| I was taking a trip on a plane the other day, just wishin' that I could get out.
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| When the man next to me saw the book in my hand and asked me what it was about.
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| So I settled back in my seat. |
| «A best-seller,"I said, «a hist’ry and a myst’ry
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| in one.»
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| Then I opened up the book and began to read from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John…
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| He was born of a virgin one holy night in the little town of Bethlehem.
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| Angels gathered ‘round Him underneath the star singing praises to the great I
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| AM.
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| He walked on the water, healed The lame, and made the blind to see again.
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| And for the first time here on earth we learned that God could be a friend.
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| And though He never, ever did a single thing wrong, the angry crowd chose Him.
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| And then He walked down the road and died on the cross and
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| that was the end… of the beginning."
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| «That's not a new book, that’s a Bible,"he said, «And I’ve heard it all before.
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| I’ve tried religion, it’s shame and guilt, and I don’t need it anymore.
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| It’s superstation, made-up tales, just to help the weak to survive.»
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| «Let me read it again,"I said, «But listen closely. This is gonna change your
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| life.»
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| «He was born of a virgin one holy night in the little town of Bethlehem.
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| Angels gathered ‘round Him underneath the star singing praises to the great I
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| AM.
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| He walked on the water, healed the lame, and made the blind to see again.
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| And for the first time here on earth we learned that God could be a friend.
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| And though He never, ever did a single thing wrong, the angry crowd chose Him.
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| And then He walked down the road and died on the cross and that was the end…
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| of the beginning."
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| «The end of the beginning?"he said with a smile. «What more
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| could there be? |
| He’s dead. |
| You said they hung Him, put nails in
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| His hands and a crown of thorns on His head."I said, «I'll read it
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| again, but this time there’s more.
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| And I believe that this is true: His death wasn’t the end but the beginning of
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| life that’s completed in you.
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| Don’t you see, He did all this for you…"
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| «He was born of a virgin one holy night in the little town of
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| Bethlehem. |
| All the angels singing praises to the great I AM.
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| He walked on the water, healed the lame, and made the blind to see.
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| And for the first time here on earth, did you know that God could be a friend?
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| And though He never, ever did a single thing wrong, He was the one the crowd
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| chose.
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| And then He walked and He died, but three days later, three days later,
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| three days later…
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| He rose! |
| Three days later He rose!
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| You see, He came, He lived, and He died, but that was the end of the beginning. |