THE BELLS ARE RINGING (words and music by Ray Boltz...on his Honor and Glory CD)
The high priest would move through the temple With bells around the bottom of his skirt And as he prepared an offering there The sound of the bells could be heard Now there in the Holy of Holies A sinful priest surely would die But the sound of the bells sent a message To all those who waited outside ***The bells are ringing, He's alive Oh yes, the sacrifice is worthy A sound that cannot be denied The price has been paid And as our hands are being raised Let His holy name be praised Tell every nation every tribe The bells are ringing He's alive Now Jesus was born the Messiah A man sent to save other men And scripture proclaims He is the high priest Who offered Himself for our sins And cold was the tomb where they laid Him And there only silence was found But on the third day the stone rolled away And the whole world woke up to the sound ***The bells are ringing, He's alive Oh yes, the sacrifice is worthy A sound that cannot be denied The price has been paid And as our hands are being raised Let His holy name be praised Tell every nation every tribe The bells are ringing He's alive Open up your heart and listen Tell me what do you hear It's the sound of salvation Ringing He's alive and there's no need to fear ***The bells are ringing, He's alive Oh yes, the sacrifice is worthy A sound that cannot be denied The price has been paid And as our hands are being raised Let His holy name be praised Tell every nation every tribe The bells are ringing He's alive (on the CD insert, Ray says, "Another evening before a concert, Mission Of Mercy representative, Rev. Wayne Francis, led our group in devotions. He described how only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies. If he presented an offering that was not worthy, it could mean instant death. Wayne also said that bells were sewn around the bottom of the priest's garment and that they served a very important purpose. As the priest made the sacrifice the people outside could hear the bells. As long as they heard the bells ringing, they knew the priest was alive and the offering was worthy. Jesus Christ, our high priest, also presented an offering for sin. His offering was His own life. But praise God, listen with your heart and you will hear the bells of eternity ringing. Hebrews 10:12-14..."But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.")
The high priest would move through the temple With bells around the bottom of his skirt And as he prepared an offering there The sound of the bells could be heard
Now there in the Holy of Holies A sinful priest surely would die But the sound of the bells sent a message To all those who waited outside
***The bells are ringing, He's alive Oh yes, the sacrifice is worthy A sound that cannot be denied The price has been paid And as our hands are being raised Let His holy name be praised Tell every nation every tribe The bells are ringing He's alive
Now Jesus was born the Messiah A man sent to save other men And scripture proclaims He is the high priest Who offered Himself for our sins
And cold was the tomb where they laid Him And there only silence was found But on the third day the stone rolled away And the whole world woke up to the sound
Open up your heart and listen Tell me what do you hear It's the sound of salvation Ringing He's alive and there's no need to fear
(on the CD insert, Ray says, "Another evening before a concert, Mission Of Mercy representative, Rev. Wayne Francis, led our group in devotions. He described how only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies. If he presented an offering that was not worthy, it could mean instant death. Wayne also said that bells were sewn around the bottom of the priest's garment and that they served a very important purpose. As the priest made the sacrifice the people outside could hear the bells. As long as they heard the bells ringing, they knew the priest was alive and the offering was worthy. Jesus Christ, our high priest, also presented an offering f
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