Forever they were banished from their paradise God passed through Eden's garden gates alone But His compassion wrote the pages Unfolding through the ages Of a love that remains the greatest ever known
For God so loved That He gave His only Son To suffer agony On a hill called Calvary Heaven's mercy reached My heart and bore my pain Hope was born through sacred blood For God so loved
Shouts of praise were heard throughout Jerusalem As Jesus humbly passed through Zion's gates Then the gloom of Calvary's sorrows Dashed hopes of bright tomorrows When the heart of the loving Father turned away
For God so loved That He gave His only Son To suffer agony On a hill called Calvary Heaven's mercy reached My heart and bore my pain Hope was born through sacred blood For God so loved
Well, it seemed that all was over When they placed Him in that grave But death's victory march was ended On that resurrection day
For God so loved That He gave His only Son To suffer agony On a hill called Calvary Heaven's mercy reached My heart and bore my pain Hope was born through sacred blood For God so loved Hope was born through sacred blood For God so loved
