Card on Lambs -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 14:19:01 02/21/08 Thu
Author: CS Holden
Subject: Card on Lambs

When I was little, my father listened almost exclusively to contemporary Christian pop (yeesh), and of course, so did I. One of my favorite artists then--still is, actually--is Michael Card, writer of "El Shaddai" and other classics.

(Incidentally, he wrote a song about Christ called "Scandalon," the Greek word for "stumbling block." Of Christ, Card writes, "The long awaited one would make men stumble / But they were looking for a king to conquer and to kill / Who'd have ever thought He'd be so meek and humble / He will be the truth that will offend them one and all /
A stone that makes men stumble.")

But more pertinent to our purposes, Card wrote a song based on the Abraham-almost-sacrificing-Isaac story from Genesis 22. Some interesting/troubling ideas here about the role of sacrifice in Christianity Here are the lyrics, for better or worse.

"God Will Provide a Lamb"
by Michael Card

Three day's journey to the sacred place
A boy and a man with a sorrowful face
Tortured, yet faithful to God's command
To take the life of his son
With his own hands

Chorus:
God will provide a lamb
To be offered up in your place
A sacrifice so spotless and clean
To take all your sin away

There's wood and fire
Where's the sacrifice
The questioning voice
And the innocent eyes
Is the son of laughter who you've waited for
To die like a lamb
To please the LORD

Chorus

A gleaming knife
An accepted choice
A rush of wind
And an angel's voice
A ram in the thicket
Caught by his horns
And a new age of trusting the Lord is born

Chorus

God has provided a lamb
He was offered up in your place
What Abraham was asked to do, he's done
He's offered his only son

What Abraham was asked to do, he's done
He's offered his only son

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An ancient hymn on the crucifixion. -- j.jackson, 08:37:24 02/22/08 Fri