Jesus Christ often taught His followers in parables (cf. Mt. 13:34). On one occasion Jesus taught a parable of laborers in the vineyard and the master in the parable agreed to give the workers whatever is right (Mt. 20:4). Christians need to always be concerned with what is the right thing and to pursue righteousness (Mt. 6:33). The only way that one can be sure whether what he or she is practicing is right will be if they test it against the Divine standard, God’s Word (1 Thess. 5:21-22; 1 Jn. 4:1). When you consider the topic of dancing there has always been a lot of controversy concerning this topic. Can the Christian dance or not? Will dancing condemn one’s soul to hell or not? These are often the questions that are asked when one is investigating
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Someone will say, that God’s people in the Old Testament danced, so evidently this is allowed by God today in worship, recreation, etc. Is this true? We need to look at things in the Bible in the proper context in order to make the proper application to ourselves today. The things in the Old Testament were written for our learning (Rm. 15:4) but we don’t need to practice everything that those under the old covenant practiced (1 Cor. 10:6, 11).
The first occurrence of dancing in the Old Testament comes in the book of Exodus. The children of Israel had been delivered from Egyptian bondage by the mighty hand of Jehovah, and the Egyptians were destroyed in the Red Sea (Ex. 14:27-31). The song of Moses was sung by the children of Israel to extol and praise God for the deliverance of the people (Ex. 15:1-18). Then there is the mention made where Miriam had a tambourine and all the women went dancing and singing (Ex. 15:20-21). Miriam and the women with her engage in dancing no doubt due to the excitement surrounding their deliverance from bondage. The women dance and sing as they rehearse the victory that the Lord had given them and the destruction that was the
Someone will say, that God’s people in the Old Testament danced, so evidently this is allowed by God today in worship, recreation, etc. Is this true? We need to look at things in the Bible in the proper context in order to make the proper application to ourselves today. The things in the Old Testament were written for our learning (Rm. 15:4) but we don’t need to practice everything that those under the old covenant practiced (1 Cor. 10:6, 11).
The first occurrence of dancing in the Old Testament comes in the book of Exodus. The children of Israel had been delivered from Egyptian bondage by the mighty hand of Jehovah, and the Egyptians were destroyed in the Red Sea (Ex. 14:27-31). The song of Moses was sung by the children of Israel to extol and praise God for the deliverance of the people (Ex. 15:1-18). Then there is the mention made where Miriam had a tambourine and all the women went dancing and singing (Ex. 15:20-21). Miriam and the women with her engage in dancing no doubt due to the excitement surrounding their deliverance from bondage. The women dance and sing as they rehearse the victory that the Lord had given them and the destruction that was the