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“Musical Instruments in the bible” Part 4 – Wind [Kehren=Cornet, Mashroqiy=Flute]

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“Musical Instruments in the bible” Part 4 – Wind [Kehren=Cornet, Mashroqiy=Flute]

[Study Aired October 5, 2023]

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This musical instrument, found only in the book of Daniel, was commonly used in the court of Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar. According to Clarke’s Commentary, it was a horn that could make a deep and hollow sound as well as one that was piercing.

The cornet, along with other instruments, was used by Nebuchadnezzar at the dedication of a huge golden statue in his likeness. The statue was 60 cubits (at least 87.5 feet or 26.7 meters) tall by six cubits (8.75 feet or 2.67 meters) wide.

Babylon’s officials, as well as the people, were commanded to bow down and worship the image when they heard the instruments play (Dan 3:3-5). All those refusing to do so would be put to death in a fiery furnace. Daniel’s three friends, who rejected this idolatry, were thrown into this fiery trial of their faith but were miraculously saved by God (Dan 3:6-27).

This instrument is found only in Daniel in the KJV. It, along with others, were used by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar to signal when those he ruled over were to worship a huge golden statue made in his likeness. The mashroqiy may have been the Chaldean name for a flute with two reeds. Tyndale’s Dictionary and the ISBE believe it was similar to a Pan pipe.

What we hear in this life, and the way that we hear it, and how we respond to what we hear is what this study is going to focus on. Both instruments we are looking at, [“the Kehren=Cornet and the Mashroqiy=Flute”], are associated with false worship, and in particular the worship of king Nebuchadnezzar who is a type of Satan who is the god of this world (2Co 4:3-4).

2Co 4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 
2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

All the verses that contain the two instruments we will be looking at, the Kehren=Cornet and the Mashroqiy=Flute, are found in the third chapter of Daniel (Dan 3:1-30). This chapter of Daniel shows us, through symbolic language, how God’s elect, typified by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, are juxtaposed against this world going through a process of judgment that forms the mind of Christ in us through fiery trials (1Pe 4:12, 1Pe 4:17) so we can overcome any and all obstacles, both physical and spiritual and not be separated from “the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:35-39). It is when we hear the voice of the true Shepherd and are given to try the spirits of this world and reject Satan’s influence that we will discern what the will of God is for us in this life (Rom 8:14-16, 1Jn 4:1, 1Jn 2:15-17).

Rom 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 
Rom 8:15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
Rom 8:16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

1Jn 4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The sound which both of these instruments make typifies what fills the spiritual airwaves of the world that we live in today via the prince of the power of the air (Eph 2:2).

Eph 2:2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

It is Satan’s competitive, self-centered, self-willed, devil-centric mind, that works in the children of disobedience today creating an iniquitous or self-righteous language that brings a perverted cohesiveness to this spiritually dead world, that those who are driven by it hear and understand (1Jn 4:1-8, Mat 24:12, Eze 33:13). 

1Jn 4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 
1Jn 4:2  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 
1Jn 4:3  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1Jn 4:4  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (Col 1:27).
1Jn 4:5  They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1Jn 4:6  We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 
1Jn 4:7  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1Jn 4:8  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Mat 24:12  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [Fullness of the fruit of this world at the end of the age – as love waxes cold, self-righteousness will abound more and more through those who wax worse and worse at the end of the age (2Ti 3:1, 2Ti 3:12-14)]

Eze 33:13  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. (1Pe 4:18, Php 3:9-10)

Php 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: [Luk 22:32]
Php 3:10  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; [1Co 10:16] 

The tower of Babel could only be accomplished by God causing the masses to be able to communicate and understand and share in the desire to build this great structure, all according to the counsel of His will (Eph 1:11). This tower represents the marred vessel in the Potter’s hand, and the progress of Satan’s world is being typified by its construction which must come to a fullness of sorts (Gen 15:16) that will ultimately be exposed by the fruit that Babylon and the tower of Babel produce (Luk 6:43-45, Gen 11:6-9). 

