NEW SONG: “Song of Moses and the Lamb”

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Behind the lyrics

Hello, I’m Br. Ted. I wanted to give an introduction to the “Song of Moses and the Lamb.” This song originated from my reflection on Revelation 15, which shows up in the Liturgy of the Hours (the prayer of the Church) and it says this:

Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.
Who will not fear you Lord, or glorify your name?
For you alone are Holy.
All nations will come and worship before you.
For your righteous acts had been revealed.

And Revelation 15:3 says:

This is the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.

This led me to reflect on the song of Moses, which in Exodus 15 says this:

I will sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant.
Horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
My strength and my courage is the Lord, and he has been my savior.
He is my God, I praise him; the God of my father, I extol him.
The Lord is a warrior, Lord is his name.
Pharaoh’s chariots and army he hurled into the sea.

And these two passages act, in some ways, as the bookends of salvation history; from the beginning, God freeing his people from pharaoh’s bondage and leading them through the Red Sea, and at the end, when Jesus will come again in glory.

We are somewhere in the midst of this story of salvation history and we enter into that, and in the same way, we can know God’s victory. We can know God’s victory for salvation in our own life. This song is a reminder that we can rely on God’s strength for this salvation.

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Song lyrics

Refrain:

The Lord is a warrior.

Lord is His name!

Glorious in triumph;

Let us sing to Him.

The Lord will reign forever.

Mighty and wonderful are your works,

Lord, Almighty God!

Righteous and true are all your ways,

King of the nations!

Refrain

You alone are the Holy One;

To you all nations will come.

Your righteous deed are clearly seen:

Worship is due your name.

Refrain

For who would refuse you honor O Lord?

For it is due your name.

Refrain

He will reign forever. Amen!