Prophetic Music at the End of the Age - Part 1

Music is the greatest form of entertainment in every culture and in every generation throughout history. Why? God has given the human spirit a deep musical dimension. There is something so mysterious about music. How do you hit a piece of wire in a guitar or piano and deeply move the human heart? When we hear God’s truth through anointed preaching it moves us. However, if we hear God’s truth in context to God’s music – music anointed by the Spirit – it moves us much deeper.

This brief introduction is just the beginning of a series on prophetic music and where the Lord will take the impact of music at the end of the age.

I want to set a little context for these posts and give some important background information on why prophetic music is a critical component to God’s end-time strategy.

I want to start by looking at Isaiah 14 – it gives us insight into Satan’s past and why his coming rage against worship leaders, prophetic singers, and prophetic musicians is something that cannot be ignored and must be taken seriously by the end-time church. Lucifer was the somehow involved with music, that we can be sure of. In Ezekiel 28, he saw Adam, the pinnacle of God's creation, with instruments, worshipping His maker.

“Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’”
(Is 14:11 NKJV)

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.”
(Ezek 28:13 NKJV)

Humanity was created to be priests, occupied with worship to the LORD. Satan has enmity against the worship leaders of this hour, because they are operating in their God-given role as ministers and worshippers, leading the people of God in worship. Undoubtedly Satan’s rage is focused even more intensely against these that an added measure of urgency is needed for them to be in the place of protection from Satan’s strategies.

Worship leaders, singers, and musicians are the “point of the arrow” that God has chosen for the assault against the kingdom of darkness. With this understanding, our seemingly insignificant or small worship gatherings take on much more of a purpose and meaning, and to be a musician or singer at the end of the age carries weight unlike anything we have known. If you’re a worship leader, singer, or musician, the Lord is calling you for this hour for more than a few good songs on a Sunday morning or for a nice CD that goes platinum.