Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 338.<\/p>\n
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\nour Brother Rodger Lewis of the
\nChristchurch Ecclesia in New <\/p>\n
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\nZealand.
\nAnd the theme for Brother <\/p>\n
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\nLouis’s classes this week, as
\nyou know, is the House of ASAP <\/p>\n
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\nFamily of Faith.
\nToday’s class is entitled The <\/p>\n
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\nFounding of the House of ASAP
\nBrother Rodger. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thank you, brother,
\nChairman and good morning, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nMay I just make a slight <\/p>\n
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\nadjustment to the Chairman’s
\nremarks this morning? <\/p>\n
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\nThe the full and proper title
\nfor the study is the House of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaf Family of Faith and Masters
\nof Music. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause one of the great
\nfeatures, of course, about this <\/p>\n
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\nfamily was their, their
\ncontribution to the music and <\/p>\n
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\nthe story of worship in the
\nhistory of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s one of the things,
\nGod willing, that we hope to <\/p>\n
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\ntake a look at in the course of
\nthese studies. <\/p>\n
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\nYou may not know much about
\nAsaph or or think that there’s <\/p>\n
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\nmuch about him in the Divine
\nrecord, but hopefully by the <\/p>\n
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\ntime we’ve finished this
\nparticular story, you will find <\/p>\n
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\njust how remarkable this man was
\nand in fact, how remarkable his <\/p>\n
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\nfamily was.
\nI’m going to suggest to you this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning, and I ask you to
\nreserve judgement in the matter <\/p>\n
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\nuntil you’ve heard the balance
\nof the studies. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I’m going to suggest to you
\nthis morning that this is the <\/p>\n
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\nstory of the most remarkable
\nfamily in the history of Israel.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve used those words
\ncarefully, and I do not think <\/p>\n
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\nthat they are an overstatement.
\nI think that this family, the <\/p>\n
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\nfamily of Asaph, was absolutely
\nunique in the history of of the <\/p>\n
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\nnation.
\nAnd what we’re going to do, God <\/p>\n
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\nwilling, in the course of these
\nstudies is to try and get into <\/p>\n
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\nthe heart and soul of this
\nfamily, to understand their <\/p>\n
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\npassion for the truth, to see
\nwhat it was that moved then for <\/p>\n
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\nso many generations of this one
\nsingle family. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was the secret of this
\nhouse that kept them faithful <\/p>\n
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\nfor almost 600 years of history?
\nOne family, 600 years of <\/p>\n
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\nabsolute faithfulness.
\nNow there must have been a <\/p>\n
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\nsecret, mothers and sisters to
\nthis family. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we want to try and discover
\nwhat it was. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause if we want to build
\nfaithful families in the truth <\/p>\n
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\ntoday, then there’s no better
\nfamily to look at than the than <\/p>\n
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\nthe House of Asaph down through
\ntheir several generations. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause he was a family of
\nextraordinary commitment to the <\/p>\n
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\nthings of the truth.
\nSo that’s what we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\ntry and do, God willing in these
\nstudies, is to discover the <\/p>\n
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\nsecrets of this family.
\nAnd secondly, to try and look at<\/p>\n
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\ntheir musical contribution to
\nthe to the history of worship in<\/p>\n
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\nthe nation of Israel.
\nWe want to try and see what it <\/p>\n
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\nwas, what the guiding principles
\nwere of this family and their <\/p>\n
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\nsinging of praise to the Father
\nas a basis for how we should <\/p>\n
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\nworship the Father even in these
\nlast days. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, this morning, as our study
\ntitle suggests, we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nlook at the founding of this
\nparticular house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that really is the story of
\nhow Asaph came about to be in <\/p>\n
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\nthe role that he was to play.
\nAnd that story begins for us <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning in the first of
\nChronicles chapter 15. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you’ll turn, please, to
\nthe first of Chronicles 15, we <\/p>\n
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\ntake up the record.
\nAnd here we see that this is the<\/p>\n
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\nmoment of time when you’ll
\nrecall David brought the ark of <\/p>\n
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\nGod to Zion.
\nAnd there in the first of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles and chapter 15, we
\nread these words, verse 14. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the priests and the Levites
\nsanctified themselves to bring <\/p>\n
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\nup the ark of Yahweh, God of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the children of the Levites
\nbear the ark of God upon their <\/p>\n
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\nshoulder, with the staves
\nthereon, as Moses commanded, <\/p>\n
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\naccording to the word of Yahweh.
\nAnd David spoke to the chief of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Levites to appoint their
\nbrethren to be the singers, with<\/p>\n
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\ninstruments of music, psalteries
\nand harps, and symbols, sounding<\/p>\n
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\nby lifting up the voice with
\njoy. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Levites appointed Heman
\nthe son of Joel, and of his <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren Asaph the son of
\nBerekhar, and of the sons of <\/p>\n
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\nMarari their brethren Ethan the
\nson of Kushaya. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here at the time of the
\nbringing of the ark of God to <\/p>\n
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\nZion, the leaders of the singers
\nwere appointed and they were <\/p>\n
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\nselected by the Levites out of
\ntheir own ranks. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Levites chose three men
\nin particular, says the first of<\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 15 and verse 17.
\nThey chose him and the son of <\/p>\n
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\nJoel, they chose Asaph, the son
\nof Berekhar, and they chose <\/p>\n
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\nEthan the son of Kusaya.
\nAnd Ethan of course, is later to<\/p>\n
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\nbe known in other passages as
\nJuduthan. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Ethan and Juduthan are
\ninterchangeable terms. <\/p>\n
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\nSo these three men were selected
\nout of the ranks of the Levites,<\/p>\n
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\nand presumably they were chosen
\nbecause of their musical <\/p>\n
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\nability.
\nBut they weren’t just chosen at <\/p>\n
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\nrandom, brothers and sisters.
\nBecause if you come back to the <\/p>\n
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\n6th chapter of the First of
\nChronicles, this was not just <\/p>\n
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\nthe selection of three men out
\nof the whole House of Levi at <\/p>\n
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\nrandom.
\nNow there was something more <\/p>\n
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\nspecific about the selection,
\nbecause when we come to the <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Chronicles, chapter 6
\nwill find that each of these men<\/p>\n
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\nin fact represented one of the
\nthree great branches of the <\/p>\n
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\ntribe of Levi.
\nSo notice verse 33. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s our first man again.
\nThese are they that waited with <\/p>\n
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\ntheir children of the sons of
\nthe caliphates, Heman, a singer.<\/p>\n
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\nNow Heman of verse 33 is a man,
\nverse 38, of Kohath the son of <\/p>\n
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\nLevi.
