| Saviour Machine – Jesus Christ Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Coming back to this song, I think of the Biblical book of Habakkuk, which is about a prophet lamenting over the torturous condition of the world and having a conversation with God over his pain. Since the theme of the band Saviour Machine is Revelation and the End Times, I feel like the song is a conversation of an individual with Christ over doubts about Christ and perhaps Christ answers simply with "Vengeance is Mine" meaning to be patient and wait for the Rapture, to leave the doubts behind to die. It fits the themes of the earlier songs, which began with mourning over souls on their way to their eternal deaths, the rise of the Anti-Christ, and the hypocrisy of the Church. I believe the one of the concluding verses for Biblical Book of Revelation is "Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy." This brings further context behind Christ's response of "Vengeance is mine." The persecuted individual who has watched many die for Christ's name may be admitting that through such horrors Christ, who came down in human flesh, may still empathize with the suffering saints "You are the Son of Man who listens as they cry!" Therefore, the persecuted individual settles to be still and know that He is God through the line calling for an end to the "torture over belief/set us free." I just see the whole song like a Book of Habakkuk, but for the End Times where the persecuted Christian faces doubts, goes through the ills of the world, then resolutely concludes with a plea for Christ to set the world free which points to the Second Coming. |
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