The Book

Warnings told of what would happen 

Pride and circumstance prevailed

The glory road, the dreams were dampened

The Cross of Christ with driven nails

 

Before creation, divine decree

An inclination did take place

The wretched choice, idolatry

We were but holy, now, disgraced

 

All foretold, it didn’t matter

Our sin entwined through every pore

Our walk with God, the future shattered 

Destruction at the very core

 

And throughout history, not even one

Could see the light, be seasoned salt

Unraveled glory, came all undone

The curse was us, we brought the fault

 

This God who cares, this God who made

If power be, why evil then

And if Your good, then why dissuade 

Please tell us why and not the when

 

A curse was given, a curse was shown

My plan enacted, Incarnate Son

And throughout time you haven’t grown

Where have you come, what have you done

 

So, tell us then, great Mystery 

What’s happening, when will it end

Our evil soaked in history

What did You do, Whom did You send

 

So many years, don’t understand 

The blood baths and the waisted bones

Then origins, descent of man

We bed the ape, our happy home

 

With all we did, Your covenant 

In grace and mercy, bring us home

But in our folly, irreverent 

We hang on to our earthly thrones

 

Why do You care, why do You love

The Potter made the pot with care

You hear us curse this God above

In stark defiance, in bleak despair 

 

Until the sudden act of grace

My mercy shown upon the cross 

Onto your knees, in saving face

Repent to understand the loss 

 

He hung in pain, He took on sin

Forgive them for they do not know

And then He died and rose to win

To crush death’s grasp, and Satan’s glow 

 

It’s all decreed, it’s all been planned 

Before creation, in My thoughts

That, Incarnation, Christ be man

To destroy enmity and plots 

 

And now that You have risen, Lord

The Lamb of God, Your rightful place

The ransom paid, now can afford 

Believe in You, accept Your grace

 

You are the very Son of God 

The trumpet sound, You’ll come again 

You are the Christ, not Satan’s fraud 

Eternal triumph in the end

 

We need to read, we need to hear

Inspired word of the Paraclete

In every verse, it’s very clear

God’s victory and sin’s defeat