[Intro — distant female voice] The Jew first... and also to the Greek. [Long Dark Instrumental] [Verse 1 — Esther] A daughter hidden in a foreign throne, among the nations, yet not their own. The sentence written. The day was set. A people marked for death— but God was not finished yet. She put the royal apparel on. She entered where death stood guard. “If I perish, I perish.” A woman walked before the king— for her people. [Pre-Chorus] Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? [Chorus — male, regal] The elect lady! Walking in truth! Not by her strength. Not by her name. She bows before the King of kings! The elect lady! The truth remains! First to the Jew— then to the nations! Jesus is the Lord! [Long Instrumental — darker] [Verse 2] Then from the uttermost parts of the earth another queen came seeking wisdom. She heard of Solomon. She crossed the distance. She came with questions hard upon her heart. She saw the wisdom. She heard the king. There was no more spirit in her. But centuries later another King stood up— and spoke her name. [Music stops] “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it.” [Silence] “For she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold— A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE.” [Huge Instrumental Drop] [Chorus] The elect lady! Walking in truth! Not by her strength. Not by her name. She bows before the King of kings! The elect lady! The truth remains! First to the Jew— then to the nations! Jesus is the Lord! [Bridge — ominous female spoken voice] Esther stood for her people. The queen of the south shall stand in the judgment. One stood before a king. One shall rise before a generation. But neither woman is the King. [Silence] There is a greater than Solomon here. [Build] There is a greater than Esther's king here. There is a greater throne. There is a greater Name. [Male — increasingly powerful] “And now I beseech thee, lady... not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.” [Instrumental] [Final Chorus — enormous] THE ELECT LADY! WALK IN TRUTH! “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.” THE ELECT LADY! WATCH YOURSELVES! FIRST TO THE JEW! AND ALSO TO THE GREEK! THE QUEEN SHALL RISE! THE TRUTH SHALL STAND! A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE! [Everything stops] [Outro — female whisper] “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God.” [Pause] “He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” [Long silence] Jesus is the Lord.
