End Of The Beginning

End Of The Beginning - David Phelps

I was taking a trip on a plane the other day

Just wishin' that I could get out

When the man next to me saw the book

In my hand and asked me what it was about

So I settled back in my seat "A best-seller "

I said "a hist'ry and a myst'ry in one "

Then I opened up the book and began to

Read from Matthew Mark Luke and John

He was born of a virgin one holy night

In the little town of Bethlehem

Angels gathered 'round Him underneath

The star singing praises to the great I AM

He walked on the water healed The lame

And made the blind to see again

And for the first time here on earth

We learned that God could be a friend

And though He never ever did a single thing wrong

The angry crowd chose Him

And then He walked down the road

And died on the cross and

That was the end of the beginning "

"That's not a new book that's a Bible "

He said "And I've heard it all before

I've tried religion it's shame and guilt

And I don't need it anymore

It's superstation made-up tales

Just to help the weak to survive "

"Let me read it again " I said "But listen closely

This is gonna change your life "

"He was born of a virgin one holy

Night in the little town of Bethlehem

Angels gathered 'round Him underneath

The star singing praises to the great I AM

He walked on the water healed the lame

And made the blind to see again

And for the first time here on earth

We learned that God could be a friend

And though He never ever did a single thing wrong

The angry crowd chose Him

And then He walked down the road

And died on the cross and

That was the end of the beginning "

"The end of the beginning "

He said with a smile "What more

Could there be He's dead

You said they hung Him put nails in

His hands and a crown of thorns on His head "

I said "I'll read it again

But this time there's more

And I believe that this is true:

His death wasn't the end but the

Beginning of life that's completed in you

Don't you see He did all this for you "

"He was born of a virgin one

Holy night in the little town of

Bethlehem All the angels singing

Praises to the great I AM

He walked on the water

Healed the lame and made the blind to see

And for the first time here on earth

Did you know that God could be a friend

And though He never ever did a single thing wrong

He was the one the crowd chose

And then He walked and He died

But three days later three days later

Three days later

He rose Three days later He rose

You see He came He lived

And He died

But that was the end of the beginning