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The Promises of the Covenant - Full Song

April 21, 2024 at 12:38 PMv3

As cloudless night falls in the desert Abraham looks at the glory of the starry sky Feeling the weight of his earthen vessel Already filling of the years gone by Remnants of light from the fiery stars above Reach down as rays form their crown The diadem of illumination carries its soft glow To the great grainy multitude below A fistful of sand, earthly tokens of the promise Slowly running down from his hand Like an hourglass of his remaining years Hope from above becoming one with his fears Lying in the sand of the promised land Thinking of the puzzling covenant once more No doubt its maker has been trustworthy before The promise is as its giver Present when unseen and truly unbroken Yet in his soul he senses a shiver A feeling of doubt still left unspoken He now finds himself inwardly debating Oh, how long have been the years of waiting Abiding is the memory of the night In the vividness of its haunting sense of fright Animals split in half and left to lie The Lord moving between them in darkness as light A known ceremonial symbol of death in sight Yet the thought blocks breath and shocks the eye A covenant as unbreakable as its father Surely, the Ever-truthful One can't lie The Living, Immortal One would rather Lay down his own glorious life and die The waters of time passed But before passing on with their stream He got to see the beginnings of his dream Of promises coming to fruition Saving the most precious inheritance Left for every coming generation A promised blessing of the coming deliverance As the stream of time consumed earth's basin Finally the child of promise was found The one to whom the covenant was bound Not one to pass forward in generation The torch of the coming blessing The Lord's promise and his reputation Seemed tied to his life progressing In wisdom and stature did he grow No sin's blemish did he ever know Yet came to pass a sight so fateful A dying remnant of one faithful The great shepherd struck down Was there no righteous heir left now For the long-promised crown? They had yet to see the meaning from the image The rule of the true servant-king's lineage When others were scattered or defiant But the one of power made perfect in weakness His shoulders carried the weight of covenant Bringing forth the pain of grace in meekness The death of the promise in strife was seeming Yet the one laid down in shame now did in victory stand Eyes finally opened to the words' truest meaning "God will provide himself a lamb" [outro]

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