Okay, if you have those questions that are there, we're gonna plunge headlong and see how we come out, right? So the first question that's asked here this evening is we know where Jacob is buried in Israel and that the Israelites carried Joseph's bones to Israel when they left Egypt. Do you know or have any idea if his brothers were buried in Egypt or were their bodies taken back to Israel? So let me begin by confessing, I don't have a real biblical answer for this. So the answer that we'd give would be speculation, but the burial customs of the people of Israel are interesting. So if we take our Bibles and go to Genesis chapter 50, where does this question come from? Genesis chapter 50, it's very true that Jacob was carried out of Egypt, back into the promised land to be buried Anir, Abraham, and Isaac, his forefathers. That request is made in Genesis chapter 49. In Genesis chapter 49, he talks to his sons about it. In Genesis chapter 50, the Bible tells us that after his death, Joseph fell upon his father's face and wept and kissed him, and Joseph commanded his servants and physicians to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel, or that's Jacob. 40 days were fulfilled for him, For so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed, and the Egyptians mourn for him threescore and 10 days, 70 days of mourning, 40 days of embalming. So what's going on with this embalming? What's that all about? Where was Jacob living at the time? Egypt, so what kind of embalming do you think he received? Yeah, he's probably mummified, he's probably mummified. and 70 days of mourning ensued. And then in verse seven, the Bible says, and Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. This was a big deal. And so they bring Jacob back to his home as he had requested, and give him full dignified honors, because he is, after all, the father of the prime minister of the land. The book of Genesis, you'll find that Joseph in verse 25 took an oath that the children of Israel saying, God will surely visit you and you shall carry up my bones from hence. And Joseph died being 110 years old and they embalmed him. He was put in a coffin in Egypt. So likely Joseph was also mummified. But he talks about himself having his bones carried out. Interesting the way The children of Israel, in particular during the times of Christ, now this would precede the times of Christ, but their burial practices were not like our burial practices. And what I appreciate when I read these texts and then read throughout the scriptures is the great care that's taken to, with great dignity and great love, care for the bodies of the deceased. In the times of Christ, a body, when a person died, was placed in the sarcophagus, a box which by name, sarx is flesh. The sarcophagus was a place where the flesh was eaten off the bones. And after about a year, when the body had decomposed to the point where the flesh was eaten off the bones, the bones were taken from the sarcophagus. A for today, if you can remember the name of the box they're put in after that. There we go, an ossuary box. So the ossuary box would be a smaller box. It would be the length of the largest bone, the femur bone of the body. And so those ossuary boxes then replaced, actually when you go through the Jewish or the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, you can see the ossuary box of Caiaphas, the high priest. That's pretty amazing where they buried his bones. We're in a day and age that doesn't give as much respect and care and dignity to the body of those who are deceased. I try to remind people at burials when we have the committals that the word cemetery means place of the sleeping ones. That's a very Christian word. We sorrow not as others which have no hope because we know that those who sleep in Jesus, it's a beautiful term, we're not denying death. But we understand that there's a promise and a prospect to the believer, and that the body of the believer is also redeemed. And those bodies are one day gonna come out of the grave. And so as we look back in the Old Testament, we don't know about the brothers. Now we might surmise that because these brothers of Joseph were also tribal heads, heads of the various tribes of Israel. We might surmise from that, we should surmise from that, that they were given great care and dignity in their burials, but were they brought back to Israel? I'm not sure. Anybody have anything else to add on that? Never been asked that question before, but it made me look up some things and I was glad for that. So what day of the week was Eve created? It was after Adam named the animals and saw that he had no partner, all still on day six? Well, we're still in Genesis, so let's go back to Genesis chapter one. In Genesis chapter one, there is a pattern that's presented in Genesis chapter one that leads us to the sixth day, and the pattern in Genesis chapter one begins in verse five in Genesis chapter one. And verse five, and then the fifth verse we read, God called the light day and the darkness he called night, here it starts, and the evening and the morning were the first day. Verse eight, and the evening and the morning were the second day. And so it goes, verse 13, the evening and the morning, the third day, and as you come down through verse 19, the fourth day, and as you come to verse 31, You're gonna see that it's gonna say, and God saw everything that he made in the evening and the morning, were the sixth day. Now the account of the sixth day begins in verse 24. The fifth day ends at the end of it, verse 23. But in verse 24 on down to verse 31, you have an account of the sixth day. And it's the longest account of any of the days in Genesis chapter one. So what happens on that sixth day? Kind of amazing, verse 24. Not kind of amazing, really amazing. God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and the beast of the earth after his kind. And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth. All the creeps were made after their kind. