But in the song it’s mainly a picture of worship Some folks use the term “Restoration Theology” to describe this restoring of attributes to the church. The restoration of praise and worship to the Church is represented by "the days of your servant David". There are lots of interpretations of this picture, but one of a united church rising up in unity and purpose, is a powerful call on us in these days. The second verse refers to the restoration of unity of the body, what Jesus prayed for - "that they may be one even as I and the Father are one." by reference to Ezekiel's prophetic vision of the valley of the dry bones becoming flesh and being knit together. In the midst of it all we are called to make a declaration of what and who we believe in. "Days of great trial, of famine, darkness and sword" is a reflection of the apparent times in which we live when still thousands of people die every day from starvation, malnutrition and war. Jesus was after righteous, servant hearts, of course, that desired to live holy lives for Him.
In fact Jesus told us that our “righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees”, who were the most ardent followers of Gods laws as presented by Moses. Now, we are under grace and not under law, but the righteousness that comes by faith can be no less than the moral law that Moses brought direct from God. We also needed to be a holy and just people and hence the reference to the "days of your servant Moses", meaning that righteousness and right living was important in all our attitudes and works. But God told him to stand up and speak for Him. Elijah’s story is in the book of Kings and you can read how he felt isolated and alone in the culture in which he lived. I felt in my spirit that He replied to my prayer by saying that indeed He was very much in control and that the days we were living in were special times when He would require Christians to be filled with integrity and to stand up for Him just like Elijah did, particularly with the prophets of Baal. As I watched the review unfold I found myself despairing about the state of the world and, in prayer, began asking God if He was really in control and what sort of days were we living in.
ONE SPIRIT BOOK OF DAYS TV
On this TV review were a lot of daft stories, happy stories, serious stories, and then absolutely devastating stories like the Rwandan situation. This was the year of the Rwandan civil war tragedy which claimed 1 million people’s lives, and also when the first ceasefires in N.I.
People call this “Typology” or “Typical” analysis of the scriptures.įirstly the song came from watching a television "Review of the Year" at the end of 1994. That is, even though they were historical factual people, living in the old covenant days, their actions and characters can be used to teach and represent the character of God under the new covenant and they continually and repeatedly point to Christ. The themes it explores are to do with the fact that, although raised a Methodist, I attended a lot of Brethren or Gospel Hall meetings as a small boy and somehow the theology of Old Testament stories and characters being, either as themselves or by their actions, 'types' or 'examples' of Christ and the Church got stuck in my head. The song is generally and principally a song of 'hope'.
I have had quite a few people asking me for an explanation of the roots and meaning of the words and themes contained in "Days of Elijah" since I wrote the song way back in 1994.
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