November 6, 2025

Singing praises to God was orderly. For the temple, there were twenty-four sets of twelve musicians, singers, and players of instruments. It is thought that because prophets wrote the songs, they called singing prophesying. Imagine that! Preachers who speak the word of God and those who sing the word of God are considered prophets. That seems to shed a different light on who we call prophets, even though some heard directly from God through visions and dreams, which the Bible also refers to as seers and prophets. It makes you wonder if, when Paul listed the gifts, he considered singers and instrumentalists as prophets; it wouldn’t be too far-fetched, considering the scriptures in the Chronicles, because Paul was well-versed in the scriptures. Doesn’t that make so much sense? Those who God didn’t give the gift of a beautiful singing voice or the ability to play an instrument often long to be able to sing and perform. The gift of prophecy is not about predicting the future but about communicating God’s message. Worshipping and praising the Lord through song is yet another layer in prophetic communication. This truth exemplifies the use of scripture to interpret scripture, rather than attempting to figure it out in our own minds or relying on someone else’s interpretation. 

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 1 Chronicles 25:1-2