Chette
I like sparring with you a little, sure you noticed.
Actually, I agree with you to a point. Yes, there are no direct scriptures that say Lucifer played music. However, the original verses (Eze 28:13) questioned here point to musical instruments. Then, when you compare the verse I showed (Isa 14:11) it makes
perfect sense.
This would be a case of Occam's Razor which states
"the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity"
What that says is when you have a choice of assumptions, pick the assumption that fits most easily.
So, if Eze 28:11 says Lucifer was adorned with musical instruments, and Isa 14:11 says Lucifer made noise with musical instruments, you have an assumption that fits neatly and does not need any additonal assumptions.
So myself, I believe Lucifer was adorned with musical instruments and played music (or at least made noise) with them.
This idea also has support among other theologians. J. Dwight Pentecost wrote of these verses:
Quote:
"Musical instruments were originally designed to be means of praising and worshiping God. It was not necessary for Lucifer to learn to play a musical instrument to praise God. If you please, he had a built-in pipe organ, or, he was an organ . . . Lucifer didn’t have to look for someone to play the organ so that he could sing the doxology -- He was a doxology."
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