Introductory pages - New Creation Teaching Ministry

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Martin Bleby
Revelation 7:9–12
After this I looked,
And there was
A great multitude
That no one could count,
From every nation,
From all tribes and peoples
And languages,
Standing before the throne and
before the Lamb,
Robed in white, with palm branches
in their hands.
They cried out in a loud voice,
saying,
ʻSalvation belongs to our God
Who is seated on the throne
And to the Lamb!ʼ
And all the angels
Stood around the throne
And around the elders
And the four living creatures
And they fell
On their faces
Before the throne
And worshipped God, singing,
ʻAmen! Blessing and glory and
wisdom
And thanksgiving and honour and
power and might
Be to our God forever and ever! Amen.ʼ
Be to our God forever and ever! Amen!
Setting © 2006 Martin Bleby. Used by permission.
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Martin Bleby
Psalm 137
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down and there we
wept
When we remembered Zion.
There on the willows we hung up our
harps.
There our captors asked us for songs;
There our tormentors required of us
mirth saying,
ʻSing us one of the songs of Zion!ʼ
How can we sing the Lordʼs song in
an alien land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
Let my right hand wither!
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my
mouth,
If I remember you not;
If I do not set Jerusalem
Above my highest joy!
Remember, Lord, against the Edomites,
How they said, ʻDown with it! Down
with it!
Down to the ground.ʼ
Daughter of Babylon, wasted with
misery,
Happy shall they be who pay you
back for what you did to us:
Happy shall they be who take your
little ones
And throw them against the rock.
Setting © 2003 Martin Bleby. Used by permission.
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Noel Due
1. Christ is the Lamb who bore our sin
and shame,
Crucified King, in weakness bares
Godʼs Name:
Holy the Father who in gracious love,
Reigns over all the world through His
shed blood.
Betrayed and mocked and spat
upon,
King of Glory stands alone,
Commits Himself to Father God,
Affirmed in resurrection.
2. King of the earth and of its rulers
great,
Christ rules oʼer all in Fatherʼs
glorious grace,
Spirit of grace poured out from
Fatherʼs throne,
Show now the victory our Christ has
won.
Abandoned by His very own,
Son of Man; rejected One,
Embraces every searing pain,
To bring us to perfection.
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