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Isaiah 38:20 "The Lord will save me, and we will sing to stringed instruments all the days of our life at the house of the Lord."

 

I love how prevalent music is in the Bible, and how it is used to show great emotion, especially joy. Music has always been an emotional support to me, it is a huge part of my life. The idea that heaven will be big on music really appeals to me! Of course, if singing to stringed instruments all the days of your life is not your thing, whatever your thing is will be good there too! 

 

In fact, the use of musical and other imagery to describe heaven is symbolic, it's a stand in for things we can't possibly understand. "All the scriptural imagery (harps, crowns, gold, etc.) is, of course, a merely symbolical attempt to express the inexpressible. Musical instruments are mentioned because for many people (not all) music is the thing known in the present life which most strongly suggests ecstasy and infinity. Crowns are mentioned to suggest the fact that those who are united with God in eternity share His splendour and power and joy. Gold is mentioned to suggest the timelessness of Heaven (gold does not rust) and the preciousness of it. People who take these symbols literally might as well think that when Christ told us to be like doves, He meant that we were to lay eggs.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 10

 

I must admit, though, that I like thinking about heaven being music for eternity. If music is symbolic, it's got to be symbolic of something pretty amazing!