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Every valley shall be raised up \par
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He is coming \par
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The mountains made low \par
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Hallelujah \par
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The ground shall be levelled \par
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He is coming \par
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He who is coming will come and won't delay \par
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Hallelujah \par
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And those who believe in him will be rescued \par
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For he is coming \par
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Hallelujah \par
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Two millennia have passed \par
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He is coming \par
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Since the birth of our Christ \par
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Hallelujah \par
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Days passing into dust \par
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He is coming \par
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Awaiting his return \par
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Hallelujah \par
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We need to persevere \par
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Doing all his will \par
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He is coming \par
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We live in hope to receive \par
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The blessings of his word \par
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Hallelujah \par
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In omnia tenebamus \par
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Dum Dominus nobiscum est \par
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Let these words precede us \par
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As we make manifest our pledge \par
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In omnia tenebo \par
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Dum Dominus mecum est \par
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The Messiah is my protector \par
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In whom by life will be forever blessed \par
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We are not of those who shrink back \par
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Who falter and are destroyed \par
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He is coming \par
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We will join the nations \par
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Cradled in his hands \par
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Hallelujah \par
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Ready to give to the one who gave all \par
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He is coming \par
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The Alpha and Omega calling us at last \par
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He is coming... hallelujah \par
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In omnia tenebamus \par
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Dum Dominus nobiscum est \par
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Let these words precede us \par
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As we make manifest our pledge \par
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In omnia tenebo \par
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Dum Dominus mecum est \par
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The Messiah is my protector \par
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In whom by life will be forever blessed \par
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No-one knows the day or the hour \par
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That he is coming \par
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No-one knows but our father in heaven \par
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But we will stand and wait by the door for the Lord \par
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For soon he'll be coming \par
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Ready to judge both the quick and the dead \par
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Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah \par
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Hallelujah, Amen, hallelujah \par
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The words of "Hymn for the Millennium" have been drawn from Isaiah Chapter 40, Mark 13,\par
Hebrews 10 and Revelations 1, 20 and 22. In the lyric there is no intention to suggest that the\par
second coming will be at the time of the ending of the second millennium AD rather saying\par
that this event may be akin to the metaphor of the Holy Grail happening in the human heart\par
with every rebirth and that Heaven can be created on Earth through the act of living in the way\par
God intended. This concurs with Christ's own assertion that he will never leave us and that he\par
has replaced the tablets of stone given to Moses with a new covenant imprinted on our hearts. \par
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© Stefan Lewis-Fish (8th November 1998) \par
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