(Verse 1: Male Tenor)
The ancient ink was dry upon the scroll
A thousand years of longing in the soul
From Micah’s pen to David’s royal line
We waited for the breakthrough of the Divine.
Not in a palace built by human hands
But in the dust of these forgotten lands
The Prophecy stepped out of time and space
To look upon His mother’s weary face.
(Verse 2: Female Alto)
He fell asleep to sounds of lowing kine
The Architect of all, now infant and confined.
He learned to walk upon the earth He made
Within the quiet of a carpenter’s trade.
A common man with calloused, healing hands
He walked the shores and trod the desert sands
He felt our hunger and He knew our grief
The Great High Priest who brings the heart relief.
(Chorus: Duet - Harmony)
Oh, see the wonder, see the sovereign plan
The God of Glory becomes the Son of Man.
He came to live the life we couldn't live
He came to give the life only He could give.
From the manger’s wood to the rugged tree
He built the bridge for all eternity.
Our Hope has come, our Reason and our Song
The Savior we have waited for so long.
(Verse 3: Duet - Tenor leads, Alto shadows) (Tenor)
Every shadow of the law was swept away
(Alto) By the Light that dawned upon that holy day.
(Tenor) He fulfilled the types, the lamb, the sacred veil
(Alto) The only Promise that would never fail.
(Both) He took our tattered rags and gave us robes of white
He turned our deepest dark to everlasting light.
(Bridge: Duet - Building in intensity)
And now we look beyond the earthly veil
To where the joys of Heaven won't grow stale.
Because He came, we know where we are bound
To stand one day upon that holy ground.
Death is a shadow, the grave has lost its sting
Because the Babe of Bethlehem is King!
He is our Way, our Truth, our Life, our Home
Until He calls His ransomed children home.
(Chorus: Duet - Powerfully)
Oh, see the wonder, see the sovereign plan
The God of Glory becomes the Son of Man.
He came to live the life we couldn't live
He came to give the life only He could give.
From the manger’s wood to the rugged tree
He built the bridge for all eternity.
Our Hope has come, our Reason and our Song
The Savior we have waited for so long.
(Outro: Female Alto then Male Tenor)
(Alto)
A common man...
(Tenor)
An uncommon love.
(Both) One with the Father...
(Both) One with us.
(Alto) Amen.
(Tenor) Amen.