** **The word 'kithara' harp, or 'kitharodos' harpist, appears six times in the NT. This is one instrument that will be in Heaven. One reference is Rev 15:2:
And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps (kithara) given them by God and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:
"Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
Some of the other references are:
1 Corinthians 14:7 If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the
harp, do not give distinct notes, how will any one know what is played?Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a
harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints;Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their
harps,
** Picture Credit: The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 3, p 476, plate 92, Abington Press.
Created 9/14/97, Last Revised 08/31/01