This is a 'Christmas carol' taken from Revelation 12, set to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (key of A). I wrote this for my youth group, since we are reading through Revelation this year, and made it to chapter 12 just in time for Advent.
<p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/234901540&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <div class="well"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Revelation 12 Christmas Carol lyrics</h2> <p style="text-align: center;">The shepherds by night,<br>the prophets of old,<br>in Israel's cry,<br>his advent foretold;<br>God himself is coming to town.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">A woman gives birth,<br>a baby king;<br>The dragon writhes,<br>disaster to bring;<br>The serpent wants to steal the crown.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>He tried to kill the woman,</em><br><em>He tried to eat her son,</em><br><em>He tried to drown her in a flood,</em><br><em>but the dragon's days are done! O!</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">A war is waged<br>upon a cross;<br>The blood of the Lamb<br>means Satan's loss;<br>The Risen Lord is wearing the crown.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Salvation and power,</em><br><em>God's kingdom and might</em><br><em>belong to those who follow him,</em><br><em>who for Jesus give their life. O!</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">A war is waged<br>upon a cross;<br>The blood of the Lamb<br>means Satan's loss;<br>The Risen Lord is wearing the crown.</p> </div>
December 1, 2015 | Luke Johnson
