At my church this morning Isaiah 12:1-6 was used as the call to worship:
1You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away,that you might comfort me.2"Behold, God is my salvation;I will trust, and will not be afraid;for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. 5 "Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. 6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel" (ESV)
Isn't it interesting (within the context of our class discussions of the regulative principle) that God has already prescribed the means (proclamation in song) and the content (verses 1 - 6) for worship at the outset of the millennial kingdom? We see the same thing happening in Revelation 19:6-7. Yet despite God's several thousand year old regulation of our millennial worship, I somehow doubt that anyone, on that day, will be saying, "Golly, couldn't we just sing something more spontaneous? This is so old and restrictive!"
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