"Days of Elijah"
God is known by different names in the Bible. In Exodus 6:2-3, God says to Moses, "I am the Lord. And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them."
There is a line used as a bridge in the song, "Days of Elijah" that is repeated powerfully:
There is no God like Jehovah.
In 1994, the writer of the song, Robin Mark, needed to know that God was in control. He had watched the year-end review, and saw that over 1 million people had been killed in the Rwandan civil war tragedies. In his home country of Ireland, it was the first year of a cease fire. He felt God remind him of Elijah, and Elijah's declaration of God's Word.
Then in early 1995, one Sunday Robin's pastor taught about Ezekiel, and the dry bones coming alive. The message prompted him to sit down and write the words and tune to "Days of Elijah." It was done in 30 minutes.
The verses talks about Elijah, Moses, Ezekiel, and David:
These are the days of Elijah,
Declaring the word of the Lord.
And these are the days of Your servant Moses,
Righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trials,
Of famine and darkness and sword.
Still we are the voice in the desert saying
Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of Your servant David,
Rebuilding a temple of praise.
These are the days of the harvest.
The fields are white in your world.
And we are the labourers in Your vineyard,
Declaring the word of the Lord.
The chorus speaks of Christ coming again.
Chorus:
Behold He comes riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.