Exodus 10 recounts the eighth plague God sent to Egypt because Pharaoh would not release the Jews from slavery:
"14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt."
All throughout the Bible this plague of locusts is referred back to and used as imagery for God's judgement. Sometimes God sends the proverbial swarm of locusts into our life to get our attention, as punishment for sins, to remind us we live in a fallen world and this is not our home, to get us to look upwards towards Him for salvation - the list could go on.
But the important thing and the glorious thing is that these trials are temporary. God promises to bring those who love Him into glory, either in this life or the next. Either way, we have the hope of glory to look forward to.
The song alludes to this in the last stanza:
"These vermin cannot infiltrate us
Faith appears and holds a candle hark the angels sing"
Compare with Joel 2:25, "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you."
There is a candle in the darkness. The Lord is faithful to restore the years the locust has eaten. Look to Him who can save you.
Exodus 10 recounts the eighth plague God sent to Egypt because Pharaoh would not release the Jews from slavery:
"14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt."
All throughout the Bible this plague of locusts is referred back to and used as imagery for God's judgement. Sometimes God sends the proverbial swarm of locusts into our life to get our attention, as punishment for sins, to remind us we live in a fallen world and this is not our home, to get us to look upwards towards Him for salvation - the list could go on.
But the important thing and the glorious thing is that these trials are temporary. God promises to bring those who love Him into glory, either in this life or the next. Either way, we have the hope of glory to look forward to.
The song alludes to this in the last stanza:
"These vermin cannot infiltrate us Faith appears and holds a candle hark the angels sing"
Compare with Joel 2:25, "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you."
There is a candle in the darkness. The Lord is faithful to restore the years the locust has eaten. Look to Him who can save you.
Nice analysis but has nothing to do with the meaning of the lyrics, thanks for the effort though.
Nice analysis but has nothing to do with the meaning of the lyrics, thanks for the effort though.