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JBaldwin · #13 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot

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Originally Posted by JBaldwin

While it is true that any person who has the Spirit of God dwelling in them will see Christ in the Psalms, I don't see where in the NT worship in Revelation where they are singing Psalms. They are singing Worthy is the Lamb that was slain. That is a new song. I believe it is right and appropriate to sing that.

James Parker, "The Psalms in the New Testament Church" in John McNaugher, ed., The Psalms in Worship, pp. 124-125:

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This same assertion can be made concerning the prophetic utterances in the Book of Revelation, which are also supposed to furnish authority for the use of uninspired songs. These are fourteen in number. Some of them are called songs. All of them are inspired utterances. In this case there is no mention of singing. The word used to express their utterance is "saying." Where songs are introduced, they evidently express the sentiment of the worshippers, but do furnish a specimen of regular worship. If anyone accepts these as a directory of worship, he must be prepared to furnish each worshipper with a harp and golden viol while he is addressing God in song. The view that these poetic utterances reflected the usage of the Church in John's time could be entertained only by one who is so eager to establish a theory that he overlooks the fact that the contents of this Book are a revelation from heaven, not a reflection from earth.

I don't see how you can so easily dismiss the singing in Revelation 5 because of the harps and viols.