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Written on September 3, 2021
This is one of my favorite songs. I was neutral towards it when I first heard it, but it began to grow on me. Once I truly started to understand Daniel 18, the song meant so much to me. The song is based around the concept of Hebrews 13:5 or Deuteronomy 31:6. This song built around a great sum of scripture, and references many different points of the bible.Let us begin with the first chorus:
The first line references Daniel 3:25, where the three Hebrew servants were thrown into the furnace for not bowing down to King Nebuchadnezzar's idol. They had tremendous faith in our God to save them, and will not bow to any false gods if they were not saved. The second line is another Old Testament reference in Exodus 14:21, where Moses lifted his hands to the sea and God made a way for his people to pass through.
2 Corinthians 3:17, John 8:26, Galatians 5:1, Romans 6:14, and Ephesians 1:7 all remind us that we are truly free from sin in Christ. The cross is being used as a symbolic message where Jesus died for our sins, and it's burden is addressed in Colossians 2:13-15.
Verse 2 contains a line reminding us that we are "not slaves to sin anymore" which can be found in many chapters in Romans, but I like how Romans 6:6 is worded. "I will not bow to the things of this world" is echoed near the end of this verse, calling back to Daniel 3:18. Before closing the second verse, "I know I will never be alone" (Hebrews 13:5) is declared again.
The table above shows the bridge of the song, which heavily references Revelation 1: where John sees a powerful Jesus in a vision near the end times. John 1:5 speaks about the light in the darkness, and how the darkness can never overcome the light of the world (John 8:12). The "prison walls" caving in references when Paul and Silas were held in prison in Acts 16:26. They were singing hymns to God, and a violent earthquake broke the foundations of the prison that held them. Furthermore, the final verse declares that there is no other name other than the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12). In addition to this praise, we are reminded of what Jesus spoke in Revelation 1:8. In one of the last lines of the song, it speaks of "counting the joy of every battle". We are encouraged to consider every trial, battle, and hardship as joy in James 1:2-4.