New Heaven and Remade Earth (song)

As a Halloween and Reformation Day treat, I thought these next two songs would be appropriate. This is sort of my Hell and Heaven suite. The first one has the devil in the details, detailing his origins, his workings now and his assured eternal destruction. This second one is about the happiest place not on Earth- and that's Heaven! The world also paints a lot of images and ideas about this that place that do not be lending any light on on the subject. Heaven's only entered One Way- through faith in Jesus' death and Resurrection to pay for our sins. This world is in a horrible mess because of sin- it's like a broken car pile in a junkyard. We will never fix it in human strength and make a Heaven on Earth. However, Jesus promises to take us to Heaven if we trust Him to fix us and everything else- and He will one day make a new Heaven and new Earth. And He uses us now to point people to the rebirth that only comes from Him who makes all things new! That's the day we long for! Behold, the One who promises this says He is coming soon. Even so, come Lord Jesus!


"New Heaven and Remade Earth"
(Parody of "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 5/30/2018)
(Genesis 1-3, Philippians 1:21-27, Genesis 11, John 6:44, Romans 5, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 2:1-18, Psalms 2, Psalms 16, Psalms 137, Isaiah 66, John 14, Matthew 5:16, Revelation 19:16, Revelation 20-22)

Ooh, hating seems to only get worse
Ooh, Heaven- come invade the Earth
The day when Heaven's Son returns
He'll remake Heaven (and) remake the Earth
New Heaven and a remade Earth

When The Christ calls now
The wait is through and He's come back down
All the world lays eyes on Him now
Babylon finally dies!
And our talk to self-improve
It's all a joke- falls apart- Psalms 2
Adam's sinning cursed the world and us
And You lifted it off by way of the cross

You saved me and each soul- what's our worth?
Ooh, Heaven is a grace undeserved
The Way to Heaven- God draws first
We make Heaven by faith not works
2 Ephesians- we're saved for good works

This world's not my home- I'm just passing through
Psalms 16:11- Home!
Then in John 14- our hearts rejoice
You prepare for me!
In His world, we get new beginning
And now with man again our Lord is living
66 Isaiah- saith The Lord
All flesh come to praise- praise The Lord!

Ooh, praise Him! Make Him Lord while on Earth
2 Philippians says all praise- 10th. verse
Don't waste a second- Love or Curse?
Get saved while living- too late in hearse
Choose Heaven! Put your faith in Christ's work

In His world we'll have no sinning
No hunger and thirst- we're all filled by King of Kings
Babel tower's our way and Hell's door
But Lord God's The Way and only Door

Ooh, Satan- do your gloats for now, jerk
Revelation says your doom's assured
You see 'cause Heaven's Love beat curse!
No wrongs Heaven's embrace can't cure
Ooh! Heaven cures all plagues of earth
Ooh! Heaven leaves no trace of curse
Ooh! Heaven's agents of change on earth
Winds of Heaven and stuff of Earth
Like (in) Heaven, do God's will on earth

Killer (song)

As a Halloween and Reformation Day treat, I thought these next two songs would be appropriate. This is sort of my Hell and Heaven suite. The first one is about one of the scariest figures in The Bible- the devil himself! The world paints a lot of false images and ideas about him, but the world doesn't know jack, son. The Bible gives us information about that old serpent throughout its pages and sometimes thinking about his and his demons' evil workings in the world can be more frightening than reading the latest Stephen King thriller. But even though he is a thief, destroyer and killer, we don't need to fear Him when we're in Christ because we know the One who has defeated sin, death, Hell, the demons and the devil. And in the end, his doom is sure- one little word shall fell him.

"Killer"
(parody of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 7/31/2018)
(Genesis 3, Revelation 12, Ephesians 6, Zechariah 3, Matthew 4, Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, John 8:32-36, Job 1-2, James 4:7, 2 Corinthians 11:3 and 13-15, 1 John 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:4, John 8:39-47, Luke 10:17-20, John 10:10, Genesis 4:1-7, 1 Peter 5:8-9, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Matthew 16:21-23, Romans 8:11, Romans 10:9-13, Revelation 20, Romans 16:20, Revelation 20:10)

He's closed in his sights and something evil's lurking in the garden
Pumping half-truth/lies, Lucifer's trying to just sow doubts in hearts
Adam and Eve- what terrors will resound after you taste it!
Now Earth's diseased- with horror, look how you bought all the lies
You're penalized!

'Cause he's a killer, thief and liar!
And God's Son's gonna save you from the beast though His heel he'll strike
You know it's written- Genesis line
3:15 prophesies that Christ will crush the snake's head- that's right!

You read some more- bam! Ezekiel shares from where he did come
"You were in Eden- anointed as a guardian cherub"
You chose thug life- you know that this is just in 28, son
You were exiled when there was evil creeping up inside
You're out on your behind

'Cause you were filled with killer pride
O Day Star, son of Dawn- Isaiah chapter 14 writes
You said, "I will be like Most High"
Your flight has been denied because Jehovah's always Most High

The devil's fall-
12 Revelation gives a pass backstage
Third go with Satan in star wars of Heaven- 4th. line
(The demons' side)
Since the dragon's tail swung wide

They're out to get you- those demons and dragon- 17 line
They will possess you unless you take The Saviour's offer now
Now is the time- go 2nd. Corinthians 6:2- it's there
All through The Christ- He'll save you from the terrors of your sin
He'll make you clean

'Cause He was killed for sinners' plight
And Christ's life was restored by Holy Ghost
Romans 8:11- right!
World, there's a killer, thief and liar!
Won't quit 'til out of time- serpent's a-accuser, tempter, imitator angel of light!

