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Chris Tomlin - A Christmas Alleluia Lyrics

Artist:
Chris Tomlin

Lyrics

Chorus


Alleluia, alleluia
Christ, the Savior of the world
He has come!
Alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia
Christ, the Savior of the world
He has come!
Alleluia, alleluia


Verse 1


The heavens roar, the angels sing
All glory to our God and King!
O night divine forever more
The heavens roar, the angels sing
All glory to our God and King!
O night divine forever more


Chorus


Alleluia, alleluia
Christ, the Savior of the world
He has come!
Alleluia, alleluia
To the highest name of all
Alleluia!


Outro


You're the Highest name of all
Alleluia!


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Meaning & Inspiration

A Christmas Alleluia is a short carol-style song that answers the news of Christ's birth with alleluias. The refrain announces that Christ, the Savior of the world, has come, and the verse adds that the heavens roar and the angels sing all glory to God and King on a divine night. The closing lines lift the highest name of all.

The verse draws on Luke 2:13-14, where a multitude of angels praise God at the birth of Jesus, while the title Savior of the world recalls John 4:42 and 1 John 4:14, and the highest name echoes Philippians 2:9. With few words and a repeated alleluia, the song is easy for a congregation to learn at Christmas and gives a simple, joyful way to say the story's central claim: the Savior has come.

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