In Just a Few Words

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Ju Hyung Kim

In Just a Few Words

by Daniel Swanson

There once was a God named Jehovah Who, before He created Moldova Said "Let there be light!" And split day from night As was spoken of old in the Torah

In just a few words the whole Earth Was shaped, formed, and filled - given birth From dust He made Man As part of a plan To fill the whole world with His mirth

Then God said to them "I will rest You two carry on, make Good Best" But all was not well For an angel then fell From Grace and put Man to the test

'Tisn't love if you cannot undo And God spoke again, for he knew "Ok here's the deal So love can be real I'll make something for me but not you"

The angel came then as a snake And sought Eve a sinner to make "Did God really say That on this very day You will die if the fruit you now take?"

Alas they believed all his lies And found there are two ways one dies One's body may fail But that horror pales When out of God's friendship one flies

But still as we ran from His face, He refused to relinquish His Grace He came up with a plan To save every man And after our souls did give chase

In the fullness of time He did come He became one of us, dwelt among In the wreck of our world A flag He unfurled Of the Kingdom beyond that he hailed from

But the prince of this world did rebell And all of the forces of Hell Were very incensed And all fought against This Jesus Immanuel

All rulers against him they turned Who old animosities spurned Betrayal was bought And Jesus was caught God can die is what we then learned

But as He hung upon that tree He fought against the Enemy Those sin enslavèd From death He savèd For His defeat was victory!

And He did not in death abide He rose again, now glorified His new church to build That’s now being filled With those who are to be His bride

He sent us all out ‘cross the earth To offer mankind second birth And now we all follow Our king every morrow To reestablish heav’n's mirth

And when completed is His plan When time has reached its proper span Him we will see And great it will be: The wedding feast of God and Man

From the peoples of Earth He chose Abram And gave to his children a good land Within Canaan to live So as through them to give Grace to every last Bob, Sue, and Sam

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