Apocalipse 5

Apocalipse 5

Murray writes that a new song "is a well-known expression in the psalms, relating to songs sung on festal occasions and celebrating new mercies from God, especially his deliverances from distress (e.g., Ps. 40:1, 98:1). It receives a deeper meaning in Isaiah 42:10, where the new song relates to the new and greater deliverance which the Lord is about to make in the earth.” New song in the Bible - 9 verses - Ps. 33:3; Ps. 40:3; Ps. 96:1; Ps. 98:1; Ps. 144:9; Ps. 149:1; Isa. 42:10; Rev. 5:9; Rev. 14:3 Cleon Rogers on new song - The idea of a new song grows out of the use of the expression in the Psalms. Every new act of mercy calls forth a new song of gratitude and praise (Mounce). Judaism taught that Israel will first sing a new song in the days of the Messiah as a song of praise for the miracle of deliverance....During the Hellenistic period a new kind of music was introduced to the Greek world. Concerts in great amphitheaters w. huge choirs and professional singers accompanied by instrumental music played on stringed instruments, flutes, percussion instruments and even a water organ, were staged. Large choirs made up of virgins sang at weddings and the singers in the temples of worship were often under special protection of the king." (BORROW - The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament - See page 626) Warren