Sermon on Psalm 96, for Advent 4 Midweek, "Disbanded Choir"
Sermon by Pastor Paul Roschke, 12-20-17 I.N.I. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Introduction Last Sunday Pastor Schneider’s sermon on Isaiah helped us to watch for ‘doublets’: “comfort, comfort” and “double for all her sins”. Tonight we had a triplet: 3 times we read Psalm 96. The first reading was from 1st Chronicles which included much of Psalm 96. The second time, a cantor and a pianist helped us sing parts of it, and we just now read it together for a 3 rd time. But King David, who is believed to be the author of Psalm 96, had a choir of 4,000 Levites to help the Israelites sing. The first occasion for singing Psalm 96 was reported in the 1 st Chronicles passage that we read earlier - when the Ark of the Covenant was brought into a tent in Jerusalem. And then, after the temple was built by King Solomon, every morning and every evening, a portion of the Levitical choir gathered on the t...