Gematria, equidistant letter spacing, prophecy, life principle application, encoded messages in name translations...
The Bible, as I have often said, is amazing. I stream it while I sleep, I study it on the Sabbath, and I listen to it's music.
Yes, music.
"Our new CD, "Days of Majesty," represents the culmination of over eight years of painstaking research and development. Letter by letter, we have translated the Hebrew text into its equivalent musical note. Talented musicians have used these notes to play the beautiful melodies you hear on this CD.
The eleven pieces on this CD represent only a small fraction of the music yet to be uncovered in the Bible..."
If you're musically inclined, you can use software from their site to translate sections of scripture into notes and create your own melodies, adding accompaniment as you please.
Here's a short video of Uri Harel talking about the endless possibilities of the notes.
Here's Psalm 23's melody on Amazon Music:
And on Spotify:
And here's the text that you're hearing, translated to beautiful music:
Psalm 23
1 [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Some have said to me that the Bible is written by old white men in order to control the peasants. I hope they wake up and repent of that silliness before it's too late.
In prayer last night, I struggled with adequate words to tell God what I loved about Him. I tried "majestic" and "loving" and "just." Yes, God is all of those things, but the descriptive words are so compartmentalized that to use them just doesn't capture all that He is. Then it occurred to me.
What I love most about God, and what is also true about His word, is the "everythingness" of it. The discovery that his Word contains all of the things I described at the beginning of this post - and becomes beautiful, healing music - is mind boggling. I am so grateful to God for Uri Harel and his discovery. It moves my very soul.
What I love most about God, and what is also true about His word, is the "everythingness" of it. The discovery that his Word contains all of the things I described at the beginning of this post - and becomes beautiful, healing music - is mind boggling. I am so grateful to God for Uri Harel and his discovery. It moves my very soul.
If you get a chance to stream the Music of God, Days of Majesty album, please do. It brings such peace to my day and gives me such a restful slumber.
Soon the "Everythingness" will be revealed and you won't want to miss it.
Eyes up!
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