If you had to write a song about Heaven, what would you say?
I had to ask myself this question as I set out to write a song for Revival X. Should I talk about what Heaven will be like? Should the song be full of streets of gold, pearly, gates, and a tree of life? I did not know.
I eventually asked myself, “ What am I looking forward to most about Heaven?” Finally I had found a question I could answer! I cannot wait to see Jesus face to face and be with him forever! I had to make the song about that!
As I thought about seeing Jesus, one phrase kept popping into my mind: “they will look upon the one whom they have pierced.” This phrase comes from
Him Whom They Have Pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. (ESV)
, which says,
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps for a firstborn.”
When we finally see Jesus, we will weep as we realize that he is the one we have pierced. Our sin nailed him to the cross, and we will feel the weight of that more fully than ever before. Thankfully, one of the most precious promises about heaven is that God “will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” We may experience tears as we see Christ for the first time, but he is going to wipe those away and invite us into glory to be with him forever! After thinking through these things, the chorus was easy to write:
We will look upon the One we have pierced//He will wipe away all our tears//The earth will be restored//Sin will be no more//We will be with the Lord
The verses were much harder to write. I found myself asking the same questions over again. Eventually, the answer became clear: make them about Jesus.
The first one focuses on what Jesus did for us.
Jesus Christ, Perfect One//Slain for us you were//Spotless Lamb took our sin//Wrath of God endured//We cannot help but marvel at your amazing grace//Savior, how we long to see you face to face
The second verse focuses on who Christ is now and what he will do in the future.
Jesus Christ, Risen One//Exalted King and Lord//Coming again on the clouds//To reign forevermore//We cannot help but fall to our knees and sing your praise//Savior, how we long to see you face to face
The bridge expresses how this Christ-centered praise will never end.
Forever we will sing//Hallelujah to our King//Eternal praises will ring
I hope this song ministers to you and stirs up your heart to praise Christ – “The One We Have Pierced.”
The One We Have Pierced
The best song!!
Absolutely Beautiful and so meaningful!
Ben – I was very moved by this song at Revival. It so clearly expresses how our sins pierced our Savior and all He did for us.
encouraging and biblically right on! Keep writing to the glory of God
Such an amazing song!! You have such a talent for writing and I can’t wait to hear what you write next! This is definitely my favorite song we sang at Revival!
Great song Ben! You are very gifted at this! I love Whole Heart too! Keep it up!
Amazing song – I love it!!! Thank you!!!
AWWESOME Song Ben i Love it it really touched me at Revival X!!!!
This is an amazing song!!!
Love that song!!!! It’s so meaningful and moving!!!! Loved when we sang it at revival!!
such an amazing song ben!! good job! it is so encouraging and it makes me even more excited for heaven! MARANATHA!!!
This is an original? WOW! Stellar! True North is truly blessed to be led by PB and Yourself. Can’t wait to hear more original music in “The Lounge”.
this song is absolutely wonderful! i heard it and i thought “they must have got a new song” ben wrote it! Such a good song and the words are moving. Good job ben!
Looking forward to an entire CD of worship songs, Ben. Thanks for sharing His gifts to you with us. It will be so incredible to be in heaven, praising our God singing songs He’s given you for His glory and Name’s sake.
I’m having trouble with this song… I can download it to itunes but it won’t sync onto my iPod… Any tips?
Try downloading it straight from iTunes on our True North (Compass Bible Church High School) podcast. Let me know if that helps!
Thank you Pastor Bobby, your suggestion worked!!!
I meant to say thank you soooo much!!! :)
Selah is soo happy. She looked high and low on the internet looking for this song not knowing you had wrote it.Thank you for using your gift to bless soo many! Beautiful song!!
AMAZING SONG!!! One of my favorites right now! God has blessed you with such an amazing talent!
Awesome Job Pastor Ben!!!
LOVE this song. Ben God has really blessed you with this talent!
this song is so amazing… it touches me deeply, and it makes me cry almost every time i hear it… thank you for sharing your gifts with us, pastor ben!! your songs truly are a blessing..
Loved this song deeply the first time I heard it.
Ben to me you sharing this song with us is such a blessing!.. you could have kept it between you and God. Thank you for giving us a chance to enjoy it, and put it in our hearts and minds. You let us see your love for God and His Son. Little did you realize you were also looking into the hearts of many that love Christ deeply too.
:) Thank you for all your hard work, we all appreciate it very much!
-Beth Metcalf
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Favorite song!
what are the chords?
I love this song it is amazing
wow i love this song i can not believe that you wrote it and i did not know till now. Thank you for writting it for us to enjoy at revivalX, what you wrote about is so true and i think that i like it best becuase those things that you wrote about in the song (sin no more he will wipe away all our tears) are the things that i am looking forward to the most in Heaven. It was my favorite song at revival that i heard and still is my favorite song to here at church. THANK you agian Pastor Ben!!!!
This is an amazing song Pastor Ben! It is one of my favorite songs! It really makes me look forward to Heaven where there won’t be any sin and where we will be with the Lord. I never really thought about how painful it will be for me to have to look up at Jesus, who gave his life for my sins. Thank you so much for writing this song! I love it! :)
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I did not know this was an original song. Well done! Keep using the talents you’ve been given to bring glory to our Lord and Savior!
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