\nAnd then in verse 39 we have our<\/p>\n
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\nsecond man Asaph, and he verse
\n43 is a son of Gershon the son <\/p>\n
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\nof Levi.
\nAnd then we have our third man <\/p>\n
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\nin verse 44, Ethan, the son of
\nCushy, and he verse 47 is a son <\/p>\n
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\nof Mararai, the son of Levi.
\nSo you see, each of the three <\/p>\n
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\nmen that were selected by the
\nLevites in turn represented one <\/p>\n
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\nof the three great divisions of
\nthe tribe of Levite itself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we have Heman of the
\nKohathites, we have Asaph of the<\/p>\n
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\nGershomites, and we have
\nJaduthan of the Mariah rights. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here then is the whole House
\nof Levi represented in the <\/p>\n
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\nselection of these three men.
\nNow if you come back to the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles chapter 15,
\ntherefore we see now the story <\/p>\n
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\nof how these singers were
\ninvolved in this very special <\/p>\n
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\nday when the Ark of God was
\nbrought to Zion by David in the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles chapter 15
\nand verse 19, we read So the <\/p>\n
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\nsingers Heman, Asaph and Ethan
\nor Judithan were appointed to <\/p>\n
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\nsound with symbols of brass.
\nAnd then we’re told in the in <\/p>\n
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\nthe 20th verse that they were
\nthe players on the Psalteries. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd at the end of the verse
\nwe’re told that they played with<\/p>\n
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\nor on Alamoth.
\nAnd Alamoth we believe, is the <\/p>\n
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\nfemale choir.
\nThey were a choir of female <\/p>\n
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\nsingers of female voices.
\nThen in verse 21 we have the <\/p>\n
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\nplayers on the harps, and with
\nthem is the choir known as <\/p>\n
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\nSheminoth.
\nAnd the word sheminoth means an <\/p>\n
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\neighth or an octave lower.
\nAnd it represented the male <\/p>\n
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\nchoir who accompanied the
\nplayers on harps. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we have Ken and I are in
\nverse 22. <\/p>\n
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\nWho’s responsible for the
\nlifting up and the carriage of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Ark on the shoulders of the
\nCoathites. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we’ve got 2 doorkeepers in
\nfront of the Ark, verse 23. <\/p>\n
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\nSeven trumpeters who play before
\nthe Ark, verse 24, 2 Deep <\/p>\n
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\ndoorkeepers behind the arc,
\nverse 24. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we have this whole
\nprocession there that travels to<\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem on this on this
\noccasion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd who is at the forefront?
\nWho’s right at the front of the <\/p>\n
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\nwhole procession of them all?
\nAnd the answer is, why the three<\/p>\n
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\nsingers, Heman, verse 19, Asaph
\nand Judithan all there at this <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning of the story of the
\nbringing of the arc to Zion? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so chapter 16 and verse one
\nsays, So they brought the ark of<\/p>\n
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\nGod and set it in the midst of
\nthe 10th that David had pitched <\/p>\n
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\nfor it.
\nAnd they offered burnt <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifices and peace offerings
\nbefore God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when David had made an end
\nof offering, of offering the <\/p>\n
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\nburnt offerings and peace
\nofferings, he blessed the people<\/p>\n
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\nin the name of Yahweh.
\nAnd he dealt to everyone of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, both man and woman, to
\neveryone a loaf of bread and a <\/p>\n
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\ngood piece of flesh and a flagon
\nof wine. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now you see this tremendous
\ncelebration has come to an end. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the singers have sung their
\nsongs, all the choirs have sung,<\/p>\n
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\nthe sultries and the harps have
\nplayed, the trumpeters have <\/p>\n
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\nblown, and the whole procession
\nhas brought the Ark into Zion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now all the people are about
\nto depart and to go home their <\/p>\n
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\nseveral ways after this wondrous
\nday of praise and celebration. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now this chapter is going to
\ntell us exactly what David did <\/p>\n
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\nonce this ark had been brought
\nto Zion. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I wanted to show you
\nsomething interesting about the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles 16.
\nIf you hold your hands in the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles 16 and come
\nback to the parallel record, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is in the second of Samuel
\nchapter 6, I want to show you <\/p>\n
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\nsomething interesting about the
\nway the first of Chronicles 16 <\/p>\n
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\nis constructed.
\nBecause in the second of Samuel <\/p>\n
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\n6, which is the same story in
\nthe Samuel record. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, let’s just see if we can
\ncompare notes between the two <\/p>\n
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\nrecords in the second of Samuel
\nchapter 6 and verse 19. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll notice that it says there
\nHe dealt among all the people, <\/p>\n
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\neven among the whole multitude
\nof Israel, as well as to the <\/p>\n
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\nwoman as to the men, to every
\ngood, to everyone, a cake of <\/p>\n
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\nbread and a good piece of flesh
\nand a flagon of wine. <\/p>\n
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\nNow where is that in Chronicles?
\nAnd the answer is why? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the first of Chronicles,
\nchapter 16 and verse 3, isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nSo that’s the same reference. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look again at the second of
\nSamuel 6 and verse 19 and see <\/p>\n
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\nhow the verse ends.
\nAnd you’ll notice that the verse<\/p>\n
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\nends with this phrase.
\nSo all the people departed <\/p>\n
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\neveryone to his house.
\nNow where’s that in Chronicles? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the answer is why?
\nIt’s the very last verse of the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles, chapter 16,
\nverse 43. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all the people departed,
\nevery man to his house. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you see, what this tells us
\nis that in the First of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 16, that the balance
\nof the verses in between <\/p>\n
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\nrepresent a special
\ninterpolation, an extra section <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s only found in the
\nChronicles record from verse 4 <\/p>\n
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\nright through to verse 42.
\nAnd if we were to ask, well, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat is this special section
\nfound in the Chronicles record? <\/p>\n
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\nThe answer is that this is the
\noriginal story of the <\/p>\n
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\nappointment of Asaph to his
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\nthe music in the in the
\ncelebration of the art being <\/p>\n
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\nbrought to Zion.
\nAnd you know, one of the <\/p>\n
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\ninteresting things about these
\nverses from verse 4 onwards is <\/p>\n
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\nthis, that this was David’s
\nfirst and greatest concern after<\/p>\n
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\nbringing the ark of God design.
\nIt’s not until chapter 17 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse one that David will take
\nany concern for where the ark of<\/p>\n
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\nGod will dwell.
\nHis greatest concern was this, <\/p>\n
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\nthat on this day, the very day
\nthat he had brought the ark of <\/p>\n
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\nGod design, he was concerned
\nabout those who would minister <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the ark.
