Sunday, March 28, 2010

Exult Today, Jerusalem!

This text was written to the glory of God for the 25th anniversary of Glory of Christ Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minnesota, celebrating the occasion today, Palm Sunday, 2010.  The text is set to ZEHNDER, a new tune by Scott Hyslop.


1.   Exult today, Jerusalem!
     God comes to set you free!
     This royal son of Bethlehem   
     Fulfills all prophecy.
     This greater Jonah of renown
     God’s love and pow’r displays;
     He comes to tear God’s temple down
     And raise it in three days!
                                   
2.  With joy, the city resonates!
     O Zion’s daughter, sing!
     Lift up your heads, you mighty gates,
     And greet your coming King!
     He rides no horse with prancing strides,
     As kings before Him came,
     But on a donkey humbly rides,
     His office to proclaim:

3.   The Christ! A Prophet greater than  
     That giver of the Law;     
     A Priest, not born from Levi’s clan,
     But born without sin’s flaw;                 
     A King, one like that priestly king,
     Melchizedek of old,
     For Christ, as thorn-crowned King will bring
     God’s righteousness foretold.

4.  Christ’s glory is not seen by those
     Offended by the cross,
     For worldly wisdom never knows 
     How gain could come from loss;
     Yet, this the glory of the Christ:
     To claim our cross as throne—
     His perfect life He sacrificed
     That we might be His own!

5.  So wave your palms and fill the air
     With shouts of joy this day,
     The King of glory comes to bear
     Your sin and death away!
     Hosanna, Lord! Your people save!
     O come, Emmanuel,
     And by Your cross and shattered grave,
     Tear down the gates of hell!

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