Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

Who is this whose glance is like the dawn? She is beautiful and bright, as dazzling as the sun or the moon.

Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover? Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. "Who is he?" the people asked.

The LORD has prepared his sword in heaven, and now it will strike Edom, those people whom he has condemned to destruction.

His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The LORD will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!"

"Why is his clothing so red, like that of someone who tramples grapes to make wine?"

The LORD answers, "I have trampled the nations like grapes, and no one came to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my clothing.

The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.

The robe he wore was covered with blood. His name is "The Word of God."

The LORD says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, and showed them no mercy. Their anger had no limits, and they never let it die.

So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."

Buckle on your sword, mighty king; you are glorious and majestic.

Ride on in majesty to victory for the defense of truth and justice! Your strength will win you great victories!

saying: "Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who was! We thank you that you have taken your great power and have begun to rule!

The heathen were filled with rage, because the time for your anger has come, the time for the dead to be judged. The time has come to reward your servants, the prophets, and all your people, all who have reverence for you, great and small alike. The time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth!"

I have not spoken in secret or kept my purpose hidden. I did not require the people of Israel to look for me in a desolate waste. I am the LORD, and I speak the truth; I make known what is right."

My promise is true, and it will not be changed. I solemnly promise by all that I am: Everyone will come and kneel before me and vow to be loyal to me.

God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.

I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.

The Father and I are one."

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from all ages past, and now, and forever and ever! Amen.