\nDavid wanted someone who would <\/p>\n
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\nexplain to Israel the true power
\nand importance of what the ark <\/p>\n
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\nrepresented.
\nHe wanted someone who could <\/p>\n
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\nexplain to the nation the
\nsignificance of what they had <\/p>\n
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\ndone this day, that the ark of
\nGod, which represented the <\/p>\n
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\npresence of God amongst his
\npeople, had been brought to them<\/p>\n
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\nin Jerusalem.
\nDavid said. <\/p>\n
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\nWe never, ever want to lose this
\nprecious moment in the history <\/p>\n
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\nof our nation.
\nI need someone who can celebrate<\/p>\n
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\nthis principle before this is
\nthe first thing that must be <\/p>\n
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\ndone.
\nSo he chose a man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe chose a man who understood
\nwhat that arc was all about. <\/p>\n
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\nHe chose a man who would be able
\nto recount before Israel in the <\/p>\n
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\nsongs of worship and praise the
\nreal significance of the ark of <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s presence amongst his
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse 4 says he appointed
\ncertain of the Levites to <\/p>\n
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\nminister before the ark of
\nYahweh, to record and to thank <\/p>\n
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\nand to praise the Lord God of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph, the chief, So you see,
\nisn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause you see, back in chapter
\n15, the Levites had chosen three<\/p>\n
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\nmen, hadn’t they?
\nThe Levites had chosen Heman and<\/p>\n
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\nASAP and Jaduthan.
\nBut when David comes to make his<\/p>\n
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\nappointment in the first of
\nChronicles 16, he says no, I <\/p>\n
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\nwant ASAP.
\nI want Asaph especially to take <\/p>\n
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\nresponsibility for this matter
\nof worship. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do you think David chose
\nAsaph, Brothers and sisters, do <\/p>\n
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\nyou think he had more musical
\nabilities than the others? <\/p>\n
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\nNo, I don’t think so.
\nI think he chose Asaph because <\/p>\n
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\nin this man he found a truly
\nkindred spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThey share the common
\nunderstanding of divine <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples, David said.
\nThis is the man who will be able<\/p>\n
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\nto explain the significance of
\nthese things before the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as we will find in our
\nsubsequent studies, we believe <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely that David put his
\nfinger on just the right man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe put his finger on the very
\nperson who would be able to <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrate those principles that
\nwere so dear to David’s own <\/p>\n
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\nheart.
\nIn fact, you’ll notice in verse <\/p>\n
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\n5 it says he chose Asaph the
\nchief, and next to him <\/p>\n
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\nZechariah, Jaheel and Shimmer,
\nAmath and Jaheel and Matathah <\/p>\n
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\nand Delaib and Beniah and Obed,
\nEdom and Jaheel were sultries <\/p>\n
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\nand harps, but Asaph made a
\nsound with cymbals. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know why Asaph made a sound
\nwith symbols, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters?
\nWell, he did so because he was <\/p>\n
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\nto give leadership to the choir,
\nand they all sang in harmony to <\/p>\n
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\nthe beat of his heart and to the
\nrhythm of his time. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as Asaph tapped the symbols,
\nthe choirs all took their <\/p>\n
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\nleadership from this man.
\nAnd you notice this, brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, that it was a
\nsymbol that he played and not a <\/p>\n
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\ndrum.
\nThis was not the heavy beat of <\/p>\n
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\nthe drum of paganism.
\nThis was not the heavy pounding <\/p>\n
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\nof the music of the heathen.
\nFunny thing, you know, but you <\/p>\n
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\nknow that they’ve never in
\narchaeological diggings in <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, they’ve never dug up
\ndrums. <\/p>\n
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\nDid you know that they’ve never
\ndiscovered a drum? <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael didn’t use drums.
\nThe nations did. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Israel used the symbol, and
\nthe symbol that Asaph played <\/p>\n
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\ngave leadership to all the choir
\nwho followed in sequence after <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nOh yes, he’s the leader. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, this man
\nwas going to be the leader. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse 7 says, Then on that
\nday David delivered first this <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm to thank Yahweh into the
\nhand of Asaph and his brethren. <\/p>\n
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\nNow by the way, you’ll notice
\nthat the words this Psalm and <\/p>\n
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\nverse seven are in italics.
\nThe New American Standard Bible <\/p>\n
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\nsays Then on that day David
\nfirst assigned Asaph and his <\/p>\n
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\nrelatives to give thanks unto
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nOr as the Revised Standard
\nVersion says, then on that day <\/p>\n
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\nDavid first appointed that
\nThanksgiving be sung to the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nby Asaph and his brethren.
\nSo what the seventh verse is <\/p>\n
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\ntelling us is that David gave
\nthe responsibility of leading <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation in song to this man.
\nAnd what day did he do it? <\/p>\n
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\nOn the very day, brothers and
\nsisters, that the ark of God <\/p>\n
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\ncame to Zion, David singled out
\nAsaph and made him chief. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you see, I think that we can
\nsafely conclude from this that <\/p>\n
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\nthis man, therefore Asaph, was
\nthe original chief musician. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you will have heard of that
\nphrase. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a famous phrase in the book
\nof Psalms, and I think that <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph was the first of the chief
\nmusicians. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we’re just going to have a
\nlook quickly at a couple of <\/p>\n
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\nreferences in this regard.
\nSo come, if you would, for the <\/p>\n
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\nsecond of the Second of
\nChronicles and Chapter 20. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Second Chronicles, chapter
\n29. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in the Second of Chronicles
\nand chapter 29 you notice what <\/p>\n
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\nit says there in the 30th verse.
\nSecond Chronicles 29 and verse <\/p>\n
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\n30 says.
\nMoreover, Hezekiah the king and <\/p>\n
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\nthe Princess commanded the
\nLevites to sing praise unto <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh with the words of David
\nand of Asaph the seer. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you notice this, brothers
\nand sisters, do you notice how <\/p>\n
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\nthat Asaph and David are brought
\ntogether? <\/p>\n
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\nThey stand as equals in the
\nmatter of divine worship. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid and Asaph, Asaph and
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, when it says that they were
\nto sing praise to God with the <\/p>\n
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\nwords of David and Asaph,
\nthere’s only 12 psalms that are <\/p>\n
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\nrelated to Asaph in the book of
\nPsalms. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I think that the reference
\nhere is to the fact that Asaph, <\/p>\n
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\nas the chief musician, had the
\nresponsibility for all the songs<\/p>\n
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\nof worship that the nation would
\nsing. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was the collector.