Gen 15:16  But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Luk 6:43  For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Luk 6:44  For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 
Luk 6:45  A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Gen 11:6  And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 
Gen 11:7  Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Gen 11:8  So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Gen 11:9  Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

The languages of the builders of this tower in the end were confused, causing division and discord as opposed to the day of Pentecost when the many different tongues that were gathered on that day could both hear and speak in a language that was intelligible to each other, symbolizing the unity that is in the body of Christ who share the same mind of Christ (Act 2:1-13).

Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 
Act 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 
Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 
Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 
Act 2:5  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 
Act 2:6  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 
Act 2:7  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 
Act 2:8  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 
Act 2:9  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 
Act 2:10  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Act 2:11  Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 
Act 2:12  And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 
Act 2:13  Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

The perverted cohesion of this world’s spiritual language is coupled with opposition, brother against brother, and more and more witnessing to the fragility of every relationship that was always there without the life of Christ within us as our foundation (Mat 10:21-22, Mat 18:15). What comes to mind is the statue in the book of Daniel that represents the societies of this world, and reveals how all the world was always founded on a very tentative weak and marred foundation of iron and clay (Dan 2:33-35).

Mat 10:21  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death [not dealing with sin, whose wages are death (Rom 6:23)], and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death (Eze 33:1-9).
Mat 10:22  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Eze 33:1  Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 
Eze 33:2  Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 
Eze 33:3  If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 
Eze 33:4  Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 
Eze 33:5  He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 
Eze 33:6  But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. 
Eze 33:7  So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Eze 33:8  When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Eze 33:9  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

Mat 18:15  Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: [deal with the sin; fervent love covers a multitude of sin (1Pe 4:8)] if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Dan 2:33  His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 
Dan 2:34  Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Dan 2:35  Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Conversely, when Christ is on the throne of our hearts, we are always trying these spirits in the world which demand our attention and ultimately want to rule over us. By the grace through faith process we experience with Christ in our lives, we are able to come out of mystery Babylon by hearing the voice of the true Shepherd who is leading us into paths of righteousness for His name’s sake so that we are not ruled over by evil, but overcome evil through God’s goodness that is working in our lives (Rev 18:4-5, Psa 23:3-4, Rom 12:21). We may hear the sound of the cornet and the glute [“the Kehren=Cornet and the Mashroqiy=Flute”], but we are not to love its sound or be enticed by pleasures of sin for a season around which these instruments are centered (1Jn 2:15, 1Jn 3:1).

Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 
Rev 18:5  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Psa 23:3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psa 23:4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Rom 12:21  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1Jn 3:1  Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

The iniquities of this life must come to their fullness in the lives of all humanity, evil men waxing worse and worse, the sins of the Amorites being fulfilled, “iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” However you put it, the point is the same which is that God is going to cause these things to be manifest in mankind (Gen 45:5), and especially at the end of the age, so that the natural way in which mankind hears and sees, which is with a self-righteous heart and mind (Jer 17:9-10), will be profoundly exposed (Mat 24:12). 

Gen 45:5  Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 

Jer 17:9  The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 
Jer 17:10  I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Mat 24:12  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

With this backdrop let’s now look at the verses that have these two instruments in them, starting with the Kehren or CornetH7162 that is first mentioned in these verses of the third chapter of Daniel (Dan 3:5, Dan 3:7, Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15). 

Dan 3:4  Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, 
Dan 3:5  That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornetH7162, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Dan 3:6  And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

As mentioned, Nebuchadnezzar is a type of Satan, and like Satan he is not content in this society to just set up the idols of his heart to present to the unsuspecting deceived masses, but also commands everyone to “fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up”, and if not you will “be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”  This fiery furnace typifies the fiery trials of the elect’s faith (1Pe 4:12, 1Pe 1:7) which is to be hated and rejected by all the world for coming out of Babylon and touching not the unclean thing, as we are accepted of our Father through Christ (Heb 12:6-7). It is through a process of judgment [Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego], of fiery trials and of much tribulation that this self-righteous spirit which naturally abides within us will be ruled over and eventually destroyed, going unto perfection on the third day, Lord willing (Eph 1:6-7, Luk 13:32).

