Psa 96.1 says, “Sing to the Lord (Yehovah) a new song” and this term means a song is renewed and adapted for the occasion, and it tells us that Yehovah deserves to be worshiped and honored. But to “sing a new song” is also an eschatological term. The words “new song” is “shir chadash” here and it is masculine. Ordinarily “new song” is “shirah chadash” and it is feminine. It is the masaculine “shir chadash” here because it means the Messiah has come. This psalm is recited on the Sabbath, which is a picture of the Day of the Lord, the Sabbath of God, the Atid Lavo, and the Millenium, so it is also an idiom for the Messianic Kingdom for that reason.
Today we have an eight note scale. The Kinnor is a lyre with 10 strings for a ten note scale. The Sea of Galilee is shaped like a harp so it is called Kinneret. In Hebrew thought, the “new song” is a song that the Messiah will teach us, and that is exactly what Rev 14.3 says, and it will have the extra two scales, or notes.
The word “ruach” in Hebrew means “wind or spirit.” The Nevel is a harp and the Kinnor is is a lyre, and both of them can be played by the wind. The Nevel has 22 strings and this alludes to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which makes up the Word of God. The Word of God is “played” on our hearts, which alludes to the harp, by the Ruach Ha Kodesh-Psa 33.3. That is why Yeshua did so much teaching around the Sea of Galilee, the “harp” lake.
The Exodus from Egypt is called the First Redemption, or the Egyptian Redemption, and they sang a song in Exo 15.1-18. The coming of Yeshua is called the Second Redemption, or the Messianic Redemption, and we will sing a “new song” (Psa 149.1). As a result, this term is associated with the coming of the Messiah and the Kingdom (Isa 42.10-13).
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