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...A short time ago in a blogosphere really, really close by...
Ok, now you've got an earworm! Me too!!! But we'll have to wait just a minute because, you know, the opener and all...
Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes where a variety of music is utilized in a myriad of ways that perhaps you've never thought of! Go ahead, check out the archives and see if it isn't the widest array of musical genres that you've ever experienced. You can find the archives for all 513 of our trepidacious trips into Tuesday's Musical Notesland on the left-hand side of your screen. But watch, out! The Surgeon General warns that reading Tuesday's Musical Notes could be habit-forming. It's like opening a new bag of Doritos...you can't eat just one, but I digress! It's Tuesday and let's get started with the OTHER three most recognizable notes in music (the most recognizable is probably the opening lick to Beethoven's Fifth, but his track didn't make the top Twenty on Billboard!).
It was a movie that began many things. Its music inspired a generation of high school and college bands to reach the standards of the London Symphony, who performed it first. As stated, it has one of the most recognizable introductions in all of music history and solidified the bourgeoning soundtrack market around the world. And as far as movies go...this movie provided a modicum of hope.
"Star Wars (Main Title)" is one of those rare instrumental movie songs that are so incredible and popular that they are produced and released as a single. This single peaked at #10 on Billboard's Hot 100. While this isn't unheard of for instrumental songs, it is a rare thing for a nouveau classical song. The song and its b-side "Cantina Band" were compiled as a disco, mash-up by Meco and charted concurrently with its inspiration charting, going all the way to #1.
Let's face it. The modern movie soundtrack has become the "Classical" music of our day. And there has been no one to surpass the genius that is John Williams. He turned 90 years old this year and continues to compose music that will be our generation's contribution to the classical music realm. Here's a brief featurette on the conductor and composer: "Composer John Williams" - CBS Sunday Morning - September 22, 2019
The subtitle of the first Star Wars film is "A New Hope". As the crawler scrolls, with William's main title providing the background we soon read about a galaxy that is in jeopardy of being ruled by an evil tyrant. But there is hope. As we proceed into the movie, that hope comes in the form of a teenage boy who is very strong in the "force". Luke is a typical teenager working for his uncle in what seems to him to be a dead-end gig. But there is hope. Luke encounters a set of droids who "accidentally" display a message from a princess who proclaims the despair of the situation the galaxy is in. But there is hope...
Seem familiar? It should. This whole storyline reads like the outline for another story that the Notes have been visiting lately...
Our prophet Ezekiel finds himself in familiar territory as he continues to pronounce the future through examples over the next 20 chapters of his book. It seems that there will never be an end to the gloom and doom and then all of a sudden...there is hope. Jerusalem is denounced for its rebellious debauchery and then there is hope in the form of God's grace. The nation is about to be carried off like eagles carrying away their prey and then there is hope in the form of God's restoration and salvation. The surrounding nations are harshly and destructively judged for their treacherous treatment of God's chosen people and then there is hope in the form of Israel serving as priests to the nations.
So many shadows and mirror images in our world today...and there continues to be hope.
You see friend, there is always hope. In mankind, there is always a glimmer of seeing that things will turn out for the best. That's not to say that many trials and sometimes devastation may have to be endured to reach that place of hope, yet it does exist. That hope comes from the continuous promises of God, the One who created you and me. As we have seen time and again in the Bible before Ezekiel, during Ezekiel, and will see in the future pages we will traverse, God is still providing new hope every day.
We are fast approaching a date on which most people in the world celebrate, Easter. The realities of that day are the ultimate expression of hope.
Imagine if you will, an itinerant preacher who had performed miraculous things is brought up on charges of blasphemy. But there is hope... This preacher is then found guilty in an illegal trial and sentenced to be crucified, the vilest and most dehumanizing form of capital punishment ever devised. But there is hope... His executioners, friends, and even some of those He had healed watched as the One whom his followers thought would be a peaceful king died. But there is hope... Those who tended to his corpse had to do so quickly as the time of their most important religious observance, Passover, was approaching within hours. But there is hope... His body was placed in a sealed tomb and was not touched until Passover was complete. But there is hope...
The hope of a few of His followers was manifested in a tomb that no longer was sealed and no longer held His body. The hope of many more of His followers were consolidated as they saw Him, alive and in person. The hope of His most intimate friends was sealed forever as He ministered to them in person and gave them the instructions on which to live the remainder of their lives. The hope of our eternity future was ordained as He ascended to go represent us before God.
So dear friend, as we continue our journey through the great stories of the Bible, we must always view them through the lens of our eternal hope. No, it is not a new hope. It is the most ancient hope that we have ever experienced. The God who created us ensures us that even though we live in a world that is tainted and there seems to be much pain and suffering all around us, there is hope.
That hope comes in the form of God the Son, the man Jesus. If you'd like to know more, please email me at rawacr@gmail.com...
'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
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