The Dawn of Israel

We gather here

To pray as one

For we believe

The time has come

For the world to see

Through Yahweh’s eyes

So Israel

Is recognised

God’s promises

To his dear land

They cost him

All he ever had

For every vow

He ever made

Was signed in blood

The price was paid

Today we see.

The curtain torn

God’s holy people.

Being reborn

As nations come

To drink

From Jacob’s wells

We gaze upon

The dawn of Israel

We all recall

The deep distress

Of Hagar in

Her wilderness

Whose baby, dying

In the sun

Onto his wailing

Mother, clung

When brothers both

Know their true worth

Each honouring

The other’s birth

How beautiful

For all the earth

For each then puts

The other first

Is it so hard

Is it too late

For two religions

Two great faiths

To share together

Both estates

And reconcile

The love and hate

And as we gaze

With unblurred eyes

We see the pure

And spotless Bride

She holds the tears

The nation cried

With arms of love

Held open wide

Though roots of conflict

Seldom sleep

Christ’s blood can turn

The bittersweet

There is no place

However deep

That true forgiveness

Cannot reach

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As earth and heaven

Sweetly kiss

And all creation

Witnesses

More floods of grace

Than mortal lips can tell

We gaze upon

The dawn of Israel

And so today

Oh El Shaddai

To you we pray

And prophesy

Come winds of God

All day and night

Breathe on these bones

Raise them to life

How wonderful

How grand it is

To pray in unknown

Languages

For peace to flow

Out from the Bride

Who stills the storm

And moves the tide

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