Prologue - At Last

"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am."

This is what the cross was to Jesus:
Not a duty that must be fulfilled, but a divine vow that he anxiously desired and earnestly longed to give
He did not go trough life dreading it but rather longed for it
Knowing that it was his calling and purpose in life as a man on earth at that time
To betroth a fallen harlot back to himself

I knew that he wanted me to express this to his beloved
How he joyously yearned to get to the cross, looking forward to it as a bridegroom who longs for his wedding day
And that upon spilling his blood in recompense it was, in every sense, his greatest testament and vow of love to us

Now he asks that we would make a vow of like come
That his love would not be scorned, but rather joyously returned
We are the joy set before him, and now we must set him as the joy before us
So take up your cross and make your vow

For justice carries mercy, and mercy acts in love
And love is what defines the means by which the justice does
And thereby I have come here, that true love might be known
For joy is set before me: and at last the day has come
(The day has come!)