Hallelujah

“Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord but you don’t really care for music do you? It goes like this the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king composing hallelujah” –Leonard Cohen
 
How peculiar it is, when modern culture takes ownership of something, as simple as a saying, and makes it extremely popular even though it seems counter to that very culture.
The song “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen is one where the swooning, melody is accompanied by simply captivating lyrics. It is a tune of the quality that transcends time, allowing generations to hum along with it for, well, generations.

Hallelujah!

I mention “counter to the culture” because it is the entertainment establishment that has taken this song to make it the phenomenon it is. So much so that the writer asked people to stop covering, or re-recording it for a while, stating that “it is a good song” and not to overdo it.

What I find amusing is God’s sense of humor in this entire arena.

The word “Hallelujah” is from a Greek word ἀλληλούΐα or al-lay-loo'-ee-ah, and that word is taken from two Hebrew words
haw-lal’ meaning: be clear, shine, make a show, boast, or even be clamorously foolish in your celebration or
praise, and
YAW meaning: “the sacred name of the Lord God Most High.”
The God we’re talking about, just for clarity purpose, is the God of Adam & Eve, of Noah & the ark, of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, of Moses & the exodus, of David & Bathsheba, of Jesus Christ, of the apostles, and of modern Christianity.
In short, “let everyone praise God!”

Hallelujah!

I love the fact that the established society of “God mockers and haters” are indeed praising His holy, and precious name every time any of the song’s recorded versions are played over the airwaves, on personal listening devices, and anytime there is a concert with audience participation. Even though God may be “on their lips and not in their hearts”, His name is still magnified and lifted up to its rightful place of prominence.
Yes there are some verses of the song that do not really fit with the example of “acceptable worship” offered in the new testament, but it still remains the name of God is praised even by the “unbelievers.”

Hallelujah!
   
Doesn’t it say somewhere that God is not mocked?
    (Yes it does in Galations 6:7 the Bible says “be not deceived, God is not mocked…”)

Praise God!  (Or how about…)

Hallelujah!