In Revelation 7, the angels, the elders...
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In Revelation 7, the angels, the elders, and the four living creatures begin to sing: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
Eugene Peterson, commenting on this passage, writes: "... Christians sing. They sing in the desert, they sing at night, they sing in the storms. How they sing (Revelation 7:10, 12, 15-17). The songs of vision are the response to the statistics of evil. Any evil, no matter how fearsome, is exposed as weak and pedantic before such songs."
Peterson recalls an incident from Saint Francis' band of friars: "At Assisi once, when a theologian attacked Fra Edidio by the usual arrangement of syllogisms, the brother waited until the conclusions were laid down, and then, taking out a flute from the folds of his robe, he played his answer in rustic melodies."
Eugene Peterson, commenting on this passage, writes: "... Christians sing. They sing in the desert, they sing at night, they sing in the storms. How they sing (Revelation 7:10, 12, 15-17). The songs of vision are the response to the statistics of evil. Any evil, no matter how fearsome, is exposed as weak and pedantic before such songs."
Peterson recalls an incident from Saint Francis' band of friars: "At Assisi once, when a theologian attacked Fra Edidio by the usual arrangement of syllogisms, the brother waited until the conclusions were laid down, and then, taking out a flute from the folds of his robe, he played his answer in rustic melodies."
