Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain;
Thousand, thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
God appears on earth to reign.

Every eye shall now behold him
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heav’n and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day:
Come to judgment! Come to judgment!
Come to judgment!
Come to judgment! Come away!

Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear;
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
See the day of God appear!

Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own;
O come quickly! O come quickly! O come quickly!
Everlasting God, come down!

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Hold the power of the universe in your hand.
Hold the words that shaped the sky and sea and land.
The King has given words to us, to tell us what he’s like:
Open up your ears and let his Spirit strike.

It’s a light and a hammer,
It’s a fire and a sword;
It’s the voice of our Father;
The word of the Lord.
The blade of the Spirit can cut to the soul,
And God will use it to make us whole.

Hear the news of the promised king who came to save.
Hear the news of Jesus who rose from the grave.
Our King has come to live on earth and rescue us from sin:
Open up your mind and let his Spirit in.

It’s a light and a hammer…

Know the name of Jesus Christ that makes us new.
Know the Son of God, the Word whose word is true.
Our King has spoken to us, so there is no place for pride:
He gives hearts of flesh and changes us inside.

It’s a light and a hammer…

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CONFESSION
Together: O King enthroned on high, filling the earth with your glory: holy is your name, Lord God almighty. In our sinfulness we cry to you to take our guilt away, and to cleanse our lips to speak your word, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Leader: As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12 NIV

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Glory and power to the one who loves us;
Honour and praise him forever;
Come Lord Jesus, come Lord Jesus.

Glory and power to the one who freed us
from all our sins by his blood;
Come Lord Jesus, come Lord Jesus.

See him coming on the clouds of heaven.
Every eye behold him now.
He’s the living one, the first and last
who once was dead,
But now he lives for ever and ever.

Glory and power to the one who made us
a kingdom of priests for God’s service;
Come Lord Jesus, come Lord Jesus.

See him coming…

Jesus is the living one
who died and came alive;
Jesus is Almighty Lord
who was and is to come!
(Repeat)

See him coming…

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Oh, what a mystery, the Church of Christ,
called and known before the dawn of time;
oh, what a gospel, that we should be
loved and precious in the Father’s eyes.

Open our eyes, open our eyes to see …
the hope to which You’ve called us,
the glories that await us,
the power working in us to heal and transform,
the grace with which You saved us,
the heights to which You’ve raised us,
the joy with which You love us and call us Your own!

Oh, what a mystery, the Church of Christ,
ransomed and made holy by His blood;
once not a people, now reconciled,
and called to be the dwelling place of God.

Oh, what a mystery, the Church of Christ,
saved to sing the wonders of His love;
the greatest mission, the highest call,
making known the master-plan of God.

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