The Parable (feat. Stephanie Quick, Jaye Thomas, Odeta & Taylor Gastineau)

THE PARABLE (BALLADS OF THE SONG OF SOLOMON) Well let me say it clearly So you don't miss anything you've heard We'll close this age for the Garden There ain't no "end of the world" See what happened in Eden Was a glimpse of all to come Word, light, life, covenant Covering and confession Our Mother of All Living She was promised then a Son Who will war against the liar's seed And triumph over all The first man in the Garden Was a type of Him to come From his side, a bride who died Joined in the grave by her husband Adam's treason was his failure And hers to buy deception But the better Word that washes her Will bring us to the resurrection Don't ignore your invitation Or despise the mysteries He set the stage of the ages To display manifold glory In Egypt every firstborn Was spared when Death passed by But the bloody Lamb is the bloody Man Who stood in when Avraham gained a ram The One Zipporah wouldn't know The Bridegroom of Blood Ruth welcomed The price Hosea paid for Gomer What Judas Iscariot made as a traitor Immanuel's veins are the fountain Perfect Judge, the better Flood In His Name you are rescued From self-wrought destruction Yet if you are not covered If you have not yet confessed You've not yet known the One Who rescues in the wilderness For when this show crescendos When Zion is saved from the sword In the Greater Exodus Every eye alive will see the LORD One day soon He'll set the feast The finest wine, the fattest meats But to enter this Garden you must confess The only King of Heaven, Earth, and Jerusalem From the highways and byways Compel them all to come Come to the wedding The joy of the righteous One O, come to the wedding Come to the wedding So come to the wedding Yeah, come to the wedding For the Kingdom of Heaven Is like a prodigal God Preparing a wedding For His beloved Son So come to the wedding Come to the wedding Come Maranatha, marry us