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Crown Him With Many Crowns!
The Lamb upon His throne.
"Crown Him With Many Crowns" never fails to leave me awestruck by the power and majesty and the humility of our God. What impacts me the most is the first verse and especially the very first line. "Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne." This phrase reminds me of the upside-down nature of God's economy.
Most of us don't really know how docile a lamb is but in Jesus' day just about everyone knew that a lamb is gentle and mostly quiet and almost completely defenseless. That the savior of the world, the Son of God, the Lord of Life, the Lord or Heaven, the Lord of Lords, the Lord of Years, would offer himself up as the sacrificed lamb of God to pay for my sins is beyond my understanding.
Paul wrote in Phillipians:
Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God. He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal’s death on a cross.
(NLT Phil 2:5-8)
But here's where the upside-down nature of God's economy kicks in. Paul goes on in verses 9-11:
Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(NLT Phil 2:9-11)
So:
"Anyone who wants to be the first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else."
(NLT Mk 9:35)
And:
"For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it"
(NIV Mt 16:25)
So the Lamb of God becomes to be the ruler of all and those who cling to their own lives and demand their own rights will lose them.
Humble yourself before God today and serve the people you know and love just as Christ humbled himself to serve you.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he will lift you up.
(NKJV Jas 4:10)
Song lyrics:
Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.
Crown Him the Son of God, before the worlds began,
And ye who tread where He hath trod, crown Him the Son of Man;
Who every grief hath known that wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears them for His own, that all in Him may rest.
Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed over the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife for those He came to save.
His glories now we sing, Who died, and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.
Crown Him the Lord of Heaven, enthroned in worlds above,
Crown Him the King to Whom is given the wondrous name of Love.
Crown Him with many crowns, as thrones before Him fall;
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns, for He is King of all.
Crown Him the Lord of lords, who over all doth reign,
Who once on earth, the incarnate Word, for ransomed sinners slain,
Now lives in realms of light, where saints with angels sing
Their songs before Him day and night, their God, Redeemer, King.
Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.
Hymn Statistics:
Title: Crown Him With Many Crowns
Author: Matthew Bridges
Copyright: Public Domain
Key Lines: Crown Him With Many Crowns, The Lamb upon His throne.
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns.
Theme(s): Christ's sacrifice, Christ's triumph, Christ's reign.
Artists who have recorded "Crown Him With Many Crowns":
(not a complete list)
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Album |
| Festival Choir |
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50 Church Classics |
| The Joslin Grove Choral Society |
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100 Best Loved Hymns |
| Steve Ivey |
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Celtic Hymns |
| John Tesh |
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Pure Hymns |
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