Mystery of Music by Zeb Hourigan

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He meets me and the two of us discuss the things I saw and experienced. He smiles and laughs quite often. I notice His hair is bright white, {1} not parted, but straight back and curly to His shoulders. His skin is well tanned. {2} I do not notice the color of His eyes--only the extreme love of the love of the love. {3} All that I saw in heaven was nothing compared to what I saw in the eyes of Jesus.

The two of us walk and talk together for quite some time. One of the things we talked about was how beautiful the music was that I heard in heaven. I mentioned that it was unlike anything I had ever heard in our worship services on earth. I asked Him if He enjoys the music and worship services we have. He responded, “That is just it. They are your worship services not mine.” He said that some of the music we have is inspired not by Himself, the Father or the Holy Spirit but by a whole different spirit. There are times when we think we are worshipping God but we are actually worshipping Satan.

He then told me that He instructed His prophet, Ellen White, to write about our worship services. Portions of it are found in Early Writings, beginning on page 54.

I saw a throne, and on it sat the Father and the Son. Jesus would breathe upon them the Holy Ghost. In that breath was light, power, and much love, joy, and peace. I saw the Father rise from the throne. I turned to look at the company who were still bowed before the throne; they did not know that Jesus had left it. Satan appeared to be by the throne, trying to carry on the work of God. I saw them look up to the throne, and pray, “Father, give us Thy Spirit.” Satan would then breathe upon them an unholy influence; in it there was light and much power, but no sweet love, joy, and peace. Satan's object was to keep them deceived and to draw back and deceive God's children.

In order to help me understand the holiness and reverence due to God, Jesus explained that at His Father’s throne there are six-winged angels called seraphim. He then showed me Isaiah 6:2-3 which states: “The seraphim each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Pertaining to the style of music in our worship services, Jesus explained that what we call Christian rock and praise music is an abomination to Himself and the Father. He explained that we begin our worship services asking for the Holy Spirit to come. Why do we believe that they would be there in something that God finds an abomination. He explained that praise music is nothing more than repetition, a carefully designed instrument of worship by Satan himself.

How wrong is it for us to bring the world’s popular type of music into our body temple? How much worse is it for us to bring it into God's holy temple?

1. Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

2. Revelation 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

3. 1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.