The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is now featuring a new worship-based exhibition. According to CBN News, the exhibit is called "All Creation Sings" and is inspired by Psalm 148, which declares, "Let them praise the name of the Lord!". Attendees are treated to a 45-minute experience asking the question: what is worship?
"When somebody says worship to me, my mind immediately goes to the thing that we do at church on Sundays before the pastor gets up and gives the sermon. That's worship, and indeed, that is worship. But as the Bible talks about worship, it's so much more than that. So the story is the story of the Bible, and it's taking you from Creation or Genesis all the way to Revelation,” Garrett Hinton, Chief Revenue Officer at the Museum of the Bible, said.
The Museum of the Bible partnered with a group called CREATR to feature some of Christian music's biggest names for this project.
"So you think of people like Jackie Hill Perry, Tasha Cobbs, Brandon Lake, Kari Job, Cody Carnes, Phil Wickham, Brooke Ligertwood, Chris Tomlin. It is the who's who that have come together to create this organization called CREATR, lending their voices to this before you go into the experience, really setting up the experience so that your heart and your mind are prepared to talk about worship and what it is and who deems it worthy," Hinton said.
"All Creation Sings" includes four acts as part of a worship adventure that can only be considered as heavenly.
Mother and daughter Laura and Madison DeMichael from Ohio were both amazed by the experience.
"To see the Word of God come alive in front of me and just to be a part of that cacophony of praise, like they said in the beginning, it is a continual praise that is echoing to our Lord and our Savior, beyond a shadow of a doubt, it was an experience by far," Laura told CBN News.
"Oh, it was incredible. I've never seen anything like it, all the colors, all the sounds,’ Her daughter Madison said.
Matthias Walther, Chief Marketing Officer at the Museum of the Bible, explained that “All Creation Sings” is meant to remind guests of their original purpose as children of God.
"Worship is our purpose. That's what we're created for. So, God created us, and he created our universe. That's where it all starts. And I think to discover this, to see the greatness of our Creation, the greatness of God's design in our existence, it takes you to a humble, really reflective place,” Walther said. And I think that's always a good starting point to kind of find your space in the context of our existence in this world. And I think that's specifically attractive for people who don't have a faith background because it gives them a new North Star to understand, 'So, what on earth am I here for?'"
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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for CrosswalkHeadlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.