\nHe was the organizer of all the <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual material that would be
\nused for worship. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that when it says here that
\nthey were to sing with the words<\/p>\n
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\nof David and the words of Asaph,
\nthe reason is because as chief <\/p>\n
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\nmusician, all the words of the
\nsongs of worship belong to him <\/p>\n
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\nas the leader of the choir.
\nNow this is a long time after <\/p>\n
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\nDavid, isn’t it?
\nThe Second of Chronicles, <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 29 is in fact in the
\ndays of Hezekiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet Asaph is seen to rank
\nalongside David himself in these<\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nCome and have a look at Nehemiah<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 12.
\nIn the book of Nehemiah we have <\/p>\n
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\na similar phrase in chapter 12
\nand verse 45. <\/p>\n
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\nNehemiah 12, verse 45 says, And
\nboth the singers and the porters<\/p>\n
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\nkept the ward of their God and
\nthe ward of purification <\/p>\n
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\naccording to the commandment of
\nDavid and of Solomon his son. <\/p>\n
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\nFour, in the days of David and
\nAsaph of old. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, you know, you see how these
\ntwo men are brought together <\/p>\n
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\nagain in the record in the days
\nof David and Asaph of old. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now I’m going to read from
\nthe revised version. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in the days of David and
\nAsaph of old there was a chief <\/p>\n
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\nof the singers, and there were
\nsongs of praise and Thanksgiving<\/p>\n
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\nunto God.
\nSo from the days of Asaph there <\/p>\n
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\nwas always a chief of the
\nsingers, says Nehemiah chapter <\/p>\n
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\n12.
\nAnd I think that the first of <\/p>\n
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\nthose singers was none other
\nthan Asaph himself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was the first of the chief
\nsingers. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, you see the word chief
\nthere in Nehemiah chapter 12 and<\/p>\n
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\nverse 46.
\nThe word chief there is the word<\/p>\n
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\nRosh, the head of all the
\nsingers. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know that that’s the very
\nsame word used in the first of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 16 and verse
\n5, when it says that David <\/p>\n
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\nappointed Asaph and the Asaph
\nwas the chief? <\/p>\n
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\nSo yes, I think we can safely
\nassume, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nthat that indeed Asaf was, was
\nthe beginning of this order of <\/p>\n
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\nmen in Israel who would lead the
\nprinciples of spiritual worship.<\/p>\n
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\nHe was the first of the chief
\nmusicians who would ever after <\/p>\n
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\nbe responsible for the
\norganization of the spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nmaterial of worship and the
\nleader of the choir down through<\/p>\n
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\nthe ages.
\nSo coming back to the First of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles and chapter 16.
\nTherefore we read these words in<\/p>\n
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\nverse 8.
\nDavid appointed Asaph, but he <\/p>\n
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\ndid also give him this Psalm
\nthat they might celebrate the <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples of the ark of God
\nbeing brought to Zion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse eight of the first of
\nChronicles 16 says, give thanks <\/p>\n
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\nunto Yahweh and call upon His
\nname. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now we have the balance of
\nthis special Psalm that goes <\/p>\n
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\nfrom verse 8 right through to
\nverse 36 in the first of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 16.
\nThis Psalm was special. <\/p>\n
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\nIt belongs to the House of
\nAsaph. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:32,200 –> 00:23:38,360
\nIt was written, I believe to be
\nsung in front of the ark, and it<\/p>\n
336
\n00:23:38,360 –> 00:23:42,320
\nwas written to celebrate the
\nsignificance of the presence of <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:42,320 –> 00:23:45,640
\nGod amongst his people.
\nNow, I don’t know if you’ve all <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:45,640 –> 00:23:50,360
\ngot the same sort of margin as
\nmy Bible, but the common <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:50,360 –> 00:23:56,120
\nexplanation of the words of
\nChronicles is as follows, that <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:57,440 –> 00:24:02,880
\nthe first of Chronicles 16 and
\nverses 8 to 22, the margin says <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:03,040 –> 00:24:08,200
\nare the same as Psalm 105 verses
\n1 to 15. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:08,760 –> 00:24:12,560
\nNow, just before you mark all of
\nthis in, just be careful because<\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:12,800 –> 00:24:15,000
\nI’m going to tell you what I
\nthink about this at the end. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:15,240 –> 00:24:18,200
\nSo, so you might find it’s
\nalready in the margin, but the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:21,880
\ncommon explanation is that
\ntherefore verses 8 to 22 of <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:21,880 –> 00:24:30,120
\nChronicles is drawn from Psalm
\n105 and verses 1 to 15, and then<\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:30,120 –> 00:24:32,520
\nthe first of Chronicles chapter
\n16. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:32,520 –> 00:24:40,400
\nVerse 23 through to verse 33,
\nthe margin says is drawn from <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:40,400 –> 00:24:47,720
\nPsalm 96 and verses 1 to 13.
\nAnd then the first of Chronicles<\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:47,720 –> 00:24:55,320
\n16 and verse 33, sorry, verse 34
\nis drawn from Psalm 106, verse <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:55,320 –> 00:24:58,360
\none.
\nAnd finally the first of <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:58,360 –> 00:25:05,080
\nChronicles chapter 16 and verses
\n35 to 36 is drawn from Psalm <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:05,200 –> 00:25:11,680
\n106, verses 47 to 48.
\nSo now let me tell you, brothers<\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:11,680 –> 00:25:15,400
\nand sisters, that I think that
\nthat is absolutely wrong. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:17,360 –> 00:25:20,880
\nI think in fact, that the the
\nreal truth of the matter is that<\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:20,880 –> 00:25:23,880
\nthat is that is the exact
\nopposite. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:25,080 –> 00:25:31,960
\nI believe that the Psalms are
\ndrawn from Chronicles, not <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:31,960 –> 00:25:37,040
\nChronicles from Psalms.
\nNow let me give you a couple of <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:37,040 –> 00:25:39,360
\nproofs of that.
\nShall I just hold your hand in <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:39,360 –> 00:25:44,120
\nthe first of Chronicles 16 and
\ncome to Psalm 106, which is one <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:44,120 –> 00:25:47,440
\nof the Psalms that does make
\nreference to the the same <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:47,440 –> 00:25:49,800
\nphrases?
\nSo the question is, is here <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:49,800 –> 00:25:53,600
\nwhich one comes first?
