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All Going Down to See The Lord Jesus by Queen

 


Queen is a band that has remained famous. Most of us have heard their greatest hits like “We Will Rock You,” “We Are The Champions,” “Another One Bites The Dust,” and “Who Wants to live Forever?” What many may not know is that Freddy Mercury wrote and sang a song about Jesus on their first album in 1973. 


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Here is the Lyrics: 


“And then I saw Him in the crowd

A lot of people had gathered round Him

The beggars shouted the lepers called Him

The old man said nothing

He just stared about him

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down

Then came a man before His feet he fell

Unclean said the leper and rang his bell

Felt the palm of a hand touch his head

Go now go now you’re a new man instead

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down

It all began with the three wise men

Followed a star took them to Bethlehem

And made it heard throughout the land

Born was a leader of man

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down

It all began with the three wise men

Followed a star took them to Bethlehem

And made it heard throughout the land

Born was a leader of man

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down to see the Lord Jesus

All going down.” -Queen 


What is remarkable about this song isn’t just the catchy rhythm, but that the main line is “Go down to see the Lord Jesus.” Very few modern Christian worship songs call Jesus Lord, when Scripture tells us that to be saved we must call Jesus Lord, “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved,” (Romans 10:9), and that all will one-day confess Jesus is Lord, “and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:11). 


I really think this song by Queen should be an anthem for Holy Week. That we should ring loud the bell and call Jesus Lord. I also think the mention of the Leper is the only time I’ve heard of lepers in a Christian song. It brings home that Christ wishes to touch and heal the untouchables: those abandoned and despised by society. Amen. 


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