Track 1 on The ❤️ Of Missions
Cloud Rider Takes Over
Built on Isaiah 19:1–4, Isaiah 19:23–25, and Deuteronomy 32:8–9
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The study behind the song
Built on Isaiah 19:1–4, Isaiah 19:23–25, Deuteronomy 32:8–9, Romans 11:17–26, Zechariah 14:4, and Zechariah 14:8–10.
Doulos of Jesus says this song was spurred by a study of Isaiah 19, an oracle against Egypt. It opens with the LORD riding a swift cloud into Egypt while its idols, the elilim, tremble. The nation unravels: city against city, spirit emptied, counsel confused, as people seek idols, spirits of the dead, and mediums. Then the chapter turns surprisingly hopeful: a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the decree, "Blessed be Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands."
The song reads that chapter through Deuteronomy 32, where the nations scattered at Babel were placed under lesser divine beings. The chorus drives home that God is the King of the Nations, taking that land back. The verses move on to Paul's warning in Romans 11 that wild olive shoots grafted into Israel's root must not be arrogant, and to the promise that all Israel will be saved.
It ends in Zechariah 14: His feet on the Mount of Olives, living water flowing from Jerusalem, and the LORD King over all the earth.
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Lyrics
Behold, the Cloud Rider descends. The lines are drawn. The regional principalities fall.
An oracle against the Nile, the judgment is profound. "Look, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt." The elilim shake, the demonic idols quake at His face. The heart of the Egyptian melts inside their sacred space. The Deuteronomy 32 matrix is shifting the ground. The sons of God who ruled the nations are being unbound. Civil war breaks out, neighbor fighting neighbor for the crown. "City against city, kingdom against kingdom" going down. The ruach is emptied out, their counsel is confounded tight. They seek the ittim and the obot in the dead of the night. Calling to the yiddeonim, the mediums, the whisperers of old. But the underworld hotline is dead, the dark forces controlled!
He’s the King of the Nations, reclaiming the land! Snapping back the natural branches with a mighty hand! From the Tower of Babel to the Mount of Olives peak, the King of Hosts is coming for the inheritance we seek!
Fast forward through the ages, see the highway align. Egypt and Assyria brought into the covenant sign. "Blessed be Egypt My people" is the radical decree. "Assyria the work of My hands"—the captives set free. From Zimbabwe to Brazil, every tongue will confess. The United States shaking as the nations progress. The wild olive shoots grafted into the Jewish root. "Do not be arrogant," Paul warns, the truth is absolute! "For if God did not spare the natural branches" of the vine, He won't spare the wild if you walk outside the line! The partial hardening stays until the global harvest clears. Then all Israel is saved, wiping away the ancient tears!
"On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives" east! The mountain splits in two, the cosmic warfare has ceased! "The whole land will become a plain" as the high places drop. Jerusalem elevated, towering right at the top! "On that day living water will flow out" to the sea, flushing out the Dead Sea, healing the earth's anatomy!
He’s the King of the Nations, reclaiming the land! Snapping back the natural branches with a mighty hand! From the Tower of Babel to the Mount of Olives peak, the King of Hosts is coming for the inheritance we seek!
"The LORD will become King over all the earth" today. "On that day He alone will be LORD, His name the only name" to say! The bene elohim evicted from the territories they trod. One King. One Land. One People. The Supreme Most High God.
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