\nIs the Chronicles record of this<\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:53,600 –> 00:25:58,080
\nPsalm first or is in fact
\nChronicles a composition from <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:58,320 –> 00:26:02,040
\nother Psalms as is suggested in
\nour margins? <\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:02,360 –> 00:26:06,520
\nWell come and have a look at
\nPsalm 106 and reading verses 46 <\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:13,080
\nto 48.
\nIt says, there, now hold your <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:13,080 –> 00:26:15,200
\nhand and you’ve got Chronicles
\n16. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:15,200 –> 00:26:19,960
\nNow have a look at first of
\nChronicles 16 and verse 35 And <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:19,960 –> 00:26:24,880
\nsay, Ye save us, O God of our
\nsalvation, and gather us <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:24,880 –> 00:26:27,080
\ntogether, and deliver us from
\nthe heathen, that we may give <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:27,080 –> 00:26:29,960
\nthanks to thy holy name and
\nglory and thy praise. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:30,320 –> 00:26:34,480
\nBlessed be Yahweh, Elohim of
\nIsrael forever and ever. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:34,720 –> 00:26:38,560
\nNow have a look at Psalm 106 and
\nverse 46. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:39,680 –> 00:26:44,400
\nHe made them also to be pitied
\nof all those that carried them. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:44,400 –> 00:26:50,360
\nCaptives save us, O Yahweh our
\nGod, and gather us from among <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:50,360 –> 00:26:53,320
\nthe heathen, to give thanks to
\nThy holy name, and to triumph in<\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:53,320 –> 00:26:56,440
\nthy praise.
\nBlessed be Yahweh, Elohim of <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:56,440 –> 00:26:59,000
\nIsrael, from everlasting to
\neverlasting. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:59,000 –> 00:27:01,200
\nSo, Oh yes, it’s the same
\nphrase, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:01,200 –> 00:27:06,400
\nBut you notice this, that Psalm
\n106, verse 46 says these words. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:06,760 –> 00:27:10,640
\nHe made them also to be pitied
\nof all those that carried them <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:10,680 –> 00:27:14,800
\ncaptive.
\nNow was that David’s experience?<\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:16,720 –> 00:27:20,560
\nThe answer is no, it wasn’t.
\nWhen did the captivity occur? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:21,280 –> 00:27:23,480
\nWhen was Israel carried away
\ncaptive? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:23,840 –> 00:27:27,240
\nAnd the answer is much later on
\nin their history. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:28,480 –> 00:27:32,160
\nAnd in fact, if you look really
\ncarefully at Psalm 106 and verse<\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:32,160 –> 00:27:36,360
\n47, you’ll notice that there is
\none word that’s been added to <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:36,360 –> 00:27:40,600
\nthe text of the first of
\nChronicles 16 and verse 35. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:41,240 –> 00:27:44,920
\nWhereas the first of Chronicles
\nsaid, Deliver us, sorry, gather <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:44,920 –> 00:27:51,360
\nus together and deliver us from
\nthe heathen, the Psalm says <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:53,000 –> 00:27:57,400
\ngather us from among the
\nheathen. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:58,800 –> 00:28:02,920
\nNow I believe that that word
\namong was added when the words <\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:02,920 –> 00:28:06,760
\nof the first of Chronicles were
\nadapted for this Psalm that <\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:06,760 –> 00:28:11,320
\nrelated to a time of Israel’s
\ncaptivity and distress. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:28:11,520 –> 00:28:13,640
\nSo in other words, which one
\ncomes first? <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:13,880 –> 00:28:16,200
\nAnd the answer is Chronicles
\ncomes first. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:16,880 –> 00:28:20,200
\nBut the book of Psalms later
\ntook up the words of Chronicles <\/p>\n
399
\n00:28:20,320 –> 00:28:24,680
\nand adapted them to a later
\nmoment in the history of Israel.<\/p>\n
400
\n00:28:26,720 –> 00:28:30,880
\nShall I give you another example
\nin the first of Chronicles 16? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:30,880 –> 00:28:34,200
\nNow we need have a look at Psalm
\n96. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:34,200 –> 00:28:38,480
\nSo you need first of Chronicles
\n16 in your left hand and Psalm <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:38,680 –> 00:28:43,320
\n96 in the right hand.
\nNow you notice this in the first<\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:43,320 –> 00:28:49,520
\nof Chronicles 16 and verse 27.
\nIt says glory and honor are in <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:49,520 –> 00:28:58,240
\nhis presence, strength and
\ngladness are in his place, says <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:58,240 –> 00:29:02,160
\nthe record.
\nNow you see what Psalm 96 says <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:02,360 –> 00:29:06,360
\nin the sixth verse.
\nHonor and majesty are before <\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:06,360 –> 00:29:14,080
\nHim, strength and beauty in his
\nsanctuary. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:15,640 –> 00:29:21,560
\nSo whereas Chronicles says they
\nare in His place, Psalm 96 says,<\/p>\n
410
\n00:29:21,560 –> 00:29:24,040
\nno, no, they are in His
\nsanctuary. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:29:25,480 –> 00:29:28,080
\nNow have a look at again at the
\nfirst of Chronicles 16. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:29:28,280 –> 00:29:33,640
\nAnd now verse 29, Give unto
\nYahweh the glory due unto His <\/p>\n
413
\n00:29:33,640 –> 00:29:39,840
\nname, bring an offering, and
\ncome before Him worship Yahweh <\/p>\n
414
\n00:29:39,840 –> 00:29:46,160
\nin the beauty of holiness.
\nNow Psalm 96 says, and this time<\/p>\n
415
\n00:29:46,320 –> 00:29:50,880
\nreading from verse 8, Give unto
\nYahweh the glory due unto His <\/p>\n
416
\n00:29:50,880 –> 00:29:57,840
\nname, bring an offering, and
\ncome into His courts. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:59,280 –> 00:30:00,680
\nBut that’s not what Chronicles
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:00,880 –> 00:30:06,760
\nChronicles said come before Him.
\nPsalm says, no, no, come into <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:06,760 –> 00:30:09,840
\nhis courts.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, why <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:09,840 –> 00:30:13,640
\nwould it be that Chronicles
\nwould say strength and gladness <\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:13,680 –> 00:30:18,360
\nare in His place, come before
\nHim with an offering, but the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:18,360 –> 00:30:22,880
\nPsalm would say strength and
\nbeauty are in His sanctuary, <\/p>\n
423
\n00:30:23,840 –> 00:30:29,280
\ncome into his courts with an
\noffering, But that the Psalm <\/p>\n
424
\n00:30:29,520 –> 00:30:34,120
\nreflects a later time in the
\nhistory of Israel, where now <\/p>\n
425
\n00:30:34,360 –> 00:30:40,040
\nthere is a temple for worship.
