Rise My Soul The Lord Is Risen

CityAlight's “Rise My Soul The Lord Is Risen” is an Easter song that speaks to the singer's own soul. It opens at the tomb: “Come behold the empty grave, see the place where darkness laid Him.” The refrain declares the victory, “death defeated and life restored by that great immortal power,” and ends on the command that gives the song its title, “Christ is risen, arise my soul.”

The second verse changes the verb to “rest,” because “love's redeeming work is done.” The Father now sees believers “as He sees His sinless Son,” and a line sums up the change, “shame behind me, grace before me.” The third verse speaks to the weary, promising that trials are “brief and fleeting” and that “tears will turn to glory soon.” The fourth looks ahead with courage, saying “I am risen, seated now with Christ my Lord” and that fear “shall hold its sway no more.”

The empty grave is Matthew 28:6. Being seated with Christ is Ephesians 2:6, and a soul raised with him and set on things above is Colossians 3:1. No condemnation is Romans 8:1.