FLAME, Shai Linne - Greatest Story Ever Told lyrics

Each of our lives is a story and
With each new person we meet
We become a part of their story and they
Become a part of ours the God
Who created the universe has
Somehow woven together these billions of
Stories into one story
Which is the greatest story ever told

Alright check it: let's go back in time
Brethren
Divine lessons always keep your mind guessing
The glory of the Triune
God's what I'm stressing
The origin of humankind was fine - blessings
Were plenteous - God is amazingly generous
Crazy benefit's in a state of innocence
God told the man what he
Could taste was limited
Not long after came our nemesis in Genesis
He scammed well, man fell, damned to hell
The whole human race - he represented it
Fooled by the serpent, man through his work
Woman through birth - even the
Earth ruled by the curses
But instead of a wake immediately
God said her Seed would be the One
To crush the head of the snake
Yo, wait what's this? Whoa, a gracious gift!
In Jehovah's faithfulness He
Clothed their nakedness
This was so they would
Know their Savior's kiss
And bliss - but first
Many growing pains exist
Suffering in the worst form, ugly deeds
Eve's firstborn seed made his brother bleed
Indeed things got progressively worse
Every section of the earth's been
Affected by the curse
And though God's judgments against
Sin were gory praise the Lord! It's not the
End of the story
It's the greatest story ever told
A God pursues foes whose hearts turned cold
The greatest story ever told
Restoring all that the enemy stole
The greatest story ever told
The glory of Christ is the goal, behold
The greatest story ever told
It's the greatest

Next scene: man's sin was extreme
God gets steamed, man gets creamed
The Lord is so Holy that He
Drowned them in the water
Fire in the valley of slaughter
- Sodom and Gomorrah but at the same time
He's so gracious and patient
That from one man He created a whole nation
Eventually enslaved by the mentally depraved
They cried out to the only One with
The strength that He could save
He brought them out with signs and
Wonders - satisfied their hunger
Then He appeared on Mount Sinai in thunder
Where He laid down the
Law for God-ruled government
Commonly referred to as the Mosaic covenant
Sin's imputed - so for man
To know he's unrighteous
God instituted animal sacrifices
This was to show our
Constant need for atonement
And when it came to sin
The Lord would never condone it
And when His people disobeyed and went astray
He raised up prophets and kings to
Lead them in the way
But they would get foul with their
Idolatry - wet and wild
Prophecy - send them into exile
To take their punishment like a grown man
Then with His own hand He placed
Them back in their homeland
And while in their forefather's
Land they dwell
They awaited the arrival of Emmanuel
It's the greatest story ever told
A God pursues foes whose hearts turned cold
The greatest story ever told
Restoring all that the enemy stole
The greatest story ever told
The glory of Christ is the goal, behold
The greatest story ever told
It's the greatest

After 400 silent years filled
With sighs and tears
In Bethlehem the Messiah appears
God in the flesh - Second
Person of the Trinity
At thirty begins His earthly ministry
Baffling cats with accurate, exact facts
And back to back miraculous acts
A stumbling block to the self righteous
But the humbled - His flock
Said "There's no one else like this"
He came from heaven to awake the numb
Demonstrated His power over nature, son
A foretaste of the Kingdom and
The age to come
But the reason He came was to pay the sum
For the depths of our wickedness
Our wretched sinfulness
Bless His magnificence - He's
Perfect and innocent
Yet He was wrecked and His
Death - He predicted it
Next He was stretched
Paid a debt that was infinite
He said that He finished it
- resurrected so the elect
Would be the recipients of it's benefit's
Through faith and penitence we
Get to be intimate
His grace is heaven sent, it never diminishes
Now the Holy Spirit indwelling
Is the evidence
For heaven's future residents
Who truly represent
Jesus, the Author, Producer, Director and
Star of a story that will never, ever end!
The greatest story ever told
A God pursues foes whose hearts turned cold
The greatest story ever told
Restoring all that the enemy stole
The greatest story ever told
The glory of Christ is the goal, behold
The greatest story ever told
It's the greatest