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Zonderkids presents
the Jesus storybook Bible
every story whispers his name
written by Sally lloyd Jones
a dream of Heaven
John was one of Jesus's helpers
he was old now and living on an island
which might sound nice except it was a prison
the leaders put him there to stop him from talking about Jesus
but I'm sure you don't think a little thing like being in a cell in a prison
on an island in the middle of an ocean could stop God's plan
do you?? one morning Jesus appeared
right there in John cell Jesus's eyes were bright
and shining like the Sun I'm going to show you a secret
John Jesus said about when I come
back his voice was like the sound of rushing waters
write down what you see so God's children can read
and wait with happy excitement
then Jesus gave John
a beautiful dream except john was wide awake
and what he saw was real and one day
it would all come true
I see a throne and
on the throne is a king and the King
is Jesus all around the throne people are bowing down
they're giving him their treasures there
are loud cheers and clapping clapping
bright laughter like a thousand waterfalls
and everyone bursts out singing a new song
this is our King the lamb who to died
so we don't have to our
rescuer all Honor and glory
forever and ever and and every creature
everywhere in heaven and on and under the
earth and in the sea joins in
and then from all around
a wide immense beautiful
silence and I see Satan
God's horrible enemy thrown down
defeated , I see a sparkling City shimmering in the sky
glittering glowing coming down
from heaven and from the sky
heaven coming down
to earth
God's cities is beautiful walls
of topaz, jasper, sapphire
wide streets paved with gold
gleaming pearl gates that are never locked shut
where is the Sun where's the moon
they aren't needed anymore
God is all the light people need no more darkness
no more night and the King said
Look, god
and his children are together again no more running away
or hiding no more crying or being lonely
or afraid no more being sick or dying
because all those things gone yes
there are gone forever everything sad
has come true and see
I have wiped away
every tear from every eye
and then a
deep beautiful voice
that sounded like thunder in the sky says
Look i am making
everything
new it was hard to squeeze
all John's saw into words and fitted onto a page
and cram it into a book all
the words on all the pages in all the books in all the
world would never be enough I am the beginning
Jesus and the ending
one day John new heaven would come down and mend God's broken world
and make it our true perfect home once again
and the new in some mysterious way that would be hard to explain
that everything was going to be more wonderful for once
having been so sad and he knew then
that the ending of the story was going to be so how great
it would make all the sadness and tears and everything
seem like just a shadow that is chased away
by the Morning Sun
I'm on my way said Jesus
I'll be there soon
John came to the ended his book but he didn't write
the end, because of course that's how stories finish
and this one's not over yet so instead he wrote
come quickly Jesus ! which
perhaps is really just another way of saying
to be continued
for anyone who says yes to Jesus
for anyone who believes what Jesus said
for anyone who will just reach out to take
then God will give them this wonderful Gift
to be born into a whole new life
to be who they really
Who God always made them to be
their own true selves God's
dear child because you see
the most wonderful thing about this story is
its your story too!
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