\nSo there is a sanctuary and <\/p>\n
426
\n00:30:40,040 –> 00:30:44,280
\nthere are courts.
\nBut when David wrote his Psalm <\/p>\n
427
\n00:30:44,280 –> 00:30:48,560
\nin the First of Chronicles 16,
\nthere was no such place in Zion.<\/p>\n
428
\n00:30:48,680 –> 00:30:52,520
\nHe had only just brought the ark
\nthere and pitched it underneath <\/p>\n
429
\n00:30:52,520 –> 00:30:55,520
\nsome curtains.
\nThe temple had not yet been <\/p>\n
430
\n00:30:55,520 –> 00:30:58,840
\nbuilt.
\nSo you see, I think that the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:30:58,840 –> 00:31:04,680
\nFirst of Chronicles is the
\noriginal version of the Psalm, <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:05,960 –> 00:31:10,280
\nand that this Psalm was written
\nby David expressly for the House<\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:10,280 –> 00:31:13,360
\nof Asaph to be sung in front of
\nthe ark. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:14,160 –> 00:31:17,400
\nAlmost, you see, as if David
\ngave Asaph and his family this <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:17,400 –> 00:31:20,120
\nPsalm, and he said, look, I want
\nyou to read this. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:31:20,400 –> 00:31:24,120
\nI want you to understand the
\nprinciples of this Psalm, and <\/p>\n
437
\n00:31:24,120 –> 00:31:28,000
\nthen I want you to lead the
\nworship of Israel after the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:31:28,000 –> 00:31:30,520
\nstory of this Psalm.
\nWell, I can tell you, brothers <\/p>\n
439
\n00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:32,920
\nand sisters, and I’m going to
\nprove it to you, God willing, in<\/p>\n
440
\n00:31:32,920 –> 00:31:35,480
\nthe course of these studies,
\nthat this family, they <\/p>\n
441
\n00:31:35,480 –> 00:31:40,080
\nabsolutely devoured the spirit
\nof this Psalm and they lived it <\/p>\n
442
\n00:31:40,080 –> 00:31:44,880
\nfor 600 years.
\nThey lived the Psalm for 600 <\/p>\n
443
\n00:31:44,880 –> 00:31:46,760
\nyears.
\nDid the House of Asaph. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:31:46,960 –> 00:31:50,000
\nIn fact, you notice what it says
\nif we just skip over the Psalm <\/p>\n
445
\n00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:54,400
\nfor a moment and come to the
\nend, Verse 37 says, and now <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:54,400 –> 00:32:00,320
\nwe’re back in the first of
\nChronicles chapter 16, verse 37 <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:00,320 –> 00:32:04,440
\nsays, so he left there before
\nthe ark of the covenant of <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:04,440 –> 00:32:11,360
\nYahweh, Asaph and his brethren
\nto minister before the ark of <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:11,360 –> 00:32:15,680
\nGod continually as every day’s
\nwork required. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:32:17,760 –> 00:32:22,200
\nBut we’re told that in verse 39,
\nZadok, the priest and his <\/p>\n
451
\n00:32:22,200 –> 00:32:25,400
\nbrethren, the priests, they,
\nthey stayed before the <\/p>\n
452
\n00:32:25,400 –> 00:32:30,280
\nTabernacle of Yahweh in the high
\nplace that was at Gibeon. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:32:30,480 –> 00:32:36,560
\nAnd verse 41 tells us that with
\nthem were Heman and Jedotham and<\/p>\n
454
\n00:32:36,560 –> 00:32:41,000
\nthe rest that were chosen who
\nwere expressed by name to give <\/p>\n
455
\n00:32:41,040 –> 00:32:43,560
\nthanks to Yahweh.
\nSo you see what we’re being told<\/p>\n
456
\n00:32:43,560 –> 00:32:46,240
\nin these verses, brothers and
\nsisters, we’re being told that <\/p>\n
457
\n00:32:46,240 –> 00:32:50,280
\nthe musicians now were divided
\ninto two groups, the House of <\/p>\n
458
\n00:32:50,280 –> 00:32:54,200
\nAsaph.
\nAnd only the House of Asaph were<\/p>\n
459
\n00:32:54,200 –> 00:32:58,640
\nleft in front of the Ark of God
\nat Jerusalem, verse 37. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:04,280
\nBut the singers of Heman and
\nJedutham, verse 41, were sent to<\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:04,280 –> 00:33:08,120
\nthe Tabernacle where Gibeon was,
\nwhere Zadok the priest <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:08,120 –> 00:33:12,480
\nministered, and where the relics
\nof the Mosaic system of things <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:12,480 –> 00:33:16,080
\nas yet remained.
\nSo now we have two groups of <\/p>\n
464
\n00:33:16,080 –> 00:33:20,640
\nsingers in two different
\nlocations, and only the House of<\/p>\n
465
\n00:33:20,680 –> 00:33:24,680
\nAsaph are left in front of the
\nArk of God in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:33:24,960 –> 00:33:27,120
\nYou know, it’s interesting
\nbecause you see what we’re being<\/p>\n
467
\n00:33:27,120 –> 00:33:29,240
\ntold here is that there were two
\ntabernacles. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:33:31,680 –> 00:33:36,560
\nThere was the Tabernacle of
\nMoses in Gibeon that related to <\/p>\n
469
\n00:33:36,560 –> 00:33:42,640
\nthe spirit of the Law, and there
\nwas the Tabernacle of David of <\/p>\n
470
\n00:33:42,640 –> 00:33:48,840
\nwhich Amos speaks in Jerusalem,
\nwhich related to the true spirit<\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:48,840 –> 00:33:51,720
\nof worship.
\nIt’s the Tabernacle of David <\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:51,720 –> 00:33:55,720
\nthat James shall refer to in
\nActs 15 when he gives us <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:55,720 –> 00:33:58,000
\nsummation at the Jerusalem
\nconference. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:59,480 –> 00:34:03,320
\nAnd there at the Tabernacle of
\nDavid, which is the things <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:03,320 –> 00:34:10,400
\nconcerning the law of Christ, is
\nAsaph and his family singing <\/p>\n
476
\n00:34:10,400 –> 00:34:13,520
\nthis Psalm with all their hearts
\nbefore the ark of God. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:34:14,239 –> 00:34:15,840
\nYou know what it says in verse
\n37? <\/p>\n
478
\n00:34:15,840 –> 00:34:18,760
\nIt says that they were left
\nthere to minister before the <\/p>\n
479
\n00:34:18,800 –> 00:34:21,400
\nark.
