Hallelujah in Meeting Mr. Jesus Christ

I heard this song for the first time tonight. In fact it is the first time I have ever heard of Lyle Divinsky as well. After listening to a half-dozen of his songs I found this one touching. Such a lovely tune.

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I believe this song is based on the Bible stories of David and Bathsheba from the 2 Samuel Ch. 11 and Samson and Delilah in Judges 16. Some of my thoughts from the song and the story...

The word Hallelujah means "Praise Yah". Yah is the abbreviated form of the ancient Hebrew name of the Almighty. So I am praising God's name when I say it. The beginning of this song finds David praising God, but goes on to describe how even the most righteous can fall into sin.

David was Israel's King, chosen because of his faith and humble obedience to God's law, but later he coveted another man's wife, committed adultery with her, then had her husband murdered to cover the sin. Samson, a judge of Israel who was bestowed superhuman strength by God, was enticed and deceived by Delilah, also fell into sin and lost that blessing.

When sin is present in someone's life the Almighty withdraws from that person. Possibly the line "and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah" means that God was no longer being praised because of the presence of sin in their lives. Both men repented, but had to endure the consequences of their actions.

In the end we all stand before the judgement of Almighty God looking at the things we did in and with our lives. We always seem to justify ourselves as good people, even though many of the things we did were not good, in fact were blatant sins against God Himself. Breaking God's heart is a humbling experience when you compare how you live your life to how the law of God commands you to live, and know, unable to justify yourself, you lowly sinner, will have to stand before Him, with nothing on your tongue but Hallelujah.