Arise, Arise (and let the sacrifice of praise begin)

 

Without His resurrection there could be no 

hope of resurrection/Heaven for us 

on the glorious Day when He returns!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Is this not then the most precious verse in the whole gospel!

Matthew 28:6

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.

Because He Lives

Lest ignorance or apathy becomes our greatest sin

Arise, arise, and let the sacrifice of praise begin

The tomb that held His body and the stone that sealed the door

Could not contain the hope of man that lives forevermore

Then do not let the stones cry out but sing with all our might

Salvation’s plan has been fulfilled; darkness has turned to light

What seemed to be the end was but the part that man could see

The sorrow and the suffering before the victory

Take heart, the part that we behold is not fulfillment yet

Then praise He who did not withhold forgiveness of sin’s debt

But gave his life to offer man, life more abundantly

By becoming a bloody, broken body on a tree

At Calvary they could not see death and hell overthrown

Or fulness of the gospel as it poured from skin and bone

Or how He was set down, enthroned at the right hand of God

For they had seen the heavy stone, the guards, the lifeless bod

But then He rose and grief turned into joy beyond compare

Hope lives; then let redemption’s hymn become a living prayer

He loved beneath the hateful smite and sting of nails and swords

Oh, praise the name of Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords

For He will not forsake us; His love is faithful and true

Victory’s shining hour waits when life’s travail is through

Receive the gift He came to give; the One we crucified

And crowned with thorns has borne The Rose; let Christ be glorified

© Janet Martin