Heb 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 
Heb 12:7  If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

1Pe 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 
Eph 1:7  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 

Luk 13:32  And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

God is not the author of confusion but of peace (1Co 14:33), and He will use all of this weakness of flesh controlled by a self-righteous spirit to one day convince the world of His sovereignty over the marred vessel of clay we all are (Mat 7:22). His victory in the lives of those with whom He is working is certain (Rom 5:10), and God will bring the saints to a place of understanding how we are to be as merciful to this world as Christ was to all of us on the cross, which is where we can abide His chastening grace through the faith of Christ (Luk 23:34, Gal 2:20).

Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? [Self-righteous actions or works that do not acknowledge God’s sovereign hand that formed the light and created darkness and makes peace and creates evil (Isa 45:7) to come about within the vessels in His hand that do not have free moral agency (Rom 9:21)] 

1Co 14:33  For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Rom 5:10  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Luk 23:34  Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Gal 2:20  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

The cornet, as we see here, is associated with a very powerful beast [the elephant] whose ivory tooth represents the false light of self-righteousness, the servant who comes to us as an angel of light, blowing his horn that deceives the masses but is very distinctly not the voice of the true shepherd in the ears of those with whom God is working (2Co 11:14-15, Joh 10:27-29). The other entries of the word “cornet”, (Dan 3:7, Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15), are again pointing to the direction that the god of this world is taking this world, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of all flesh when the battle cry is made to go up against the camp of the saints spoken of in Revelation 20:8.

2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 
2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Joh 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 
Joh 10:28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 
Joh 10:29  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

The “cornet”H7162 which we just looked at in Daniel 3, is the same Strong’s number used as “horn/s” in these verses in the book of Daniel, (horn – Dan 7:8, Dan 7:11, Dan 7:20, Dan 7:21  horns – Dan 7:7, Dan 7:8, Dan 7:20, Dan 7:24), verses that are very revealing as they confirm that this instrument which was blowing at the time of this pagan decree of Nebuchadnezzar to worship the golden idol is connected to the composite beast of  Daniel 7:7 that describes the power of the man of perdition on the throne of our beastly hearts prior to Christ dethroning or destroying him by the brightness of his coming into our heavens (2Th 2:8). 

Dan 7:7  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Dan 7:8  I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 

2Th 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 

It is the fourth beast that is “dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly” spoken of in Daniel 7:7 that is again mentioned in Daniel 7:19-20 and whose “horn”H7162 is this same Strong’s number for “cornet.”H7162

Dan 7:19  Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; [Rev 13:4]
Dan 7:20  And of the ten hornsH7162 that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that hornH7162 that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

The last entry for the word “horns”H7162 is found in Daniel 7:24 where we learn of the saints’ victory over the powers and principalities against which we wrestle in our heavens our entire lives, concluding in the reward spoken of for the overcomers in Daniel 7:27, “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him“, a truth that is mirrored in Revelation 11:15, “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

Dan 7:24  And the ten hornsH7162 out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 
Dan 7:25  And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 
Dan 7:26  But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Dan 7:27  And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

This instrument is found only in Daniel in the KJV. It, along with others, was used by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar to signal when those he ruled over were to worship a huge golden statue made in his likeness. The mashroqiy may have been the Chaldean name for a flute with two reeds. Tyndale’s Dictionary and the ISBE believe it was similar to a Pan pipe.

These are all the verses where the Strong’s number for Mashroqiy, which means flute, is used: (Dan 3:5, Dan 3:7, Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15), and they are all found in the same context of idol worship regarding Nebuchadnezzar. The cornet and the flute were being played together, and in that sense the combination of sounds represents the idolatrous relationship any of us takes on when we join ourselves to the traditions of men (Mar 7:7). So the flute and cornet in this instance are both being used in a negative and joint capacity (Rom 6:16).

Mar 7:7  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 

Rom 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

The complex sounds and harmonies these many instruments spoken of in Daniel 3:5 produce, remind us that the pleasures of sin for a season are just that, pleasures for a season that will pass away (Heb 11:25-26), “but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever” (1Jn 2:17).

Dan 3:5  That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

Heb 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 
Heb 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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