Read in 1st. Peter 5:8- right!
The lion roars at your door- 4 Genesis
The 7th. verse mind
World-roaming killer still at large
So let's read Romans line 16 verse 20- God wins!

(Background vocals: He's gonna school him- that's right!)

(Spoken:)
Dark forces trawl across the land
The midnight hour draws closer at hand
(Since) devil's fall, he's out for blood
To tempt mankind- call evil good
And whosoever shall be found
Without their soul's name written down
In Lamb's Book of Life- they're bound for hell
Those bought by Christ- to joy eternal

(Background vocals: I'm in The Lamb's Book of Life! Will ya be?)

(Spoken:)
Look out! Resist temptings- (and) beware!
He'll run as 4:7 James shares
1 Peter too- Read 5:9- boom!
The God within you's greater too!
And though snake fights to sway your mind
Adversary's marked for Gehenna
For more, read John's Apocalypse
'Cause He will burn forever!

(Ah ha ha ha!)
(Laughter and fade)
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Who do you say I am?

(Note: This piece is an analysis of the claims made about Jesus by the secular world, in particular as demonstrated by this T-shirt produced by John Fugelsang in the link below- in comparison to what The Bible actually says about Jesus.
https://johnfugelsangstore.com/products/tagless-t-shirt-2)

      Interesting description of Jesus and spot on in some regards but there are a number of descriptors here that are unBiblical and untrue. Jesus is not anti-wealth; He's anti-greed. He is not necessarily anti-public prayer; after all, He regularly went to synagogue where public prayer was held for those who came. Yes, He is against making a show of it- that's what Matthew 6:5 is talking about. The concepts of abortion and birth control as we know them were not around in that time but Jesus certainly spoke out for the vulnerable and children. He said for anyone who leads one of the little ones who believe in Him astray- it'd be better for them to have a millstone put around their necks and thrown into the sea. (Matthew 18:6, also in Luke 17 and Mark 9) Jesus said the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy but He came that we might have life and life more abundant. (John 10:10)
Jesus also said that whatever we do to the least of these, we have done it unto Him. (See the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25- specifically verse 40.)
Jesus rebukes James and John for wanting to call down fire from Heaven to destroy those who don't believe in Jesus. He told them that the Son of Man came to save people's lives, not destroy them. The Bible makes clear a number of times that God hates the shedding of innocent blood. (See Proverbs 6 for one.) Jesus upheld all of Scripture (Matthew 5:17) and as the Second Person of The Holy Trinity, He is God and all of Scripture is His word.
And He clearly condemns Ammon for the sin of ripping open pregnant women in Amos 1:13. God is concerned about the both the death of the women and the babies.
And by the same measure, Jesus upheld Scripture's teaching on the sin of homosexuality. (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and others) Jesus Himself addressed the issue of God's order for sexuality in Matthew 5 and Matthew 19. Jesus reminded the Pharisees that in the beginning God created human beings male and female. Then He quoted Genesis 2:24 to the Pharisees, which says that for this reason a man will leave his father and mother, be united to his wife and the two shall become one flesh.
Jesus held this model up as God's standard for marriage and human sexual relations.
In regards to comments about the poor, The Bible does give us the principle that he who does not work shall not eat. This is not to condemn poor people for the situation they are in but to condemn Christians for being lazy and idle. (As 2 Thessalonians 3:10 is written to the church.) Of course, the Thessalonians were also told to help the weak and always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. (See 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15) There are numerous commands for Christians to help the poor.
I also don't know that non-violent is the best descriptor for Jesus, seeing as how He made a whip and drove corrupt moneychangers out of the temple! He was pretty mad then. But yes- He doesn't promote violence in general but obviously there are some things where some force is justified.
I also don't know if "anti-death penalty" is the best descriptor since Jesus upheld all of the Scriptures and the Old Testament Law is where we get the notion of the death penalty to begin with. (An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.)
"Anti-slut shaming" is an interesting one too. Jesus did make clear that adultery is a sin. (Matthew 5:28) And we should certainly be ashamed of sin. I imagine this descriptor is referring to John 8, where a woman caught in the act of adultery is brought to Jesus by the Pharisees. It is true that He tells them that whoever is without sin to cast the first stone- and they all leave until just He and the woman are left there. Of course, Jesus is the only One without sin who could rightfully stone her to death but He asks her if any of her accusers has condemned her. She says that none of them did and then Jesus says, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more."
This is important to note because as John 3:17 says, Jesus didn't come to the world to condemn it but to save it! Yet He didn't tell this woman what she was doing was okay. He told her to go and leave her life of sin.
To get back to the point of Jesus being against the death penalty, I do like that one because I think that is true in some sense.
(I think a lot of these are trying to make political points but need to be considered in terms of spiritual points. Politics is not going to save humanity. Jesus came to save us from the problem that plagues us all the most- sin. Changing people's hearts for eternity is what it's about.)
Jesus came to put an end to the death penalty because that's what we all deserve for our sins. "For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
Though we all deserve eternal punishment in Hell, Christ endured that for us and paid for all sins for all time through His death and Resurrection. And because He lives, we can live also if we put our faith in Him and follow Him.
That's the most important revolution Jesus came to bring- a spiritual one. He wants all people to be saved so that we might all experience eternal joy with Him in Heaven.
That is a Biblical picture of Jesus- He is God. And God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.