JERUSALEM - Jerusalem Awake

Songs created from Bible Studies

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JERUSALEM – Jerusalem Awake by Bro H

Jebus was the ancient fortress David captured for the throne; There he brought the ark with gladness; Yahweh placed His holy Name. Tribes went up to keep the feasts; the house and priesthood stood; Thrones of judgment ruled the nation when the city walked in good. King and temple, law and worship met within her ancient wall; She could bear the nation’s glory; she could show the nation’s fall. When justice lodged within her gates, the faithful city stood; When rulers filled her streets with blood, her stones could do no good. [Verse 2] Yahweh found her as an infant, cast away and left to die; He commanded her to live and raised her kingdom strong and high. He washed and clothed and crowned her; through the nations went her fame, But she trusted in her beauty and profaned her Husband’s Name. She spent His gold on idols and gave children to the flame, Courted lovers, trusted riches, and forgot from Whom they came. “Cause Jerusalem to know each abomination done”; Greater light brought greater judgment when she spurned the Holy One. [Verse 3] “I will cast off this Jerusalem, the city I once chose”; Ground once holy gave no shelter when rebellion overflowed. Jesus wept above the city: “Your house is left to you desolate” The rulers cast Him out to suffer there beyond the gate. Roman armies compassed round her; not one stone was left in place. True Worship is in Spirit and truth, not secured by sacred space. Jerusalem which now is, with her children, still is bound; But Jerusalem above is free, where covenant sons are found. [Chorus] Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem! Shake off the dust, arise and take your seat; Loose from your neck the bands of captivity. The city bore the order; the people bear the name; Jerusalem, arise beneath your King! His law shall go from Zion, His Word from Jerusalem; The scattered house shall know their God again. [Verse 4] Zion may be called of God while bound in Babylon’s chain; Jerusalem must wake, repent, be cleansed and ruled again. Through Saxon, German, Celtic fields, through Scandinavia’s north, Through European daughter lands the scattered house came forth. America, at Christian height, became a mighty pattern shown: Scripture filled her towns and schools; fields and flocks stood round each home. Men and cattle fill her towns; His glory dwells in the midst of them; Yahweh is her wall of fire and shall choose Jerusalem again. [Bridge] Babylon, the harlot city, trades in bodies, souls, and gold; Come out of her, My people! Debt and empire, false religion, cannot build the age foretold. [Background] Her judgment now is coming! First the counterfeit must perish; then the righteous rule appears. He removes the dross from silver and restores the judges as at first. [Verse 5] Then the angel took the measure; God had ordered and defined Not an endless mass of peoples, but a nation set in line. Twelve gates bore Israel’s tribal names, three facing every side; Twelve foundations named the Lamb’s apostles—then he showed the Bride. Living stones in priestly order, purest gold beneath their feet; Every gate a single pearl, the measured city made complete. From the throne the crystal river feeds the healing Tree of Life; Kings and nations walk in her light; but the city is restored Israelites. [Final Chorus] Arise and shine, Jerusalem—your Light has come! The glory of Yahweh rises upon you! His tabernacle is with men; He dwells among His own again. No temple stands within the city— God and the Lamb supply her light. No death, no curse, no grief remaining; No darkness and no endless night. [Outro] The old city gave the pattern; The covenant people bore the name. The latter-day kingdom gathered them; The King removed their shame. From city into people, From captivity into light: Jerusalem awakened— To reign with Jesus Christ.