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Originally Posted by Leslie  God in His sovereignty has made sacrifices impossible since the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. If the temple were still standing, I would have no problem whatsoever with offering thank offerings and the like, but not offerings of atonement. In our current culture, the equivalent of the burnt offerings--making and keeping vows--is certainly appropriate in relationship to God. It seems rather arbitrary to just throw out any meaning that doesn't agree with one's theological bias rather than asking how the original meaning works out in the current age and culture. |
The answer is not the destruction of the temple in AD70 but rather the destruction of the true temple in AD30(ish) as we learn in the Book of Hebrews. Christ's death fulfilled the typical worship of the Temple, hence the end of bloody sacrifice, the Levitical priesthood etc. Now because temple worship was put to an end by Christ's death and musical instruments were tied to the Levitical priesthood, it is absurd to say that the musical instruments are to be continued. They are to be used just as much as bloody sacrifice, i.e. not at all.
We then sing the psalms recognising that they speak of spiritual truths, that they contain a command to use a harp does not mean that we are to start using harps, no more than the command to sacrifice bulls means we will start burning bulls in church on Sunday.