A Face That Shone
Michael Card

He ate the bread of heaven

Drank water from the rock

And the grumbling children followed

Like a misbegotten flock

He climbed up on a mountain

They couldn't even touch

Who'd have known that one encounter

Could have ever meant so much


And up upon that high place

In a cleft of solid stone

His face was set on fire

As the God of Glory shone

He alone had seen it

And had lived to tell the tale

But because they feared the fire

He had to hide behind a veil


A face that shone with the radiance of the Father

Though it had known and endured dark desert days

A face that shone with the glory of Another

So the prophet would discover

As the glory was fading away


He was the Bread from Heaven

He would be the smitten Rock

He had twelve confused disciples

They were his bewildered flock

When he climbed upon the mountain

He took Peter, James and John

In the face of pending glory

They soon began to yawn


As he prayed while they were sleeping

He was transfigured into Light

His face a flash of lightning

His clothes so burning bright

So Moses finally saw the face

Before he'd hidden from

Then came a voice from heaven

This is my beloved Son


The face that shone is the Glory of the Father

And he had known from the start that it was so

The face that shone had let the light shine out of darkness

And we're changed into His likeness

As we gaze upon the Son


But you and me we tend to flee from shining faces

We see the glow and then we know that we're undone

They shine His light into out emptiest of spaces

With their bright and shining faces

Reflect the radiance of the Son


The face that shone is the Glory of the Father

And he had known from the start that it was so

The face that shone had let the light shine out of darkness

And we're changed into His likeness

As we gaze upon the Son


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Lyrics by Michael Card

  A Gift Of Life   A New And Living Way   A Violent Grace   Abba Father   Arise My Love   Asleep On Holy Ground   Be Thou My Vision   By Faith   By Your Name   Carmen Christi   Celebrate The Child   Chorus Of Faith   Close Your Eyes So You Can See   Come To The Table   Could It Be   Cross Of Glory   Crown Him   Distressing Disguise   Don't You Know   Don't You Know   Dragonslayer   El Shaddai   Face The Light   Fan The Flame   Flesh Of His Flesh   Forgiving Eyes   Fragile Stone   Freedom   Girl at the Gate [Instrumental]   God Will Provide A Lamb   God Will Provide A Lamb (Abraham)   God's Own Fool   God's Own Fool   Gods Own Fool   Hallelujah   He Was Heard   Heal Our Land (Song For The National Day Of Prayer...   Holy God We Praise Thy Name   Holy, Holy, Holy   Hound Of Heaven   I Have Decided   I Will Bring You Home   Immanuel   In Stillness And Simplicity   In The Garden   Jacob's Star   Jacob's Star   Jacobs Star   Jesus Let Us Come to Know You   Jesus Loves Me   Jesus Loves Me (This I Know)   Jesus, Lover Of My Soul   Job Suite   Joseph's Song   Joseph's Song   Joy In The Journey   Jubilee   Know You In The Now   Known By The Scars   Light Of The World   Live This Mystery   Livin' We Die   Livin' We Die   Love Crucified Arose   Maranatha   Meditation / Baptism   Morning Has Broken   Morning Prayer   My Shepherd   Never Will I Leave You   No Rusty Swords   Not That Kind Of King   Now That I've Held Him In My Arms   Now That I've Held Him In My Arms   Older Than The Rain   Overture Of The Trilogy   Pilgrims to the City of God   Ride On To Die   Salvation   Scandalon   Search Me And Know Me   Seventh Sunrise   Song Of Gomer   Soul Anchor   Spirit Of The Age   Starkindler   Stranger On The Shore   Sunrise Of Your Smile   Tell The World That Jesus Loves You   Tell The World That Jesus Loves You (Reprise)   That's What Faith Must Be   That's What Faith Must Be   The Beginning   The Book   The Dragon   The Edge   The Final Word   The Gentle Healer   The Greening Of Belfast   The Lamb Is A Lion   The Lamb Is Lion   The Nazarene   The Poem Of Your Life   The Promise   The Prophet   The Voice Of The Child   The Way Of Wisdom   The Wedding   The Wilderness   The Word   The Word Is So Near   Then They Will Know   They Called Him Laughter   Things We Leave Behind   This Must Be The Lamb   To The Mystery   To the Overcomers   Traitor's Look   Traitor's Look   Under The Sun   Valley Of Dry Bones   What Her Heart Remembered   What Will It Take   When Jesus Was A Boy   Why   Why?

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