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air. the cattle of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and God created man his own image, and the image of God created he him. Male and female created he them. Now, in Genesis chapter one, we have a summarized account of the six days. In Genesis chapter two, the lens narrows in, and we fixate on the sixth day. We have the account of the creation of man and woman, and there we find how woman specifically was created, by that special surgical procedure that God did on Adam. And then when you come to chapter three, we have the fall, dreadful time there in the garden. But in Genesis chapter one, the sixth day is summarized as a day when the cattle are created, the creeping things on the earth are created, Adam and Eve are created. It was a busy day. I don't know about you, but if I was given the responsibility to name all the animals as they came by, I think it'd take me more than a day. Now, the animals are gonna divide out after their kind and have more subspecies of the animals, but Adam was very busy on that day until God presented to him Eve, all that happening, yes, on that one specific day, and God categorizing that day and every day before it, verse 31, as being very good. It's interesting when you study the six days of creation, There are many observations that can be made in those six days, and of course we hold these statements to be literal in God's word, a six literal day creation. I remember not many years ago hearing Dr. Whitcomb talk about these six days of creation. He brought up something that to me was very interesting. The sixth day, he noted, is not the only complex day, if you will, in this record, he noted Beginning in verses 9 to 13, something very interesting. In verse 9, we're reading about day three. God said, let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. It was so, and God called the dry land earth. And the gathering together of the waters called he seas, and God saw it was good. And God said, let the earth bring forth grass. an herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass and herb yielding seed after their kind." Okay, we come to verse 13, the evening and the morning were the third day. And then you come to verse 14, and the Lord said, "'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night. Let them be for signs and seasons for days and years. Let them be for lights in the firmament to the heaven to give light upon the earth." And it was so, and God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. Okay, what's interesting about day three and day four? It's all interesting. I should say it this way. What's interesting about the order of day three and four? Yes, so on day three, the plants are created before the sun's created. How's that work? Does anybody remember what Dr. Whitcomb said about why he thought that order was presented in that way? I thought that was very interesting. Why? What's one of the chief focuses of worship the world over? The sun. People worship the sun, and many people believe the sun to be responsible for all life. And in our way of thinking, how are you going to live without it? Isn't it interesting then that God says, no, no, not so fast. I'm going to create the grass. And photosynthesis, as Robin reminded us, and I'm gonna do all that before the sun's created, because I'm the god of the impossible. I thought that was interesting. But yes, the answer is Eve was created on the sixth day, and that's about all we have to say about that. Any questions follow up on that? Yes, Kim? Are the animals named in Hebrew? Yes, there are Hebrew names for the animals, but did Adam speak Hebrew? That's really the question. I remember when I was a kid, my dad was going to seminary and I walked through the, he was studying flip cards, he was studying Hebrew. And I said, what are you doing, dad? I was probably seven years old or eight years old. He said, I'm studying the language of heaven. I said, what's that? He said, I'm studying Hebrew, that's what we're gonna be speaking in heaven. I don't know about that either. Hebrew as a language comes after the Tower of Babel when the languages were divided and scattered So I don't have any sure knowledge, of course, that Adam was speaking Hebrew. So what language was it before the Tower of Babel? I love these questions, don't you? I was in seminary years ago, and I had a fellow that was my seminary professor. He was a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, and at the time that he studied, he just was a linguist from every pore of his body. He had Gleason Archer as a Hebrew teacher at Dallas Seminary and during the time when Archer wasn't there. My professor, Bernard Northrup, would fill in even before he graduated. One time he went to the board, and he went to this blackboard, so I'm dating myself, right? So he goes up the blackboard with chalk, and he's writing on the blackboard, and he starts writing all these languages. He said, this is a really interesting word in the Hebrew language. He said, it sounds the same in Latin. He writes Latin. It sounds the same in Greek. It sounds the same in Aramaic. He's writing all these languages. It sounds the same