Saturday, October 2, 2010

It Makes My Heart Wonder

This Christmas hymn expresses our awe at the miracle of Jesus' incarnation.  It contains allusions to Him as the embodiment of the ladder in Jacob's dream (Gen. 28:12, John 1:51) and as the second Adam, whose righteousness is imputed to all mankind (Rom. 5). The exhortation in the last verse is drawn from Psalm 47:1-2.

To listen to the melody, click here.  


It makes my heart wonder, it makes my heart sing;
The Lord of all glory has come here to bring
His gifts and His blessings, His kindness and love,
To be our dear Brother from heaven above.

Conceived by the Spirit through God’s loving plan,
His strength and our weakness in one perfect man,
His little hands, holding all power divine
Reach out in compassion to your ills and mine.

Just like Jacob’s ladder, He bridges the span
Between earth and heaven, between God and man;
He takes on our flesh with its weakness and pain
To give us God’s heaven and cause us to reign.

He comes, our new Adam, God’s Image unstained,
As man was in Eden this Child is again.
His life, pure and holy, will cover our shame;
His blood, precious price, will atone for our blame.

Stand up, clap your hands, all God’s people, with joy,
And shout out in triumph the birth of this Boy:
“The Lord High, Most Awesome, the King of the earth,
Has come as our Savior!”  How happy His birth!

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