams are just as much ministers before God as those who preach the sermons.  We need to ask them to spend time in prayer when they choose their songs and to seek God’s guidance concerning what songs to use during the service.  So, bear in mind that those leading singing on Sunday morning are prophesying*.

*Note that while prophesying may involve predicting the future, predicting the future is not the primary purpose of prophecy.  Prophecy is God talking to us through a human being.

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