in Spanish. It sounds the same in French. It sounds the same in Italian. It sounds the same in English. He had 20 some languages on the board, and some of the languages I'd never even heard of, but they were just all in his mind. He said, this word sounds the same in every one of these languages. I wonder if this root goes back before Babel. And so I nudged the guy next to me. I said, you better get all this down. We're gonna be tested on all that. Not really, I mean, I can't write hieroglyphics. He was writing hieroglyphics on the board, I'm sure of it. It was amazing. But I do think that there's something to that, Darlene. And that's the only time I've been introduced to that concept. You know, we study various language groups, the romantic languages, et cetera. But we don't know the language of Eden. Yeah. What's that? I can't remember the word. That's how ignorant I am. Mama. No, it wasn't mama. That one I would have remembered. That's good. Okay. Any other questions on this? Yeah. I'm going to go to Vicky first and I'll come back to it. Yeah, I think that there'd be a need for photosynthesis for plants to grow and for oxygen to be enjoyed. And so I think that, yeah. Light was first created. Thank you, Dan. But not the sun. Yeah, he divides the day and the night in the first day. But not the sun. So who's providing the energy? What's that, Vicky? Yeah, we just believe it. Absolutely. Yeah. Eliezer? Okay, so Eliezer is asking, when God created man, what age, apparent age, did he have? So I do believe that God creates all creation originally with apparent age. So if Adam and Eve are, the age old question, did they have belly buttons? That's the bigger question, right, Eliezer? So they were created with apparent age and able to procreate. So they were created as adults. So what age adults? That I don't know. some biblical speculation, we know that the Savior was crucified and rose again. And in His glorified body, He was recognizable when He wanted to be. And the disciples recognized Him, even the scars that He carried. He was 33 when He died. And the Bible tells us in Philippians chapter 3 and verse 20 that He's going to change our vile bodies that they may be like unto His glorified body. So our bodies are gonna be like Jesus in the resurrected form. So does that mean we'll have the same basic age? I don't believe there are babies in heaven. I believe we are all in a body that's fit for service for the Lord. and competency that's given. So that's as close as we can get. Will we be with the apparent age that Jesus had at the time of his resurrection? I tend to land there, but I have no certain knowledge on the topic more than that. Yeah. Okay, let's go to this third one. The speakers at last week's worship conference Now this would be two weeks ago now. We're quite critical of Getty music. Why does Colonial use it? This is a question we've actually gone through before. And so let me just kind of rehearse the answer. that I've given before on the topic and maybe go a little bit further on the question as well. Colonial Hills as a church, Colonial Hills Baptist Church, has or was introduced to Getty music. This would be the music that's authored, composed by Keith and Kristen Getty. Probably introduced here at Colonial about 20 years ago. How do I know that? Well, 15 years ago, 17 years ago, 17 years ago, I was given the responsibility of watching over a ministry that had students in the ministry from over 350 churches. And so within my first month in listening to what was happening, I came to be acquainted with Getty music and Sovereign Grace music, and at that time, I naively, and living in a utopian world, had not really had much of an acquaintance with it. And so being acquainted with it, doing a cursory study, I gave an executive order, and my executive order was, we're not going to use that music in chapel, in the dorm, anywhere. None. Zippo. Done. Finished. Finito. I said, why did you do that? Because there were over 350 churches sending students to that school. And the last thing a school should ever do is be a parade ground of conflict to send the students home in conflict to their churches. So that was an easy decision. We're not going to have anything that is breeding such apparent conflict on this campus to send it back to the pastors to have to clean it up when they get home. So none. We don't need to use that. But then I came to Colonial. And so when I came to Colonial, I recognized, oh, that's some of the same music. But there's a rule in pastoral ministry. And the rule is, in your first year of ministry, don't change anything. If you see a dead body in the foyer, don't move it. That's the rule. Knowing that rule, I thought, okay, no executive order. This is a pastoral ministry. Just listen. You know what? I listened. In a period of months and even into the year, I realized nobody's come to me about this. I haven't had any conversation about it. It is not a conflict. And where there is no conflict, it's not always my job to create a conflict. So I left it alone with a provision. And the provision was, hey, listen, we're using some of this music. Let's not be known for using this music, and let's not be introducing new. Let's be the last to the table on it. So while not removing, we don't have to be on the front end of it, because I knew enough to know this is something that causes controversy. warrant that we have is as much as possible in us be at peace with all men. And when it comes to, as the question is, Getty music in particular, it has been for a lot of people for at least 20 years an issue. So when people talk about