Every time I listen to this I feel such peace. It’s like I don’t want it to end. Praise God! His love never ends, and we will one day experience perfect peace and joy because of Jesus.
When Isiah speaks about the One Who Is To Come, I imagine his listeners eagerly waiting for the prophet to speak. Desperately wanting a great king upon a chariot of gold, to reign down upon all those that would oppress the people of God. Beyond the Caesars, Shahs, Pharaohs, and any other king of the world. Their anticipation for greatness. Instead, Isiah speaks those words written down in chapter 53. The listeners are stunned. Shock. Anger? Grumbling must ensue, and then the inevitable exodus away from the prophet. Not hearing the words they wanted to hear. I wonder if I am the same. But thanks be to God, that its His plans and mercies are revealed through His Son. And not my selfish desires for kings, power, and swords. Thank you Jesus for your grace, even for a sinner such as me.
A beautiful melodic lesson of the history of The kings of Israel and foretelling of Christ The servant king and Savior.... not only is The song loaded with information, but it also rhymes and is set to melody. It’s genius really. I would go as far as to say divinely inspired. I love how the melody changes as Isaiah is quoted on how He was rejected, despised, crushed for our iniquities. It brings tears of gratitude.
We've done this song series for our church for the past 4 years every Christmas, and this is by far the hardest song every year. lol That 7/8 section! Gotta love time signature changes in songs ;)
The only thing that I have noticed is in the lines "Hail, King David Shepherd from Bethlehem Set the temple of God In mighty Jerusalem" David was actually not allowed by God to build the temple due to the fact that he participated in so much bloodshed during his life. God did allow him to help prepare for the building of the temple by accumulating wealth and resources, and he also was the king that established the capital in Jerusalem and built his own palace there. So in a way, he did "set the temple" in Jerusalem by beginning the process. But it wasn't until the kingdom of Solomon that the temple was actually constructed. It's still a gorgeous song packed with Biblical truth, deep symbolism, and an observation of the magnificent foreshadowing through history of Christ's coming.
