GETHSEMANE
TWELVE DISCIPLES DESERTED HIM AND FLED
TWELVE LEGIONS OF ANGELS STOOD BY
HEAVEN’S ATTENTION ON THE CHRIST
TEARS FELL THROUGH THE LIGHT OF GLORY
AS GOD SILENTLY WATCHED HIS SON
THE GREAT I AM
LED LIKE A LAMB
HIS FACE LIKE FLINT TOWARD CALVARY
POWER GIVEN FROM ABOVE
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TO DIE
THAT WHOSOEVER WOULD BELIEVE IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
CALVARY, WHEN CHRIST
LEFT ETERNITY
CALVARY, WHEN CHRIST LEFT ETERNITY
TOOK ON THE YOKE
THE LIKENESS OF HUMANITY
WHO BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD
DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY
SOMETHING TO BE GRASPED
BUT HUMBLED HIMSELF
EVEN TO DEATH ON A CROSS
WHO BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD
DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY
SOMETHING TO BE GRASPED
BUT HUMBLED HIMSELF
EVEN TO DEATH ON A CROSS
HE OFFERED HIS BACK
HE OFFERED HIS BACK TO THOSE WHO BEAT HIM
TO THOSE WHO PULLED OUT HIS BEARD
HE OFFERED HIS CHEEK
FROM MOCKING AND SPITTING
HE HID NOT HIS FACE
LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
SILENT AND MEEK
NOT FEARING DISGRACE
FOR THE SPIRIT OF GRACE
DESCENDED TO HELP HIM
HE SENT HIS FACE LIKE FLINT
KNOWING HE WOULD NOT BE PUT TO SHAME
WHO WOULD CONDEMN HIM?
LET HIS ACCUSER CONFRONT HIM
THEY WOULD ALL WEAR OUT
FOR THE SOVEREIGN LORD CAME
TO VINDICATE HIM
HIS LIFE TO BE POURED OUT
A GUILT OFFERING FOR SIN
NOT FEARING DISGRACE
FOR THE SPIRIT OF GRACE
DESCENDED TO HELP HIM
HE SENT HIS FACE LIKE FLINT
KNOWING HE WOULD NOT BE PUT TO SHAME
WHO WOULD CONDEMN HIM?
LET HIS ACCUSER CONFRONT HIM
THEY WOULD ALL WEAR OUT
FOR THE SOVEREIGN LORD CAME
TO VINDICATE HIM
HIS LIFE TO BE POURED OUT
A GUILT OFFERING FOR SIN
THE CROSS, THE CROWN OF THORNS
THE CROSS, THE CROWN OF THORNS
THE WRITTEN CHARGE ABOVE HIS HEAD
HIS APPEARANCE SO DISFIGURED
BEYOND THAT OF ANY MAN
FLOGGED, MOCKED, STRUCK, SPAT ON
INSULTED, OPPRESSED
HIS FORM MARRED BEYOND HUMAN LIKENESS
DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MEN
THE LOVE IN HIS EYES
AS HE LOOKED TO THE SKIES
AND SAID, ‘FATHER, FORGIVE THEM’
THE DEMONIC WORLD TOWERED
FROM THE SIXTH HOUR THE SUN STOPPED SHINING
THE WHOLE LAND BECAME SHADOWED WITH DEATH
AS UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT BECAME THE BLACKEST SOUL
LIKE A SERPENT ON A POLE
A PROPHETIC SHADOW IN A DESERT LAND
ATOP A HILL IN DARKEST SPACE
GOD INCARNATE UPON A TREE
FOR THREE OMINOUS HOURS
THE DEMONIC WORLD TOWERED
A BATTLE FOR THEIR VICTORY
THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD TO DIE
GOD'S HOPE FOR ALL HUMANITY
WHEN SUDDENLY AT THE NINTH HOUR
JESUS GAVE A LOUD CRY
'MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?'
