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The Hebrew word NEW means something that has been rebuilt and that is fresh and new. Elihu, the godly man in Job 32 said in
verse 18, "For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains
me. My breast is as wine that has
no vent; like NEW wineskins, it is ready to burst. I must speak, that I may get relief and be refreshed; I will
open my lips and answer."
This is the only other place in the Old Testament that that word NEW is
used, besides its use in NEW SONG.
It is something that has been rebuilt, and is now so fresh that it
causes its possessor to burst out!
The Hebrew word SONG means to go around singing, celebrating in victory,
joyfully. This word is used in I
Samuel 18:6 wherein is described a dance and song of victory.
I have found this term NEW SONG used nine times in the
Bible.
In Psalms 33:3, 40:3, 96:1, 144:9 and 98:1 it is used in the context of the
writer being in trouble, desperately crying to The Lord for deliverance from
his enemies. These five
Psalms contain statements like, "but
I will sing a new song unto The Lord." "Make haste to deliver, evils
compass me, let them be put to shame who desire my life, rescue me, bow down
your heavens, stretch forth your hand, I am poor and needy, do not tarry O
Lord."
In Psalm 149 it is a little different. It says that the New Song wrecks vengeance and binds kings
with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron to execute upon them (our
spiritual enemies) the judgement.
This honor have all his saints!
Isaiah 42:9 tells about former things passing away and new things being declared. Then it says to sing a new song TO the
Lord (a song which has never been heard in the heathen world), then the Lord
will go forth as a mighty man. He
will do mightily against His enemies.
I have a LONG time held my peace, but now I will arise!
The above uses of the phrase New Song indicate that:
1. The Lord
puts this New Song in His people.
2. We sing this
New Song to The Lord.
3. The
circumstances are always when we are in need of deliverance, and before the
manifestation of that deliverance.
4. That
deliverance and destruction of enemies do no come until after that New Song is
sung.
The last time New Song is used is in Revelation 14:3. John saw 144,000 people who are the overcomers, which Jesus
was asking for in Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation. You and I are this 144,000 when we stand in the face of
impossible circumstances as virgins because there was no lie found in our
mouths. I submit that with the
Truth in our lips, first the truth of our sin confessed to Jesus, and then the
Truth of The Word poured into our hearts and spoken with cleansed lips, we can
overcome any circumstance that comes along. Truth confessed and spoken frees us from the flesh and
brings us into the family, blood covenant and blessings of God's family.
Now these overcomers are singing this New Song, but it is during the overcoming
process, not after the manifestation of the actual victory. Rev. 14:12 says, "Here
comes in a call for the steadfastness of the saints, the patience, the
endurance of the people of God, those who habitually keep God's commandments
and their faith in Jesus."
The actual manifestation of the victory here is not until Jesus comes on
The White Horse in Revelation 19.
I believe that these 144,000 can be compared to the Wise Virgins in
Matthew 25, they were ready when the Lord returned.
I submit that as we go through the trials and
tribulations of life
that if we stay honest and in The Word, that Jesus will put a New Song in our
hearts and mouths, and that New Song will bring Him back on our scene for
deliverance in the here and now.
Habakkuk found out about this when God told him about the coming destruction of his
enemies. Habakkuk found out that
the enemy's attack was not even something that they planned, but The Lord
planned it for their destruction.
Habakkuk stayed in The Word, saw the end from the beginning and sang The
New Song in chapter 3:17 which says,
"Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there be no fruit on the
vines; though the product of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food;
though the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no cattle in the
stalls; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord (JOY), I will exult in the victorious
God of my salvation! The Lord God
is my strength, my personal bravery and my invincible army; He makes my feet
like hinds' feet, and will make me to walk, not to stand still in terror, but
to walk, and make spiritual progress upon my high places of trouble, suffering
or responsibility."
Habakkuk also knew about Grace! Notice he did not take it upon himself to perform some
impossible spiritual feat when he was under the pile, but he said that God
would perform. All Habakkuk needed
was the information; God would supply the power. The information comes from The Word under the Holy Spirit
anointing.
God supplies our Joy, which brings the New Song, which brings
deliverance. But we need two
ingredients before God can mix them and create Joy:
1. Like in John
2 at the Cana wedding, we need to be empty earthen vessels. No pride, no deceit, just empty and
honest.
2. We must fill
our empty vessels with Water, or The Word.
3. Then Jesus
takes over and turns The Water (The Word) into Wine (Joy), and we burst out
with the New Song!
What about Paul and Silas in Acts
16:19-31?
When the owners of the slave girl realized that their
hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into
the marketplace to face the authorities.
They
brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are
throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans
to accept or practice." The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and
Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. After they
had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was
commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in
the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About
midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other
prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake
that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors
flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he
saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself
because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, "Don't
harm yourself! We are all here!" The jailer called for lights, rushed in
and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord
Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household" (Acts 16:19-31).
Maybe something like this happened.
"Paul, are you ok?" "Sure Silas, I'm rubbing my sore back up against this moist jail wall
trying to get some relief." "Paul,
do you think they will kill us?"
"I don't know Silas, I can't think about that right now...there is
something coming up in my chest that is overtaking me." "What is it Paul?" "I'm not sure Silas, it feels like
music though." "Silas, I
feel a song coming up and I can't keep it down." "Yeah, Paul I feel it too. Here it comes...let's let it rip!"
And the 
notes rose up and flew out of the cell
bars into the next cells.
Then 
they went out of the jail and hit the
atmosphere. They 
kept rising in the Ionosphere, the
Stratosphere, and all the other spheres, 
until, The Father bent His neck and said
to an angel," What is that I hear angel?" 
"Ah, Sir, it sounds like
music, but that's pretty common up here." "No, angel, this is different, this sounds New, kind of
like a New Song 
"
The Father could not restrain Himself any longer, He loved
the sounds 
so much, and He started tapping His
Foot. Since the Earth is the Lord's
footstool, the Earth reacted pretty violently when it felt the tap of The
Father. "A major earthquake
occurred, and behold, the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at
once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened"
(Acts 16:26).
In Isaiah 54:1-3 God says (paraphrased), "Sing O Barren woman. Forget your former shame. Expand your tent. You haven't been fruitful? Watch Me. Sing and enlarge your tent so you have a place to put the
baby when it comes, not just one kid but to the left and right. More than one child, many children; not
just one blessing, but many will be multiplied." If you say "But I don't deserve it?" Don't believe that. Your failures only
worked to break the oppression, and gave God the opportunity to do His thing in
your weakness.
Learn the life begetting power of singing. Job 38 says the angels sang at creation. God creates with song; possibilities we
could never develop with our own resources.