The cross—we all were there

This is a difficult matter to understand. Strictly speaking, God cannot die in His divinity. Actually, we humans, saved or unsaved do not fully die. Our body dies but our soul and spirit continue to live. Verse 1 still says, God there upon it died. Perhaps the one who changed verse 4 missed the line in verse 1. I would rewrite these two lines as follows:

V. 1: The Son of Man there died

V. 4: Twas there God passed through death in man

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Lord, we praise You for Your incarnation, human living, death, resurrection and ascension! Through Your wonderful process You now indwell us! Hallelujah!

I feel verse 4 line 1 should be revised back to .. God died in man.. consistent with the truth and rest of V4. Paul tells us such in Acts 20:28, that God acquired the church through shedding his own blood. Please see also E296 verse 2 from Charles Wesley.. he was bold to write, the Immortal dies.. John 12:24 also makes this "death first to release life " concept clear.

“Two arms extended strong

Hold those who there belong”

Sounds like an embrace. Lord, keep holding us to the cross in your loving embrace! What a peaceful place!

What a marvelous reminder that God is, and we are not!

Verse 4 originally began with, twas there God died in man. However since God can't die it is not doctrinally correct to say this. I like to sing it, Twas there God passed through death in man etc. One needs to sing the words more quickly but it works. Hallelujah for the cross, the greatest event in human history!

God died in man to be released, and man died in God to be terminated. (LS of Ezek, pp. 243-244). First line of verse 4 should read "'Tis there God died in man" which rhymes with 2nd line. In the hymnal it may be written the other way; if so it is a typo.