A Face That Shone (The Beginning Album Version)-Michael Card

[ti:A Face That Shone (The Beginning Album Version)] [ar:Michael Card] [al:The Beginning] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Face That Shone (The Beginning Album Version) - Michael Card [00:05.91]He the bread of heaven [00:08.02]Drank water from the rock [00:09.86] [00:10.72]And grumbling children followed [00:13.39]Like a misbegotten flock [00:16.21]He climbed up on a mountain [00:18.60]They couldn't even touch [00:20.67] [00:21.30]Who'd have known that one encounter [00:23.94]Could have ever meant so much [00:26.24] [00:28.12]And up upon that high place [00:30.55]In a cleft of solid stone [00:32.57] [00:33.40]His face was set on fire [00:35.71]As the God of glory shone [00:38.13] [00:38.95]He alone had seen it [00:41.12]And had lived to tell the tale [00:43.10] [00:43.86]But because they feared the fire [00:45.98]He had to hide behind a veil [00:48.65] [00:49.95]A face that shone with the radiance of the father [00:54.18] [00:55.29]Though it had known and endured dark desert days [00:59.64] [01:00.63]A face that shone with the glory of another [01:04.97] [01:05.93]So the prophet would discover [01:08.09] [01:08.63]As the glory was fading away [01:12.50] [01:17.25]He was the bread from heaven [01:19.38]He would be the smitten rock [01:21.33] [01:21.95]He had twelve confused disciples [01:24.72]They were his bewildered flock [01:27.45]When he climbed upon the mountain [01:29.98]He took Peter James and John [01:32.04] [01:32.71]In the face of pending glory [01:35.33]They soon began to yawn [01:37.84] [01:39.32]As he prayed while they were sleeping [01:41.39]He was transfigured into light [01:43.99] [01:44.78]His face a flash of lightning [01:46.76] [01:47.41]His clothes so burning bright [01:50.02]So moses finally saw the face [01:52.73]Before he'd hidden from [01:54.67] [01:55.20]Then came a voice from heaven [01:57.78]This is my beloved son [01:59.94] [02:01.41]The face that shone is the glory of the father [02:05.67] [02:06.61]And he had known from the start [02:09.09]That it was so [02:11.26] [02:11.98]The face that shone had let the light shine [02:14.65]Out of darkness [02:16.34] [02:17.18]And we're changed into his likeness [02:20.10] [02:21.39]As we gaze upon the son [02:23.90]But you and me we tend to flee from shining faces [02:28.43] [02:29.13]We see the glow and then we know [02:31.73]That we're undone [02:33.36] [02:34.17]They shine his light into out emptiest to spaces [02:39.05] [02:39.75]With their bright and shining faces [02:42.81] [02:43.74]Reflect the radiance of the son [02:46.17]The face that shone is the glory of the father [02:50.56] [02:51.39]And he had known from the start [02:54.15]That it was so [02:56.08] [02:56.91]The face that shone had let the light shine [02:59.60]Out of darkness [03:01.16] [03:02.26]And we're changed into his likeness [03:05.23] [03:06.31]As we gaze upon the son