~ Music Ministry~
Welcome to the music ministry! We are about giving praise and worship to our Lord and Savior through music.
We welcome you every Sunday morning to come and worship with us. Below, is a brief history of music through the bible.
Contact our music director at music@glasfordbaptist.com
I. The history of musical instruments can be traced throughout the Bible.
A. The earliest instruments of music (Hebrew, kinnor, translated "harp" in Genesis 4:21) were invented by a man named Jubal.
B. Other instruments were later made by David (I Chronicles 23:5; II Chronicles 7:6; 29:26) and Solomon (II Chronicles 9:11).
C. Some were made of silver (Numbers 10:1, 2), some of brass (I Chronicles 15:19), and some of fir wood (II Samuel 6:5).
D. The use of musical instruments in worship can be seen both in the Old (I Chronicles 13:8; II Chronicles 5:12,13; Nehemiah 12:35-41; etc.) and in the New Testaments (Revelation 5:8, 9; 14:2, 3; 15:20; 18:22).
E. However, instruments were used on occasions other than the worship of God.
1. The timbrel (tambourine) was popular in use with dance to celebrate military victories.
Exodus 15:1-21
Judges 11:34
I Samuel 18:6, 7
2. The trumpet had multiple uses.
a. To proclaim feast days.
Leviticus 23:23-25; 25:9
b. To gather an assembly.
Numbers 10:1-8
c. To sound an alarm for battle against the enemy.
Numbers 10:9
Nehemiah 4:18, 20
Joel 2:1
Amos 3:6
Jeremiah 4:19
I Corinthians 14:8
d. To herald the arrival of a new king.
I Kings 1:34-41
3. The harp and oboe were used during joyous secular festivities.
Isaiah 5:12
Amos 5:23; 6:4-6
4. The oboe was also played during funeral ceremonies.
Matthew 9:23
5. Solomon listened to music for his own personal enjoyment.
Ecclesiastes 2:1, 8
6. Many instruments came to be used in the worship of pagan gods.
Daniel 3:4-7, etc.
