Last night Will managed to post into the comments the music I was alluding to. This monring I’m returning he favour with a tune that has over six million hits. And Jeff does not know this, because he is dead.
But his music is simply beautiful. One of the things about this earth is that our time of beauty is ephemeral: when we are young we look perfect, and as we get older we may get wise, but no person attains perfection consistently.
But we at times reflect this. Jeff did. And Jeff is dead. Our myths do not dal with this. God does.
1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.
4John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen.
8″I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
Matthew 22:23-3323The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, 24″Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.’ 25Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother. 26The second did the same, so also the third, down to the seventh. 27Last of all, the woman herself died. 28In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For all of them had married her.”
29Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 32′I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead, but of the living.” 33And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.
In the end, our beauty is going to fade. That which see as wonderful and perfect, — even the amrriage that is perfect, and the love that sustains one through life — will end. But God will not end.
After linking to a perfect video at the top, I’m linking to Brooke Fraser at the end. The musical chord sequence, by the way, is identical… but the message is different.
“God is my victory”. Not me. Not my possessions or education. Not my family.
I’d heard of Jeff Buckley, but had never listened to any of his music, before now. I see why he has such a cult following; he was a great songwriter.
Interesting Hillsong song, there. I’m a bit ambivalent about CCM; I have less issue if not used in worship, with it; there are some good CCM songs out there, of which I’d say this is one.