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The Risen King

from This Time Tomorrow by Ian Peacock

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‘If there is no resurrection, then we are to pitied above all men’, wrote the Apostle Paul in the first century AD. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then our faith is foolish; we would be better to have no hope at all than to believe in a mere legend.

But Jesus’ body, laid inside a guarded tomb, vanished on the third day after he was publicly crucified and it was never found. Something turned a small group of dejected and frightened Galileans into group of fearless preachers who changed the world in spite of severe persecution. I believe that ‘something’ was a ‘someone’; their lord was alive and well and commissioned them to spread the great news to the world.

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The Risen King

Verse1
The world was waiting for a saviour,
a king to rule with a sceptre in his hand
But Jesus left his throne in heaven,
a humble man led to the slaughter like a lamb

Bridge
Though he was dead, now he’s alive
He is returning for his bride

Chorus
Jesus is the risen king, the first among the dead - this I know!
Oh death where is your sting? It’s been swallowed up in victory
You rolled away the stone from my heart
And now I live in your resurrection power

Verse 2:
And if there is no resurrection, we hope in vain
and should be pitied all our days.
But Jesus broken, shamed and crucified,
A guarded grave, from which he rose on the third day!

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from This Time Tomorrow, released May 3, 2014

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Ian Peacock Manchester, UK

Ian has played in bands for over 20 years, most notably headlining the UK Play stage at Leeds Carling Festival in 2000 with a former band, ‘Coasta’. He has written, produced and self released five albums: 'Life and After' (2009), 'The End of Faith' (2012) and 'This Time Tomorrow' (2014), 'Still Human' (2015), 'Ordinary People' (2016) in addition to several E.P's. ... more

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