God Bent Down

This is the first in a series of songs about war in Heaven from God's point of view. There are 10 songs in this series. Each builds on the next. GOD BENT DOWN From the God Bent Down Collection COMPLETE LYRICS Verse 1 I cannot know what filled that holy place Before the world had need of saving grace I only see the shadow of their light That love agreed to walk into the night Revelation 13:8; Ephesians 1:4–5; 1 Peter 1:20; EGW, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 35 Verse 2 They named him Son of Morning, kissed with light And knew before his fall he'd bring the night A third of the family walked away And love created knowing anyway Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 28:12–15; Revelation 12:4; EGW, Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 35–37 Chorus They walked into the yes Knowing what it would cost The grief, the dark, the lost And they did it for me Revelation 13:8; John 3:16; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 1:4 Verse 3 He came as hope for the dying God bent down to hear creation crying The Word made flesh and laid in borrowed hay Eternity had come to live our day John 1:14; Galatians 4:4–5; Luke 2:7; Philippians 2:7; Romans 8:22 Chorus They walked into the yes Knowing what it would cost The grief, the dark, the lost And they did it for me Bridge He bore their grief to Calvary And met the silence where the Father had lived My God, my God The heart that held creation — broke Matthew 27:45–46; Isaiah 53:4; Psalm 22:1; EGW, The Desire of Ages, p. 753 Final Chorus They walked into the yes Knowing what it would cost The grief, the dark, the lost And they did it for me THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Scripture • Isaiah 14:12 — 'How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning' — the name and the fall • Ezekiel 28:12–15 — The description of Lucifer before his fall: perfect, full of wisdom, beautiful, in Eden the garden of God • Psalm 22:1 — 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?' — the cry Christ made His own at Calvary • Isaiah 53:4 — 'Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows' — He bore their grief to Calvary • John 1:14 — The Word became flesh and dwelt among us — the Incarnation in one verse • John 3:16 — God so loved that He gave — the shape of the yes • Romans 5:8 — God demonstrates His love in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us • Romans 8:22 — The whole creation groaning — creation crying, heard by God • Galatians 4:4–5 — When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son • Ephesians 1:4–5 — Chosen in Him before the foundation of the world — the pre-creation council • Philippians 2:7 — He emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant — God bent down • Luke 2:7 — She laid Him in a manger — borrowed hay • Revelation 12:4 — His tail swept down a third of the stars — a third of the family walked away • Revelation 13:8 — The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world — the yes was spoken before creation began • Matthew 27:45–46 — Darkness over all the land; 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' • 1 Peter 1:20 — Foreknown before the foundation of the world — love created knowing anyway Ellen G. White • Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 35–37 — Lucifer's creation, his beauty and position, his fall, and the grief of the heavenly host; God foreknew the fall but created anyway • The Desire of Ages, p. 753 — The supernatural darkness at the cross as a divine act of mercy; the Father present within the darkness — the silence where the Father had lived • The Desire of Ages, pp. 756–757 — The dereliction cry; the weight of sin; the heart of God in the suffering of the Son • Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 68 — The plan of salvation decided before the creation of the world; the cost fully known before the yes was spoken.