WORSHIP: WHAT IS IT REALLY?
The very first time the word worship appears in the entire Bible is in Genesis 22: 5 and the circumstance surrounding its premier appearance is when Abraham was enroute ‘slaughtering’ Isaac in obedience to God’s demand.
The Bible says thus, ‘And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and WORSHIP, and we will come back to you."’ (Genesis 22:5, NKJV, emphasis added)
By ‘going yonder’ to ‘worship’, only Abraham and God knew Isaac’s fate based on God’s prior demand.
Now, the word WORSHIP is a very interesting word because it means different things to different people. So, we will do well to dig a little deeper on the meaning of this word in subsequent wrietups so as to have a biblical understanding of it.