Gathering Stones for the Heavenly Choir
St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem has been studied by Hebrew University, and their remark was that there is no straight line in St. Anne’s church. The entire church is asymmetric. Where there is a window on one side, one is lacking on the other side; where columns support the building, the capitals are different or the bases of the columns are different. One column may have three cornices while the opposing column has four. If one follows the lines of the stone floor, they will quickly note that the columns are not in alignment. Yet, the building has been built with perfect acoustics. Let me say that in a different way, an imperfect and asymmetrical building can have perfect acoustics.
When Bill Gaither penned the words to the great song entitled, “The King is Coming” (1970), there is one significant line in the words of that song that related to St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem. Those words are, “Heaven’s choir is now assembled; start to sing "Amazing Grace".
It is a fantastic thought to see Heaven’s choir assembling. Everyone in heaven has a part in the heavenly choir, and depending upon the experiences of the believer, each group sings their own song. But when all of heaven is assembled to sing in the choir, it will be a time with the membership of the choir has reached the point of completeness, a time when every voice is assembled for the perfection of sound being raised to the Glory of God. And everyone’s voice will be heard, and everyone’s voice will be united in perfect pitch.
That’s the “amazing” part of singing in Heaven’s choir... perfect pitch.... for even those on earth who lack a singing tone; everyone in heaven will have a perfect sound to contribute.
In bringing a little bit of heaven to earth, in visiting St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem, people are encouraged to sing their favorite hymns and praises to the Lord. People are encouraged to sing because St. Anne’s has perfect acoustics that resound the singing voice and spoken word throughout the building. I learned in visiting St. Anne’s that even though I have a less than perfect voice... that when
a “less than perfect voice” is used in perfect acoustics, that the sound that recants through the building is one of perfect pitch. That was “amazing” to me.
And some day, that will be how heaven’s choir is assembled, taking less than perfect voices and combining all those into perfect sound and perfect pitch.
~serapha~
When Bill Gaither penned the words to the great song entitled, “The King is Coming” (1970), there is one significant line in the words of that song that related to St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem. Those words are, “Heaven’s choir is now assembled; start to sing "Amazing Grace".
It is a fantastic thought to see Heaven’s choir assembling. Everyone in heaven has a part in the heavenly choir, and depending upon the experiences of the believer, each group sings their own song. But when all of heaven is assembled to sing in the choir, it will be a time with the membership of the choir has reached the point of completeness, a time when every voice is assembled for the perfection of sound being raised to the Glory of God. And everyone’s voice will be heard, and everyone’s voice will be united in perfect pitch.
That’s the “amazing” part of singing in Heaven’s choir... perfect pitch.... for even those on earth who lack a singing tone; everyone in heaven will have a perfect sound to contribute.
In bringing a little bit of heaven to earth, in visiting St. Anne’s church in Jerusalem, people are encouraged to sing their favorite hymns and praises to the Lord. People are encouraged to sing because St. Anne’s has perfect acoustics that resound the singing voice and spoken word throughout the building. I learned in visiting St. Anne’s that even though I have a less than perfect voice... that when
a “less than perfect voice” is used in perfect acoustics, that the sound that recants through the building is one of perfect pitch. That was “amazing” to me.
And some day, that will be how heaven’s choir is assembled, taking less than perfect voices and combining all those into perfect sound and perfect pitch.
~serapha~
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