{"id":3750,"date":"2022-01-21T21:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T21:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoenix.ampsmagazine.com\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2022-01-22T18:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:57:14","slug":"in-honor-of-black-history-we-celebrate-young-adult-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenix.ampsmagazine.com\/?p=3750","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Black History \u2013 We Celebrate Young Adult Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Old Testament” figures & their significance in Christian Music\/Hymns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By NAU Student, A’Shayla Anderson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Testament figures were significant in Christian Music for a few reasons: 1. The New Testament wasn\u2019t often as available to read by Black people and 2. Jesus and a lot of the figures from the New Testament were all associated with freedom and liberation.  Even after enslaved people were freed, some whites wanted to keep blacks enslaved mentally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, stories of escaping to freedom were present in the Old Testament.  In the book of Exodus, Moses, with the help of the Lord, is able to free his people from slavery in Egypt. This story is the basis for the song \u201cGo Down, Moses.\u201d The second verse sets up the story, saying the Israelites were \u201cOppressed so hard they could not stand\u201d. The second to last verse says, \u201cThe Lord told Moses what to do \/ Let my people go,\u201d which also illustrates Black people\u2019s reliance on God to lead them out of slavery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moses was not the only person God delivered from tough times, though. \u201cDidn\u2019t My Lord Deliver Daniel?\u201d discusses more examples of God showing up for His people when they need Him.  Jonah was delivered from the stomach of a large fish, while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (the Hebrew children) were delivered from a fiery furnace. Daniel, the namesake for the song, was delivered from a lion\u2019s den. Though some white people tried to suppress the freed mindset of Black people, they did not succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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