Then I Wept Madison Redux

Strong
Endless throne
Crystal sea and jasper stone
Heaven silence
Deep and cold
Ancient scroll
Hand can't hold
I gazed into eternal courts where elders
Knelt in awe with crowns they cast on emerald glass fulfilling holy law
Fourfold creatures worshipped him whose
Radiance is fire yet in his hand a
Scroll so grand my heart swelled with desire
Then came the voice with angels
Cry a call from realm unknown who
Is worthy here resounded clear
Through every heart and throne
I searched all heaven, earth
Below, no champion appeared.
And overwhelmed
I sank and knelt, my eyes consumed with tears.
Then I wept
I wept
For the scroll remained unopened, my
Soul bereft
Hope fled
By despair the scene was frozen
Yet behold behold
What approached in strength and splendor
A lamb of old slain bold
Worthy now our great defender
An elder's hand upon my form
With comfort urged me rise.
"Behold the lion, Judah's heir, the root of
David wise." Yet as
I turned no lion fierce, a lamb slain
Standing there
Scars profound, eternal
Wounds, he stepped to heaven and stared.
With gentle power he drew near
Creation holding breath
The lamb once slain alive
Again, the victor over death
His hand reached forth, took up
The scroll, the cosmos gave reply.
My
Weeping ceased as praise unleashed from
Earth and heaven sky screaming
Then I wept
I wept
For redemption now unfolding, no secret kept
Since death
In the scars my heart beholding, praise resounds resounds
Every tribe and tongue confessing, the lamb is crowned unbound, worthy
Of eternal blessing
Worthy, worthy heaven cried
Worthy, worthy, glorified.
For you were
Slain, redemption's cost to ransom
Hearts forever lost.
Kings and priests, your blood is made in robes of white, our debts repaid.
Glory, power
Honor, fame, eternity
Exalts your name
I leap
Chosen joy, my heart's alive
Redeemed, my soul complete redeemed
By his wounds forever mended
Let praise ascend
No end
To the lamb whose life is given.
Alpha omega friend
He alone, our king of heaven
Now elders fall and angels bow
All creation singing now
My weeping eyes forever clean