PARTED BY THE SIN OF THE WORLD AS HE PAID
HE WHO KNEW NO SIN BECAME SIN FOR ME
HE REMEMBERED ME
AS HEAVEN'S BELOVED LAMB
CHARRED BLACK AND TWISTED
LIKE A SNAKE UPLIFTED
HUNG IN DARKEST SPACE
LIKE AN EAGLE'S CLAW IN GOD'S FACE
HE REMEMBERED ME
AND TURNING THE LIGHT OF HIS FACE TOWARDS ME
A TEARDROP SLID THROUGH THE LIGHT OF GLORY
LIKE A SNAKE UPLIFTED
HUNG IN DARKEST SPACE
LIKE AN EAGLE'S CLAW IN GOD'S FACE
HE REMEMBERED ME
AND TURNING THE LIGHT OF HIS FACE TOWARDS ME
A TEARDROP SLID THROUGH THE LIGHT OF GLORY
DOWN THE SIDE OF GOD’S FACE
AS GOD SMILED AT ME THROUGH AMAZING GRACE
MY SINS PAID FOR ETERNITY
OUT OF DARKNESS
MARVELOUS LIGHT CAME IN
THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN
AS GOD SMILED AT ME THROUGH AMAZING GRACE
MY SINS PAID FOR ETERNITY
OUT OF DARKNESS
MARVELOUS LIGHT CAME IN
THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN
AS HIS SON HUNG IN DARKEST SPACE
SUSPENDED BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THE WORD MADE FLESH
DRIPPED AT CALVARY
SUSPENDED BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THE WORD MADE FLESH
DRIPPED AT CALVARY
WAR IN HEAVEN
AND THERE WAS WAR IN
HEAVEN
MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT
AGAINST THE DRAGON
THAT ANCIENT SERPENT CALLED THE DEVIL
OR SATAN
WHO LEADS THE WORLD ASTRAY
THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT
BACK
BUT THEY LOST THEIR PLACE
AT THE DARKEST HOUR OF
CALVARY
AS JESUS HUNG UPON THAT TREE
THE ANGELS OF GOD
DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES
THEY OVERCOME SATAN
BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
AND THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY
SATAN FELL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM
HEAVEN
THE GREAT DRAGON WAS HURLED DOWN
HE WAS HURLED TO THE EARTH
AND HIS ANGELS WITH HIM
THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WAS DRIVEN OUT
THE POWERS OF DARKNESS LOST
A OPEN SHOW WAS MADE OF THEM
TRIUMPHING OVER THEM AT THE CROSS
AND JESUS, LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH
DREW ALL MEN UNTO HIM
THEN I HEARD A LOUD VOICE IN HEAVEN
SAY:
‘NOW HAVE COME THE SALVATION
AND THE POWER
AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD
AND THE AUTHORITY OF HIS CHRIST
FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN
WHO ACCUSES THEM BEFORE GOD DAY AND
NIGHT
HAS BEEN HURLED DOWN’
KNOWING ALL WAS NOW COMPLETED
JESUS SAID ‘IT IS FINISHED’
WITH A LOUD CRY JESUS BREATHED HIS
LAST:
'FATHER INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY
SPIRIT’
AT THAT MOMENT THE TEMPLE
CURTAIN TORE APART
THE EARTH QUAKED, THE ROCKS SPLIT
APART
TERRIFIED, A CENTURION CRIED
‘SURELY HE WAS THE SON OF GOD’
THE GATES OF HELL PLUNDERED
THE EARTH THUNDERED
AND GRAVES SPLIT OPEN
THE GATES OF HELL WERE PLUNDERED
AS THE SECOND ADAM FACED THE DEVIL SATAN
THAT ANCIENT SERPENT WHO LED MANKIND ASTRAY
THE PERFECT MAN WHO KNEW NO SIN
WHO SAW SATAN FALL
LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN
WHO TRIUMPHED OVER HIM
AT THE PLACE OF THE SKULL
AND DREW ALL MEN UNTO HIM
SMOTE THE DEVIL ON HIS OWN HOMEGROUND
DEFEATED HIM IN THE GRAVE
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
ON THE THIRD DAY JESUS ROSE AGAIN
BY THE WORKING OF GOD’S MIGHTY STRENGTH
WHICH HE EXERTED IN CHRIST
WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE GRAVE
IN RESURRECTION LIFE
AS ANGELS IN WHITE ROLLED THE STONE AWAY
HE WALKED OUT FROM THE TOMB THAT DAY
THE PRICE FULLY PAID
IT'S THE WORD MADE FLESH
IT’S THE WORD MADE FLESH
WHO PAID FOR MY LIFE
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
THE SON OF GOD
SO GREAT THE SACRIFICE
IT’S THE BLOOD OF THE GREAT I AM
IT’S THE BLOOD OF THE GREAT I AM
