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Originally Posted by Justice
This is true.
However, with everything They have done for us, singing them songs of praise seems like very little in return. We sing songs of praise now. But, I don't believe simply singing a song constitues worship, regardless of the words or tune.
In that scripture you posted, I don't believe "praise Him" and "worship Him throughout eternity" were intended to be the same things. I think it is implied that they are very different things.
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Thanks Justice. I agree!
8 And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he saw
God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels
in the attitude of singing and praising their God.
22 Yea, methought I saw, even as our father Lehi saw,
God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with
numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude of singing and praising their God; yea, and my soul did long to be there.
Whenever we see phrases like this repeated over and over again in scripture, an alarm should go off inside our heads.
"...in the attitude of..."
"...in the attitude of..."
When something is in the "attitude of" doing something -- it is a metaphor. It is not literal. It is symbolic of something.
"...God sitting upon his throne..."
"...God sitting upon his throne..."
Only a fool would imagine that God sits in some sort of "throne" all day long. He up and about. He is actively involved in our lives, as any good Father would be.
I wish I had
this book with me. Essentially what it says is that "endlessly singing praises unto God" is a metaphor for the devotional feeling we feel. Our hearts will sing (inside) with deep and abiding gratitude for what God has given us! We won't literally be singing, except when appropriate. We certainly won't be singing 24 hours a day!