The Curse

My God speaks from Heaven, and the Devil from Hell
And Their legions tell
How humanity fell
Many since have told it, of this race Eve told it first
To understand blessing, we must be cursed

Long ago in the Garden when of the fruit she had eaten
By The serpent's words it was sweetened
And she had been beaten
God took His light from Creation, on which He no longer looked well
He withdrew His blessing, but remember this, we cursed ourselves

The Devil proclaims it a victory still
That atop Eden's hill
We bowed to his will
But God, long before he'd created the Earth
Had ordained the Blessing that would counter the curse

Noah, a sinner, could not understand
Why God had saved him from His plan
For the cleansing of Man
It rains all the time now, but that rain was the first
For us it's a blessing, for them it was a curse

Joseph was carried to Egypt, his bronze shackles chafed him
He thought Reuben had saved him
But they had resolved to enslave him
From the dark-bottomed cistern it always seems worse
It's hard to search for the blessing, when you're living the curse

Job was reduced to his natural state
With sherds of a plate
That were sharpened like blades
He drew blood
God, in the whirlwind, heard him softly confessing
The rule is the curse, the exception is blessing

The Joy of the mountaintop
The Peace of the night
The heavenly host
Scatters flocks with its light
Empyreal choirs frighten the shepherds alert
Proclaiming the Blessing, Whom we were to curse

But the curse would not fold Him
Death could not hold Him
This King who claimed Glory after three days, three years, three decades of hiding
This King, whose heavenly Kingdom was rising
He lifted the boulder like a handful of earth
The God-offered blessing Who neutered the curse

Rejoice at the abundance of Grace in this world
Let the streamers be hurled
Let the flags be unfurled
Dwell not on the curse, in all this confusion
It's just the absence of blessing, just a Devil's illusion

If You are omniscient, if Your hand conquers all
If You are sovereign, we must have been destined to fall
It will be true for the last man as it was true for the first
To understand blessing, we must be cursed