THAT PAID THE PRICE
THE FATHER ABOVE
WHO IN THE GREATEST LOVE
GAVE HIS BELOVED SON TO DIE
LAYING ASIDE HIS DIVINITY
SPOTLESS PURITY DIED FOR ME
THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
THE BREAD AND THE WINE
WHO LOVED ME AS HIS LIFE
AND LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR MINE
A COVENANT OF LOVE
IN COVENANT OF BLOOD
KEPT BY THE FATHER ABOVE
KEPT BY THE SON OF HIS LOVE
HE WENT TO OFFER UP HIS
OWN BLOOD
HE WENT TO OFFER UP HIS OWN BLOOD
BEFORE THE ALTAR OF GOD
INTO THE TRUE TABERNACLE
NOT SET UP BY MAN
BUT INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT I
AM
TO APPEAR BEFORE GOD ON MY BEHALF
NOT BY THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES
BUT BY HIS OWN BLOOD SHED FOR ME
A PLEASING SACRIFICE
ONCE FOR ALL ETERNITY
BEFORE THE THRONE
IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE
SEVEN LAMPS BLAZE
SMOKE OF THE ANOINTING WAFTED UP
SWIRLING THE PRESENCE OF THE MOST
HIGH GOD
AS JESUS KNELT BEFORE THE GREAT I AM
THE CHERUBIM OF THE GLORY
OVERSHADOWING THE ATONEMENT COVER
STRETCHED THEIR WINGS TIGHT
FACE DOWN WORSHIPPING
WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT
AS HE OFFERED UP
THE GREATEST SACRIFICE
HIS VERY OWN BLOOD
LIKE PERFUME POURED OUT
THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST
THIS FREE GIFT DIVINE
THE PRICE PAID ONCE FOR ALL
REDEEMING US FROM THE FALL
THIS FREE GIFT DIVINE
IS YOURS AND MINE
FOR ALL ETERNITY
FOR THE WORD IS NEAR ME
IT IS IN MY MOUTH AND IN MY HEART
THAT IS, THE WORD OF FAITH
THAT IF I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH
AND I BELIEVE IN MY HEART
THAT GOD RAISED
JESUS FROM THE DEAD
I WILL BE SAVED
FOR IT IS WITH MY HEART THAT I
BELIEVE
AND AM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
AND IT IS WITH MY MOUTH THAT I
CONFESS
AND AM SAVED
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
ANYONE WHO TRUSTS IN HIM
WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME
FOR EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME
OF THE LORD JESUS WILL BE SAVED
HE REIGNS SUPREME
CALVARY, WHEN CHRIST LEFT ETERNITY
TOOK ON THE YOKE
THE LIKENESS OF HUMANITY
WHO BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD
DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY
SOMETHING TO BE GRASPED
BUT HUMBLED HIMSELF
EVEN TO DEATH ON A CROSS
WHO FOR THE JOY SET BEFORE HIM
ENDURED THE CROSS
SCORNING ITS SHAME
THEREFORE GOD HAS EXALTED HIM TO THE
HIGHEST PLACE
GIVEN HIM THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES
THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS
EVERY KNEE MUST BOW
IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND UNDER THE
EARTH
AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT HE IS
LORD
TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER
HAVING PROVIDED PURIFICATION FOR
SINS
HE SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND
OF HIS MAJESTY ON HIGH
ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
GIVEN UNTO HIM
GIVEN UNTO HIM
SWORN AS THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST
FOREVER IN THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOUR
ALL THINGS TO BE PUT UNDER HIS FEET
HEAD OF THE CHURCH
WHICH IS HIS BODY
THE FIRST AND THE LAST
THE LIVING ONE
WHO WAS DEAD
AND BEHOLD IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE
HE HOLDS THE KEYS
OF DEATH AND HADES
AT THE NAME OF JESUS
EVERY DEMON FLEES
THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
WHO LEADS HIS ARMY TO VICTORY
THE LAMB OF GOD THAT DIED FOR ME
IS THE SAME GOD THAT THUNDERED
'LIGHT BE'
MAKER OF HUMANITY
TO GOD’S GREAT GLORY
HE REIGNS ETERNALLY
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