[This is another segment in the Music in the Bible series which begins in Genesis and finishes in Revelation.]
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Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound. (1 Kings 1:39-40)
If you've been following this series, you know by now that the Lord typically ordained trumpets and horns to signal a momentous event. Horns were also used on the battlefield, either to instill fear in the enemy to signal a retreat. Horns are cool and on this occasion marking Solomon's ascension to the throne of Israel, horns blasted the good news throughout the kingdom with so much vigor that the earth seemed to shake. Kind of like sitting in your car and turning up the volume bass so loud that the vehicle actually rocks and bumps a bit. After all, sound waves are a scientific phenomenon that have been proven to move things and to even break glass. Can you imagine the sound shock wave that will shake the earth when Christ returns and silences all the powers of evil? Scripture symbolically describes it in Revelation 19:15 and compares it to a 'rod of iron' that will rule the earth. Yikes!
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