WHEN IT ALL COMES TO PASS 1. INTRODUCTION (John Eargle: Lead guitar and guitar effects) 2. THE WORD Words that were given to men long ago penned in a far away land Cryptic not even the authors would know how wondrous the strokes of their hand Visions depicted within their mind's eyes their labors relying on trust Would that their message be left to surmise long after their flesh turned to dust Preserved and protected the message lived on to warn generations to come The scholarly epic of truth built upon the wisdom of I Am, the One Killing the prophets who warned them Silencing dissenting tongues that Cried out! They cried out! Cried out to the winds of time that blew the sage words away Out into the din of the ever maddening dissonance Caretakers many fulfilling their task forthright in duty and goal Given to critics who tried to unmask the purpose burned into their soul I'll visit their iniquity on them Cast them out onto faraway shores To cry out! Cry out! Cry out to the winds of time that blew the sage words away Out into the din of the ever maddening dissonance 3. THE WARNING Be fully aware These things yet to be He will come again like a thief in the night 4. SANCTIFIED (Chuck Tidwell: Guitar solo) Ritual offense Idols cast in gold Blatantly unhidden by facade Pitiful defense Arrogantly bold Stoke the fires seething in a jealous God Sanctified in love Sanctified by grace The Word must be received, empowered, embraced Sanctified in love Sanctified by faith The Word must be believed Seeking their own path Driven by mistrust A people live and die by their own rule Bringing forth the wrath To them that seemed unjust Reality's description of a senseless fool Sanctified in love Sanctified by grace The Word must be received, empowered, embraced Sanctified in love Sanctified by faith The Word must be believed I gave you life I gave you truth I gave you power and you threw it away You wanted kings You wanted glory You wanted everything to be your own way You can have your boasting And you can have your say You can have your temples and you can have it all your own way I will judge your action I will judge your thought And in the end you'll come to know the pain that you have wrought Yet sanctified in love Sanctified by grace You did not receive, empower, embrace Sanctified in love Sanctified by faith The Word must be believed 5. REITERATION Some spoke it as true These things yet to come They would come to pass like a thief in the night 6. IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME Entrusted to those with a mentoring tact the parent turns over its young They're told feelings are more important than fact and therefore you must guard your tongue The children grow up, have offspring of their own and pass on their lofty ideal With surrogates playing the good chaperone to mold minds and crush them with zeal Then given to flagrances fueled by their lust deemed normal by persons of fame Forcing acceptance and screaming 'you must' and pushing agendas insane Erasing their history, misplacing the blame, self righteously beating their chest Their masters well pleased with their pawns in the game, puppets just like all the rest No there is nothing new under the sun You cast out the truth all you fools, everyone 7. THE VEIL (Chuck Tidwell: Guitar solos) Reaching through the darkness and pulling back the veil Making sure the promise of redemption shall prevail Piercing through the madness that perpetrates the fear Unmasking deeds of evil that are not as they appear Expose the deceivers Expose the absurd Expose all the lies corrupting Your word Restore the true vision That was there from the start Heal the division that has torn us apart Laodicean leaders occupy Your church While others preach false gospels from from their staid apostate perch Works in the the name of Jesus while killing the unborn Usurping the positions and the powers to which they've sworn Expose the deceivers Expose the absurd Expose all the lies corrupting Your word Pour out Your spirit Like the winds fill a sail Embolden Your people to tear down the veil Lord, we pray for revival And the power to stand firm For the sake of survival For our faith we affirm So cast out the insurgent As You withhold restraints Crush the neck of the serpent And revenge all your saints Expose the deceivers Expose the absurd Expose all the lies corrupting Your word Pour out Your spirit Like the winds fill a sail Embolden Your people to tear down the veil 8. IF NOT FOR GRACE (Lyrics: Doug Bowers and Chuck Tidwell) We find ourselves lonely, cold, wounded and blind Why are we abandoned to wander fractured and weak Peace where do we find you Joy why do you hide Hate crushes our spirit Lamenting for these things we weep Blinded by the human condition Reason taken without a trace We would falter falling forever If not for grace Pride provides us no comfort Hope is so far removed Around us the enemy triumphs Searching for answers we seek Idols gathered neatly before us Things that matter not we do seek Driven by imperfect ambition If not for grace Perfect in all that You offer Knowing Your redemption is all that we need Taking up Your cross we will serve You May You make us perfect but meek We have found forgiveness by asking Because of Your grace