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Originally Posted by awareness
What I'm ambitious to find evidence of, from any source that is reliable, is that instruments were used by the early Christians.
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Well, I can't help you much on the early christian psalmody. But if you look at 2 Chronicles chapter 5, vv. 11-14, David instituted musical worship in Jerusalem with 120 trumpets to go along with the singing. And nowhere do I see a biblical injunction to cease with the horn & harps & lyres & cymals.
So when Paul enjoins us to "...sing psalms unto God", in Ephesians chapter 5, I take it we need some serious horn playing, too. Right? Isn't this a logical step worthy of serious consideration?
Now, stay with me here: David instituted horns with the "worship service"; Paul refers us to David's psalms as a singing worship; and nowhere does the instrumentation requirement receive a written modification. So perhaps we should be 'biblical' here and call for at least 120 horn players with every worship service. 140 to 160 would be even better, but 120 is probably the minimum requirement to "take the ground".
Nehemiah 12:43 says "so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. " Well, I guess 120 horns might cause a small ruckus.
Of course, I am being facetious. Jesus said that even 2 or 3 meeting in His name would bring his presence, and He didn't mention how many horns, if any.
Still, it must have been quite a party.
