As Aslan died instead
of Edmund, who’d betrayed,
so only Jesus could redeem
each one who’d disobeyed.
Only the King himself,
the perfect one alone,
who had no wrong thing ever done,
could take my place, atone.
The temple showed how God
is separate from sin,
and all that is not pure and good:
we could not come to him.
The curtain barred the way,
to the most holy place,
but when Christ died, it broke in two –
he reconciled by grace.
His body broken meant
the barrier’s broken down,
so through his bearing punishment
we can approach God’s throne.
What awesome thing is this?
to now be welcomed in
to friendship with the Holy One,
the Sovereign God, our King!
tune: DSM
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