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A Saviour Born

from Winter Visions by Tim Constable

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These lyrics are inspired by my belief in the Biblical teachings that a) Jesus's birth was NOT in the middle of winter, but end of September/early October (e.g. in mid-winter, sheep would have been in barns, not out on hills!) and b) that the Magi visited him when he was about 2 years old (shortly before the flight to Egypt) (e. g. they went to his HOUSE (not a rough barn) - and of course, there may well have been more than three!

PERILOUS TIMES SURROUNDED THE HARVEST
ENEMY KINGS DICTATED THE RULES
WANTING A COUNT OF ALL THE PEOPLE
PUT IT DOWN ON FOREIGN SCROLLS

A MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY CHILD
IN A STABLE, SMELLY AND ROUGH
A PRECIOUS KING ARRIVED SO HUMBLY
BEDDED DOWN IN A FEEDING TROUGH

A SAVIOUR BORN A KING TO DIE
DYING FOR ALL AND THEN TO RISE
AND RISE AGAIN BEYOND THE SKY
A HOPE FOR ALL FOR YOU AND I

TWO YEARS LATER ASTROLOGERS CAME
TO BRING THEM WEALTH AND PROPHETIC PERFUME
A MESSAGE CAME TO FLEE TO AFRICA
BEFORE THE SLAUGHTER OF THOSE BACK HOME

WHEN HE GREW UP, THE MIRACLES STARTED
HEALING THOSE HE CAME TO SAVE
TEACHING TO LOVE THE REJECTED AND HATED
SCORNING RELIGION, EMPTYING GRAVES

FOLLOWED BY THOUSANDS, LOVE BY THE LOWLY
CHALLENGING ALL HYPOCRISY
KILLED ON A CROSS, BURIED, ABANDONED
TIL HE ROSE FROM THE GRAVE
YES HE ROSE FROM THE GRAVE

A SAVIOUR BORN A KING TO DIE
DYING FOR ALL AND THEN TO RISE
AND RISE AGAIN BEYOND THE SKY
A HOPE FOR ALL FOR YOU AND I

CENTURIES PASSED, THE MESSAGE CONTINUED
BRING HOPE TO ALL WHO WOULD HEAR
MAYBE ATTACKED, MAYBE DISTORTED
BUT SALVATION RINGING CLEAR

THOSE ENEMY KINGS ARE BACK ONCE MORE
SPREADING TERROR, THE GODLESS RULE
SO FEED ON THE ONE BORN INTO A FEED TROUGH
THAT WE HOPE TO SEE AGAIN SOON

A SAVIOUR BORN A KING TO DIE
DYING FOR ALL AND THEN TO RISE
AND RISE AGAIN BEYOND THE SKY
A HOPE FOR ALL FOR YOU AND I

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from Winter Visions, released January 9, 2009

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