Friday, October 28, 2011

Another Story In A Song: He Was Heard

Here is another song with a story. In fact it has two stories. The title of the song is 'He Was Heard'. The first story sings of the priest who needs to go about preparing himself for the service of the Lord in the Holy of Holies of God's temple. He has to sacrifice offerings first for himself and then for the community. If he commits a mistake, he may be struck dead and a rope tied to his one leg and pulled out from there. All these in order that he may be heard.

The second story sings of the Great High Priest who lives forever and most qualified to offer himself as the ultimate sacrifice, the once for all sacrifice for all mankind. Indeed he was heard.

Read the lyris of the song below:

He Was Heard by Michael Card

Hebrews 4:14 - 5:10 & 7:11-28

In the days of old the priest would come
With a lifeless sacrifice
While the crowd in anxious silence
Would wait outside

As he entered in his temple
They hoped he would be heard
God would give them a tomorrow
And the priest would stay alive
Their only choice, their only hope
Would he be heard
Their only way they might be saved
Would he be heard

In the fullness of the promise time
The Final Priest did come
And He offered up a living sacrifice

Now we His children wait for Him
With hope and joyful praise
For we know that God has heard Him
For we know that He was raised
He offered cheerful praise and He was heard
He offered up His life and He was heard

Chorus
So let us fix our eyes upon
The priest whom God did hear
For the joy that was before Him
He overcame the fear
Oh, once and all He paid the cost
Enduring all the shame
Taking up the cruel cross
Ignoring all the pain
Repeat Chorus

Lyrics taken from:
http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/michael-card-lyrics/he-was-heard-lyrics.html

Accompanying song, you can click the link below:
http://grooveshark.com/#/search?q=He+Was+Heard

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