Ezra 3:10

 Ezra 3:10 says, And when the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.  When the foundation of the Temple of the Lord was laid, the priests began to rejoice with trumpets and cymbals.  As I have said before, the people of Israel rejoiced a lot with the use of musical instruments, and even though some Christians today do not want any musical instrument played in church, I believe that God has always expected His people to rejoice with the use of musical instruments.  Some people believe that only certain instruments should be played in church, but we read in the Bible that many different instruments were played, and I believe that it is the attitude of worship when instruments are played and not the instrument itself that is important.  They did this we are told in accordance with the ordinance of David, which I believe God led him to.  Verse eleven adds, And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.  They not only played instruments, but they sang praises to God.  I am a lyric man myself more than a music man, and I like the old hymns, but I also enjoy the new songs if they have a good message in them.  The people shouted to God because the foundation of the Temple was laid.  We today as Christians should shout praises because Jesus Christ Himself is the foundation of the Temple of God.  As stated here, they gave thanks because the Lord is good, and His mercy endures forever. Once we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, His mercy to us endures forever, and that should make us want to shout out the good news.  Verse twelve continues, But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: Many of those who had seen the first temple began to weep loudly because as Matthew Henry says they believed it would be inferior to the original, but also some who had never seen the first temple shouted aloud with joy.  What we today need to celebrate is that Jesus Christ removed the need for a physical temple and His gift of salvation by faith in His sacrifice on the cross is superior to any man-made temple.  As a matter of fact, as Christians our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and this should cause us to continually sing praises to God.  Verse thirteen concludes, So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.  It was hard to tell the noise of weeping from the noise of joy and it was heard afar off. Sometimes, worship may cause us to weep as we remember that Jesus Christ died for us, but it should also lead us to rejoice because He was willing to do so.