Getty music, the music of Keith and Kristen Getty, almost everyone, it's almost universal, they'll begin with the statement, we know that it's theologically rich. And we know that the words are good, Bible-centered words. But, and that's when you need to start listening. There are issues that come along with Getty music, and the issues that come along, one, stylistically. Let me just say, at Colonial Hills Baptist Church, we don't do Getty music like the authors do the music, or the composers do the music. We just don't. And why does the Getty music thing come up all the time? I think this is the reason. I think it comes up a lot because of the Getty's purpose. The Getty's purpose is a beautiful purpose. They're trying, purposely, to compose music that's singable for congregations. And they're, I think, succeeding with that purpose in mind. Now, stylistically, I'm not comfortable with the way the composers and those with whom they work whether they record or do it live, that is not how I would be comfortable doing it, but it is singable and it's congregationally designed for congregation. So why are they doing that? Because some people have grown weary, thank the Lord, of the praise music that is so banal and trite as to drive Rational people insane, okay? So, with that going on, you have some coming along and saying, we can do better. And all God's people would say, amen. You ever hear the story of the old farmer who went to a contemporary church, and he came home, and his wife said, how was it? He said, well, it was interesting. How was the music, she said. Well, I don't know, I guess I can describe it. He said, it's like, you know, we would sing The Cows Came Home. And they sing, oh, the cows, cows, cows, cows, cows, purple, red, green, and white cows, cows, cows came home, home, home. Pretty good illustration of what's going on out in the praise and worship community. And the Gettys come along and say, we can do something that's different. But the Gettys in their ministry, well-intended, I believe, have put themselves in the spotlight. They've stood forward. as leaders in musical composition. What do you mean by that? I mean by that they now host one of the biggest Christian conferences on the globe. They host the Sing Conference. They do it in Nashville. Grand Ole Opry Hotel and the whole bit. It's huge. I can't say it like Donald Trump or I would. It's huge. It's a big event. Christians from everywhere, from all stripes and backgrounds, come together for it. So they place themselves forward, and when they come, they'll have notable speakers. They have a very deep and sincere relationship with Alistair Begg, who's a wonderful Bible teacher. They have Mark Dever there and other people that are really well known in our generation. And so there's a buzz about it. There's a gathering together about it. And when there's a gathering together about it, I think we ought to be wisely cautious to say, where's that parade going? I don't want to just get on the bandwagon. I want to know where the parade's going. Two weeks ago when Dr. Minnick spoke on this topic, He used an illustration with regard to Kristen Getty singing along with Celine Dion in a song that wasn't necessarily appropriate. And his point that he was trying to make, I talked to him, by the way, the next day to make sure that this was the point he was trying to make, because I was confused. But the point that he was trying to make was, be careful if a woman is leading the worship ministry, there ought to be some masculine oversight, because the Bible gives responsibility for the men to lead in New Testament ministry, just like he did in Old Testament ministry. And so he cited 1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 14, which are New Testament passages bearing that out. So his point was, it seems that Kristen Getty doesn't have a lot of discernment. So we ought to be careful. And I think I could agree with that. And I think I'd have to modify it also and say, I know that her husband seeks to be the leader of all things having to do with the putting forward of their music and the putting forward of their conferences. So all that said, why the tension point? The tension point comes because they're putting themselves forward as an alternative for a conservative, congregationally-based music. And we like that. We like conservative, congregationally-based music. I really like that. But they feature it in ways that give me the heebie-jeebies in some of the presentation of what they've written. So how do I find myself at peace? Well, I find myself at peace because I don't go to the same conference. And I wouldn't recommend it to anybody here, okay? I don't ask Kristen Getty or any people that are associated with her to come and do a concert with us here at Colonial. What we do at Colonial, we do in a way that we always carefully say, are we sure? Are we sure that we're in a right spirit the way this is offered? If you take your Bibles and turn to Hebrews chapter 12, in Hebrews chapter 12, A verse that has become very dear to me in recent years, Hebrews chapter 12. By the way, I have great respect for Dr. Mark Minnick and have long had great respect for him. And he made it apparent that they don't use Getty music in the church that he pastors. So let me just say transparently, if I were in the church that he pastors, I wouldn't either. I'd make another executive decision. Why? What's the difference between his church and our church? Rob. That's right, he's in a college town and he's absorbing. It's the same issue that I faced when watching over a college ministry. Yeah, he's in a college town where a lot of young people are coming in that are quite impressionable. And those impressions being taken, that's one of the reasons I greatly respect Dr. Minnick. He sees that, he understands the responsibility that he has in that particular setting. We don't have that same setting here at Colonial, but in Hebrews chapter 12, We have a passage that I've come to meditate on often and come away from saying, thank the Lord for music leadership in our church, for people have wisdom in this matter. Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 28, it says, wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve God Now that word serve in Hebrews 12 and verse 28 is the Greek word loutreo, we get our word, a liturgy from that word, and it's typically translated worship, so I'm going to read it that way. Receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may worship God acceptably. Well, that tells me that some worship is not acceptable. An acceptable worship that he's talking about in verse 28 is reverent. and it demonstrates godly fear. In fact, he's gonna say our God is consuming fire. So when we come to the topic of how do we worship at Colonial Hills Baptist Church, this is an instructive text. We want to worship reverently and we want to worship the Lord in a way that to him is acceptable, demonstrating a godly fear and recognizing that he has the right and the ability to judge irreverent Worship that demonstrates no fear. So, back to the question, kind of circular reasoning here, I guess. But two cautions are typically given with regard to Getty music. One caution is association. The second caution is style. On the topic of association, reality is when you put music and its composers through the grid of association, you can find yourself put off very, in fact, you'd have to take an awful lot of hymns out of your hymnal. I thought it was ironic that Dr. Minnick at that conference that was hosted was talking about that. On the same day, or maybe it was the day before, we sang a song from St. Francis of Assisi, the composer. Pretty sure I wouldn't want to sit under the ministry of St. Francis of Assisi. On association, we ought to be cautious, especially if the association is live and compelling. But associations, I'm not a Westland. The Westlands were clearly Arminian, and yet some of my favorite songs are written by Charles Wesley. So associations over time tend to blend. Style, on style, we don't want to be desensitized. You'll hear me and have heard me share messages pretty boldly about the importance of music. If you've come here very long, you've heard me say, you can go to Isaiah 14, you can go to Ezekiel 28, and you'll discover that Satan is a musical ambassador. Isaiah 14 says, there's coming a day when the noise of his vials will cease. His stringed instruments are gonna stop. It's the time when he's cast down to hell. But until that day, the noise of his vows continue. And he was created, I believe, according to Ezekiel 28, with musical ability. Many people believe, and I'm one of them, that Satan was created to be the chief worship ambassador in heaven. That's what Ezekiel 28 seems to say. And always with worship, there's music. So, why the constant chatter about Getty? Constant chatter comes because they position themselves to lead among conservative people who want doctrinally rich music. And for that, we're near cousins. But stylistically and associationally, we're really cautious cousins, and sometimes even offended cousins. I'm going to take this one step further. I hadn't planned to, but I'm going to take it one step further. Why not? It's Wednesday night, right? And I'm already hanging from a pretty tight noose, so might as well tighten it up a little bit more and then ask you if you have any follow-ups. Ephesians 5 in verse 18 says, be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves, psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart of the Lord. That's a mandate. Every Christian is to sing. Be not drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns. That's a commandment. That is not a suggestion. Every Christian ought to sing. so we have a requirement that we should sing. Did you know that we're living in a time right now where one of the biggest things that's happening as people respond to the praise and worship music, one of the biggest things that's happening is people are going all together completely and wholly, singularly, always congregational. No special music. No instrumental music. Total congregation all the time. That's a big deal. That's happening. And it's happening in a lot of churches that would be in our fellowship. I see that as pendulum shift. Oh, we're really weary of all this stuff that's happening. Pendulum shift. Let's put it over here. And people try to make arguments for it. Any time you make a shift, you try to make an argument for it. And so they'll come to what I just cited, Ephesians 5 and verse 18. Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but filled with the Spirit. Speaking to yourselves with psalms and hymns and spiritual." See there, that's congregational. You don't have any biblical warrant there that says you should ever have an offertory or the ladies ensemble or anything of that nature. So how do we answer that one? Start right here. It's what you're doing on it. We always start there, whether therefore you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Let's start there. Christine? Yeah, now we're getting there. Yeah, we were, in fact, the instruction was given about that, about Asaph and Haman being, and we can go there in just a second, being chief musicians. Now remember, when we talk about the topic of worship, most of the data, if you will, most of the revelation on worship is gonna be found in the Old Testament, not in the New. Because in the Old Testament, you have the regulations about the temple and the tabernacle and the priests, okay? Anybody else? How do we, yeah, Ben? I appreciate that, Ben. So when it's speaking to yourselves, that word yourselves is a reciprocal pronoun, which means among yourselves. So speaking among yourselves. So if a soloist is singing, is it fulfilling Ephesians 5.18? Yes. It's a fulfillment of Ephesians 5.18. I can't tell you how many people I've talked to in the last five years, close friends who are really frustrated in their church right now, conservative church, that has banned the choir, banned special music, banned offertories. We only do congregation. We pass the plate, we sing. We sing four or five numbers, that's Sunday morning, that's it. because it's supposed to be congregational. And I could tell you the two men that predominantly have led this effort, one is John Piper and the other is Mark Dever. And those two men are brilliant men and very scripturally knowledgeable and I can understand completely why they've led that charge. They've led that charge because they've been on platforms with praise and worship bands where they've been sickened by the performance and disgusted by the triteness of the lyrics. And they said, let's just go back to, it's the pendulum, but it's a pendulum shift without, I think, biblical warrant that can be really discouraging to congregations. Imagine yourself, I say this, I almost get choked up thinking about it. Can you imagine coming to our church next Sunday and from here forward, because of a pastoral mandate, we're not gonna have choir? That would be, to me, that'd be devastating. And I'll take you to the warrant for the choir in a minute, but I thought I saw a question, somebody, yeah, Vicki? Amen. So let's look into that. Take your Bibles and go for a moment to 2 Chronicles 5, and then I'll give opportunity for follow-up. The clock up there is not working too well. I don't want to get myself in trouble. But 2 Chronicles 5. In 2 Chronicles 5, Solomon is opening up the temple. He's dedicating it. It's a phenomenal day. David has left behind the funds that are necessary. Solomon has carried the vision forward. The temple is now being dedicated. A house for the one who can never be contained in a house. And so in 2 Chronicles 5, verse 2, Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes and the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel unto Israel to bring the ark of the covenant up out of the city of David, which is Zion. And we read in verse 11, it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, for all the priests that were present were sanctified and did not then wait by course. So they were all unified in this ministry, not doing it in their monthly courses. Also the Levites, which were the singers, all of them of Asaph and Heman, And I love Heman because he's the great-grandson of Samuel. And if you remember Samuel's sons, how they disappointed him. But Heman, the grandson of Samuel, is one of the chief singers in Israel. It says, God bless him. Samuel's lineage, Heman and Jejuthin and their sons and their brethren being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps. stood at the east end of the altar and with them 120 priests sounding with their trumpets. By the way, if you know anything about orchestration, you don't need many trumpets, right Loy? Okay. If you've got 120 of those things there, you better have an awful big choir. Yeah. Okay. So they've got 120 trumpets And then they're praising and thanking the Lord. They lifted up their voice and the trumpets and the cymbals and the instruments of music, verse 13, praised the Lord saying, he's good, his mercy endures forever. Then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord, so that the priest could not stand and minister by reason of the cloud. The glory of the Lord had filled the house. Well, what's the point? The point is, verse 12, it's very clear that you have these who are doing special music They're not just, hey, here's some cymbals. This is what we can do with them, Tom. Right. You got 120 trumpets. If somebody's not doing some leadership, boy, he's a professional musician down here. That's why I keep referring to him. You know, this really happened. My son was pastoring down in Florida, and one of the chief editors of the Babylon Bee came to their service on the Sunday that they dedicated their handbells. And the next day, the Babylon Bee had a headline that said, it's been proven. There is music in Purgatory. Imagine thousands of handbells almost hitting the same note at the right time together. I thought that was funny. But the point is, if you've got a choir of this size and musicians of this number, You gotta have some practice, or you've got a cacophony and not a blessing. This was such a blessing that the Spirit of the Lord came and filled the house of God. Why do we say there's biblical mandate, not mandate, but biblical precedent requires? Well, here you are. And special music, here you are. And in the manual of the Old Testament where worship is displayed. Now, always under Hebrews 12, always with reverence and godly fear, Not performance-centered, God-centered, not emotionally oriented to stir and move people along, but intellectually foundation so that we're teaching one another with songs and hymns and spiritual songs, making edifying music.