Clapping hands is performance in a
Theater. Saying Amen is worship in a church
---Should we clap hands in church? ---Latino congregations in South America
says no. ---And I think they are right. ---Why? ---Because there are only a handful verses
in the Bible about clapping hands: Job 27:23; Psalm 47:1; Psalm 98:8;
Isaiah 55:12; Lamentations 2:15; Nahum 3:19. ---Two verses dealt with clapped of hands
and they are 2 Kings 11:12 and Ezechiel 25:6. ---One further verse dealt with clapping
of hands and that is Job 34:37. There are no New Testament examples for
clapping hands. ---Sorry. ---Why is the Bible quiet about clapping
hands? ---Because clapping hands is not to congratulate
the winners but to mock the defeat! ---What does that mean? ---Because the wicked are destroyed the
surprise action of this is the clapping of hands. ---Years ago I went on Pan-Am from London
to JFK in the USA. It was just after the bombing of Pan-Am over Scotland. ---No one was in the plane except me and
maybe 20 Latin Americans. ---I could sit or sleep anywhere. I did.
Over three seats. ---I could eat as much as I want. ---But then when the plane touch down on
JFK and we were on earth again, all the Latinos clapped hands. ---Death was defeated and they clapped
hands for safety and defeat of death. ---Do you get the picture? ---Here is the rule: clapping hands is
performance in a theater. Saying Amen is worship in a church. ---Got it?