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The Bible is a romance
In the most holy sense:
God and His chosen people
In love it so presents.
This Universal Couple
Throughout it is displayed;
God in Christ is the Bridegroom,
His saints, the Bride, portrayed.
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The Bible is a
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romance
In the
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most holy
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sense:
God
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and His chosen
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people
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love it
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so pre
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sents.
This
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Universal
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Couple
Through
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out it
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is
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dis
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played;
God
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in Christ is the
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Bridegroom,
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saints, the
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Bride, por
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trayed.
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Through shadows, types and figures,
God’s deepest thought is known;
As typified by Adam,
The Husband, Christ, is shown.
A rib brought forth from Adam
Reveals the source of life
By which God built a woman:
Eve, as the church, His wife.
Through shadows, types and figures,
God's deepest thought is known;
As typified by Adam,
The Husband, Christ, is shown.
A rib brought forth from Adam
Reveals the source of life
By which God built a woman:
Eve, as the church, His wife.
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Through shadows, types and
Bm
figures,
God's
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deepest thought is
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known;
As
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typified by
Bm
Adam,
The
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Husband,
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Christ, is
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shown.
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rib brought forth from
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Adam
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source
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of
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life
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which God built a
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woman:
Eve,
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as the
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church, His
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wife.
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To be His people’s Husband,
To take them as His wife:
This is what God desires
To live in marriage life.
Their sacrifice and worship
Alone could not content;
But with them to be married
Was God’s foremost intent.
To be His people's Husband,
To take them as His wife:
This is what God desires
To live in marriage life.
Their sacrifice and worship
Alone could not content;
But with them to be married
Was God's foremost intent.
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To be His people's
Bm
Husband,
To take
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them as His
A
wife:
This
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is what God
Bm
desires
To
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live in
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marriage
A
life.
Their
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sacrifice and
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worship
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Alone could
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not
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content;
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with them to be
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married
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God's
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foremost
D-G-D
intent.
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This romance is the finest
As seen in Song of Songs;
For her Beloved’s kisses
His seeking lover longs.
Love’s work in her produces
No person of her own,
But she becomes the City,
Her Person, Christ alone.
This romance is the finest
As seen in Song of Songs;
For her Beloved's kisses
His seeking lover longs.
Love's work in her produces
No person of her own,
But she becomes the City,
Her Person, Christ alone.
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This romance is the
Bm
finest
As seen
Em
in Song of
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Songs;
For
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her Beloved's
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kisses
His
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seeking
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lover
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longs.
Love's
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work in her
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produces
No
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person
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of
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her
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own,
But
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she becomes the
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City,
Her
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Person,
A-A7
Christ
D-G-D
alone.
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Christ is our coming Bridegroom;
We are the Church, His Bride,
Redeemed, regenerated,
The issue of His side,
In source, in life, in nature
And person fully one,
His counterpart forever,
The New Jerusalem.
Christ is our coming Bridegroom;
We are the Church, His Bride,
Redeemed, regenerated,
The issue of His side,
In source, in life, in nature
And person fully one,
His counterpart forever,
The New Jerusalem.
D
Christ is our coming
Bm
Bridegroom;
We are
Em
the Church, His
A
Bride,
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Redeemed,
Bm
regenerated,
The
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issue
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of His
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side,
In
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source, in life, in
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nature
And
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person
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fully
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one,
His
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counterpart
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forever,
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New
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Jerusalem.
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Shreveport, LA, United States
We sang this song in young people gospel meeting and fell in love with Lord and become the lovers of Christ. Very touching.
Deer Park, WA, United States
Oh Lord, when I think of all the ways you show Your love for me, I am awe-struck over and over again! I cannot help myself even to love You as You so deserve. Even that needs to come from You, Oh Mighty God! Teach me Your ways, O Lord, and lead me in Your truth everlasting. I pray in Your precious Son's name. AMEN.
Philippines
We can seek the Lord through His word.
Irvine, CA, United States
Lord Jesus, I LOVE YOU!
This song always brings me to tears and reminds me that I belong to HIM and the church.
Oh how I earnestly desire to be used by Him for Him and His Body. Gain me Lord, strengthen me into my inner man that YOU be magnified in my daily living as I traverse my walk on earth and that I be transformed and conformed in Your very being so that when I see You then I'd be like You in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. Hallelujaaaaaaaaaaaaah...
AMEN!
Ft Worth, TX, United States
I had forgotten that this was the case, as is so easy to do with concepts not of this world. How terrible to forget something so vital for life!! Then I get lost in works, forgetting He actually desires me. Thank God for this reminder.
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
After last night opening word from Ron Kangas in video training, it suddenly reminded me about this song. It reminded me that how much I have been pursuing "the things of Him" rather than "Him, my beloved." In New Jerusalem, in new heaven and new earth, there is no war with His enemy, there is no cross nor burden to bear, no tears to shed because it is His eternal intention that we may be His bride and Him as our bridegroom for His eternal satisfaction.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The Bible is a romance--the gospel I'd like to preach to the whole world my life.