Song Description
Rootsy rock song about the massive Chinese house church movement and their drive to bring Christianity back to Jerusalem
| Song Length |
4:41 |
Genre |
Rock - Religious, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Affable, Passive |
Subject |
God, Encouragement |
| Similar Artists |
The Wallflowers, Counting Crows |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Back to Jerusalem is the cry
From an ancient land where Christians die
I asked a house pastor where he was trained
And he spoke of a school that fanned God?s flame
He said, a whip was my tutor
These bruises my degree
Suffering my schoolmate
With a foot chain for my seat
God is the dean, but the teachers are cruel
At the Holy Spirit Personal Devotion Bible School
Back to Jerusalem is the way
They fulfill the Commission that Christ proclaimed
A portioned inheritance kept for these
Tested by pain in a seminary where
A whip was their tutor and bruises their degrees
Suffering their schoolmate, with foot chains for seats
God is the dean, but the teachers are cruel
At the Holy Spirit Personal Devotion Bible School
They go without their funds being raised
They go with no accommodations made
No fancy networks push their cause
Still they go, they can?t say no to God
Back to Jerusalem is the cry
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us on, guide us back to Jerusalem