\nHow do you think they ministered<\/p>\n
480
\n00:34:21,400 –> 00:34:23,120
\nbefore the ark, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
481
\n00:34:23,320 –> 00:34:24,880
\nThey didn’t take it out and
\nPolish it. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:34:25,760 –> 00:34:29,920
\nThey couldn’t parade it around.
\nI think that they, well, the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:34:29,920 –> 00:34:34,320
\nfirst of Chronicles chapter 6
\nand verse 32 says they <\/p>\n
484
\n00:34:34,320 –> 00:34:39,800
\nministered with singing.
\nThat’s how they ministered, and <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:39,800 –> 00:34:43,199
\nI believe that every day they
\ncelebrated the significance of <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:43,199 –> 00:34:47,639
\nthe ark of God amongst the
\npeople of Israel by standing in <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:47,639 –> 00:34:51,679
\nfront of the ark and singing the
\nwords of this Psalm. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:53,080 –> 00:34:56,920
\nTheir praise was offered on a
\ndaily basis in this particular <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:56,920 –> 00:34:59,600
\nplace.
\nAnd verse 37 goes on to say that<\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:59,600 –> 00:35:02,600
\nDavid left Asaph and his
\nbrethren there to minister <\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:02,600 –> 00:35:08,720
\nbefore the ark continually.
\nAnd the word continually here <\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:08,920 –> 00:35:13,600
\nmeans that which is perpetual,
\nthat which shall be forever <\/p>\n
493
\n00:35:13,600 –> 00:35:16,720
\nmore.
\nAnd I think this was the other <\/p>\n
494
\n00:35:16,720 –> 00:35:20,800
\nreason why David chose Asaph.
\nFirstly, because he was musical.<\/p>\n
495
\n00:35:21,160 –> 00:35:24,240
\nSecondly because he had the same
\nspirit of the truth. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:35:24,640 –> 00:35:29,520
\nBut the third reason why David
\nchose Asaph was because he said,<\/p>\n
497
\n00:35:29,520 –> 00:35:32,080
\nI never want these principles to
\nbe lost. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:35:32,320 –> 00:35:38,280
\nAnd this man, this man, the
\nAsaph, was able to guarantee <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:38,480 –> 00:35:40,840
\nthat those principles would be
\nperpetuated. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:35:41,000 –> 00:35:45,560
\nAnd I’ll tell you why, because
\nthis man began a dynasty in <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:45,560 –> 00:35:49,640
\nIsrael that forever stood for
\nthe principles of their father <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:49,640 –> 00:35:52,280
\nAsaph.
\nAnd one of the burdens of these <\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:52,280 –> 00:35:55,280
\nstudies, God willing, is going
\nto try and discover how it was <\/p>\n
504
\n00:35:55,280 –> 00:35:59,040
\nthat that was done.
\nYou see, what Asaph did was he <\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:59,040 –> 00:36:02,880
\nfounded an entire dynasty that
\nwould follow him. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:03,160 –> 00:36:07,800
\nHe faithfully fulfilled the
\ncharge given to him by David by <\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:07,800 –> 00:36:13,160
\nensuring that his sons captured
\nhis spirit standing with him. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:36:13,440 –> 00:36:17,160
\nThey learned responsibility and
\ncommitment by watching their <\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:17,160 –> 00:36:22,640
\nfather every day before the Ark.
\nThe instruction of his family in<\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:22,640 –> 00:36:26,760
\nthe songs of the Lord
\neffectively founded the House of<\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:31,120
\nAsaph, whose influence upon the
\nnation for spiritual good was <\/p>\n
512
\n00:36:31,120 –> 00:36:34,400
\nenormous.
\nEvery generation that followed <\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:34,720 –> 00:36:40,120
\nupheld the the same family
\nstandard of education and <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:40,120 –> 00:36:42,520
\nexcellence in the things of the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:43,080 –> 00:36:46,200
\nI think David chose the right
\nman, brothers and sisters, and I<\/p>\n
516
\n00:36:46,200 –> 00:36:49,960
\nthink he chose them with wisdom
\nand that that choice was blessed<\/p>\n
517
\n00:36:50,120 –> 00:36:54,440
\nby Almighty God.
\nHe kept the spirit of these <\/p>\n
518
\n00:36:54,440 –> 00:36:57,400
\nthings burning.
\nNow, one of the things, God <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:57,400 –> 00:36:59,640
\nwilling, that we’re going to try
\nand do in the course of these <\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:59,640 –> 00:37:04,200
\nstudies is to try and discover
\nwhat we believe were the <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:04,200 –> 00:37:09,640
\nbenchmarks by which the House of
\nAsaph conducted their songs of <\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:09,640 –> 00:37:11,960
\npraise.
\nThat’s a bit of a challenge, by <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:11,960 –> 00:37:14,360
\nthe way, because you see, we
\nhaven’t got a single note. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:14,360 –> 00:37:19,080
\nWe haven’t got a single chord,
\nWe haven’t got a single sound <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:19,080 –> 00:37:22,400
\nthat Asaph sang.
\nAnd yet we want to know all <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:22,400 –> 00:37:24,080
\nabout their singing and their
\nmusic. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:25,400 –> 00:37:28,720
\nBut even though we don’t have
\ntheir music, brothers and <\/p>\n
528
\n00:37:28,720 –> 00:37:33,840
\nsisters, we do have their words,
\nand I believe that we can trace <\/p>\n
529
\n00:37:34,160 –> 00:37:38,760
\nthe key principles that guided
\nthe House of Asaf in their <\/p>\n
530
\n00:37:38,760 –> 00:37:40,840
\nspiritual worship before the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:37:41,360 –> 00:37:43,760
\nAnd God willing, in the course
\nof each of our studies, we’re <\/p>\n
532
\n00:37:43,760 –> 00:37:46,560
\ngoing to look at one of these
\nprinciples by way of <\/p>\n
533
\n00:37:46,560 –> 00:37:51,720
\nillustration as a benchmark for
\nour own singing and our own <\/p>\n
534
\n00:37:51,720 –> 00:37:55,960
\nsongs of worship to the Father.
\nLet me just briefly review them <\/p>\n
535
\n00:37:55,960 –> 00:37:59,160
\nfor you now, because here are
\nthe keys that we’re going to <\/p>\n
536
\n00:37:59,160 –> 00:38:01,280
\nlook at.
\nI think there were five key <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:01,280 –> 00:38:06,160
\nprinciples that the House of
\nAsaph stood for in their music <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:06,160 –> 00:38:08,760
\nof praise.
