The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

Scriptures. There are no commands to sing an old song, as people will do that naturally. Without new songs today there will be no old songs tomorrow. Ps. 33:3; 96:1; 98:1, 144:9; 149:1 all encourage us to ‘Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.’ Ps 33:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word ‘ hadas’ is something fresh and brand new. ‘Hadas’ is used to describe the ‘new’ mercies of God that come to us fresh each morning (Lam 3:23) and the ‘new’ things God has promised to do through the coming Messiah. (Isa 43:19) As the singers sang and played their music before the Lord it would have included ‘new’ prophetic songs of prophecy and praise. The ‘new’ song is found in the heavenly vision of Revelation 5:9 ‘and they sang a new song with these word; You are worthy…’ The new song is to be a vital part of our New Testament worship.

HIS SONG-

‘But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,’ (Job 35:10) 4

The Lord has songs that he wants to ‘give’ to his people. Often they come in dark nights of the soul to bring hope and encouragement to the singer and

4 NIV . 2011 (Job 35:10). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.