\nThey were not only a family of <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:08,760 –> 00:38:13,400
\nfaith brothers and sisters, but
\nthey were truly masters of music<\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:13,400 –> 00:38:17,840
\nof the very best sort as far as
\nIsrael was concerned. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:18,600 –> 00:38:23,080
\nWell, the first thing was that
\nthe music of the House of Asaph <\/p>\n
542
\n00:38:23,120 –> 00:38:28,160
\nascribed thanks and praise to
\nthe deity and therefore <\/p>\n
543
\n00:38:28,160 –> 00:38:31,520
\nconsistently promoted the
\nsupremacy of God. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:38:32,160 –> 00:38:35,960
\nEverything they did and
\neverything they sang celebrated <\/p>\n
545
\n00:38:35,960 –> 00:38:39,800
\nthe supremacy of God.
\nWe’re going to try and come back<\/p>\n
546
\n00:38:39,800 –> 00:38:42,200
\nand have a look at that, God
\nwilling, in one of our <\/p>\n
547
\n00:38:42,200 –> 00:38:46,840
\nsubsequent studies.
\nThe second thing that was <\/p>\n
548
\n00:38:46,840 –> 00:38:50,960
\nimportant for the music of the
\nHouse of Asaph was that they <\/p>\n
549
\n00:38:50,960 –> 00:38:55,800
\nshowed a reverence for the
\ndivine majesty, and they <\/p>\n
550
\n00:38:55,800 –> 00:39:02,000
\ntherefore carefully maintained
\nthe solemnity of worship in all <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:02,000 –> 00:39:05,040
\ntheir singing.
\nWe don’t know, brothers and <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:05,040 –> 00:39:09,920
\nsisters, what the music was, but
\nwe do know the spirit with which<\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:09,920 –> 00:39:14,080
\nthey sang, and we know that
\ntheir spirit was one of <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:14,080 –> 00:39:20,040
\ntremendous reverence for the
\nmajesty of the God whom they <\/p>\n
555
\n00:39:20,040 –> 00:39:24,600
\ncame before.
\nThe 3rd principle was that the <\/p>\n
556
\n00:39:24,600 –> 00:39:28,320
\nmusic of the House of Asaph
\nwould elevate the beauty of <\/p>\n
557
\n00:39:28,320 –> 00:39:32,920
\nspiritual thought.
\nIt was the words that were <\/p>\n
558
\n00:39:32,920 –> 00:39:40,600
\nimportant and not the music.
\nThe music was subservient to the<\/p>\n
559
\n00:39:40,600 –> 00:39:44,840
\nwords.
\nThe key to the songs of the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:39:44,840 –> 00:39:49,120
\nHouse of Asaph was that they
\nemphasized the preeminence of <\/p>\n
561
\n00:39:49,120 –> 00:39:54,640
\nscriptural principle, and these
\nare the benchmarks that we <\/p>\n
562
\n00:39:54,640 –> 00:39:58,160
\nbelieve we should test our own
\nsongs of worship against. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:59,520 –> 00:40:02,560
\nThe fourth thing that this
\nfamily stood for was. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:03,000 –> 00:40:07,160
\nThat what they sang represented
\nan offering of dedication to the<\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:07,160 –> 00:40:11,080
\nFather, and therefore
\ncontinually demanded the <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:11,240 –> 00:40:14,800
\nexcellence of endeavour.
\nWe’re going to be amazed, <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:14,800 –> 00:40:17,680
\nbrothers and sisters, in the
\ncourse of these studies, at just<\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:17,880 –> 00:40:22,240
\nwhat a marvellous spirit this
\nhouse had, as they never gave up<\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:22,360 –> 00:40:25,360
\nin their spirit to offer the
\nvery best that they could in <\/p>\n
570
\n00:40:25,360 –> 00:40:29,880
\ntheir service to the Father and
\nin their singing of praise unto <\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:29,880 –> 00:40:33,680
\nHim.
\nAnd the 5th principle that <\/p>\n
572
\n00:40:33,680 –> 00:40:39,520
\ncharacterized their worship was
\nthat they expressed the joy of <\/p>\n
573
\n00:40:39,520 –> 00:40:45,360
\neternal truths, and therefore
\nthey unceasingly proclaimed the <\/p>\n
574
\n00:40:45,360 –> 00:40:50,520
\nvirtue of constancy.
\nTheir words and their thoughts <\/p>\n
575
\n00:40:50,760 –> 00:40:56,760
\nnever deviated for 600 years.
\nThey never changed one of the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:40:56,760 –> 00:41:00,360
\nkeys to this family because they
\nbelieved that what they were <\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:00,360 –> 00:41:04,880
\nsinging about was eternal truth
\nthat therefore never needed to <\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:04,880 –> 00:41:07,440
\nbe changed, never needed to be
\naltered. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:08,920 –> 00:41:12,680
\nNow these five things, brothers
\nand sisters, become a marvellous<\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:12,680 –> 00:41:16,640
\nbenchmark for our own songs of
\npraise to the Father. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:16,640 –> 00:41:21,360
\nAnd we believe that these things
\ncontributed to the tremendous <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:21,440 –> 00:41:26,560
\nspiritual tone and spiritual
\nfaithfulness of this family. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:28,840 –> 00:41:31,160
\nWell, brothers and sisters,
\nthat’s the beginning of this <\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:31,160 –> 00:41:35,320
\nstory, the founding of the House
\nof Asaph, which all begins in <\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:35,320 –> 00:41:39,200
\nthe first of Chronicles 16 with
\nthe appointment of Asaph to <\/p>\n
586
\n00:41:39,200 –> 00:41:42,560
\noffice by David.
\nDavid in his wisdom, we believe,<\/p>\n
587
\n00:41:42,720 –> 00:41:45,480
\nselecting absolutely the right
\nman for the job. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:41:45,680 –> 00:41:49,040
\nIn the course of our subsequent
\nstudies, we’re now going to move<\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:49,040 –> 00:41:52,680
\ndown through history from this
\nmoment of time, from the first <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:52,680 –> 00:41:57,280
\nof Chronicles 16.
\nAnd for the next 600 years, <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:57,440 –> 00:42:01,160
\nwe’re going to trace that family
\nas they appear in the history of<\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:01,160 –> 00:42:03,440
\nthis nation.
\nAnd we’re going to marvel at <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:03,440 –> 00:42:09,480
\ntheir faithfulness and marvel at
\ntheir zeal and try, if we can, <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:10,360 –> 00:42:14,920
\nto learn the secret that kept
\nthis family faithful so that we <\/p>\n
595
\n00:42:14,920 –> 00:42:18,680
\ncan build those principles into
\nour families today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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