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Lyrics
Come Again, O'LORD Of Loving Light! Thy Favour, Latter Rain, Will Wash, Away The Night. To See, To Hear, To Touch, Eternally Rise! As It Is Written, Messiah, Come Again. To See, To Hear, To Touch, Eternally Rise! Only Begotten, Messiah, Come Again. Break The Day, And Smell The Tender Vine, Come Taste The Father's Wine, Make Shadows Flee Away. I Will, Get Me, To The, Mountain Of Myrrh! Raise-Up the Brethren, Messiah, Come Again. I Will, Get Me, To The, Mountain Of Myrrh! Gather Thy Children, Messiah, Come Again. Smite The Night, O'Alpha Of Urim, Omega Of Thummim, In Coming, Glory Bright! Which Was, Which Is, To Come, Beginning And Ending! Rebuke and Chasten, Messiah, Come Again. Which Was, Which Is, To Come, Beginning And Ending! Saith The Amen, Messiah, Come Again. Amen, Amen! Lord Jesus, Come Again! Amen, Amen! Lord Jesus, Come Again!
Scriptures Used for the Lyrics
Starting from the top of the song, every line, for every stanza, is based on a scripture, or two, from the KJV Bible. I mostly used scriptures from my posts on KJV Bible Verses About Love and End Times Prophecies, with an emphasis on the coming return of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
I knit each stanza together from these scriptures:
Stanzas 1 to 3
John 14:2–4 KJV
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Proverbs 16:15 KJV
In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
And his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
James 5:7–8 KJV
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Isaiah 64:4 KJV
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Isaiah 60:1–2 KJV
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: But the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Psalm 126:6 KJV
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Song of Solomon 2:10 KJV
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
John 6:40 KJV
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Mark 14:60–62 KJV
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said,
I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Stanzas 4 to 6
Song of Solomon 2:13 KJV
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Matthew 26:29 KJV
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
Song of Solomon 4:6–7 KJV
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Isaiah 18:3 KJV
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Joel 2:16 KJV
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: Let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Romans 7:4 KJV
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Matthew 24:27 KJV
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Stanzas 7 to 10
Exodus 12:12 KJV
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exodus 28:30 KJV
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Revelation 1:8 KJV
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 3:14 KJV
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Revelation 22:12–13 KJV
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelation 22:17 KJV
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Isaiah 27:13 KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Matthew 24:31 KJV
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelation 22:20–21 KJV
He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly.
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
2025
Original Publishing Date: 08/21/2025
Shulamite Album
The core version is probably best described as Dramatic Synthwave or Synth-Pop, but I also experimented with a variety of other styles, and permutations. A paid subscription will allow you to download all versions of the song.
Bride of Christ - Dramatic Synth-Pop
This is the original video version of the song.
Western
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Power Rock
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Nostalgic Synth-Pop
Klezmer Dancewave
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High Classical
Fun-Pop
Ethereal Folk
Delicate Aria
Bubblegum Pop-Rock
Bridegroom Folk
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Acoustic Ballad
80’s Strut-Pop
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Who is the Shulamite Bride of Christ?
This depiction represents the prophetic dualism of the Shulamite described in the Song of Solomon, and the Bride of Christ in the New Testament.
She has been depicted according to the description given for the Shulamite Israelite from Song of Solomon, but she represents the Bride of Christ.
The Shulamite Bride of Christ is a foreshadowing prophecy, pointing to the coming eternal bliss between God and his people, the Church of Jesus Christ.
There are a number of references, all throughout the scriptures, to the bride and the bridegroom, which all have prophetic implications, but I chose to model the bride’s depiction, primarily from the Song of Solomon.
In this rendering, the vine (God’s people, the bride) is ripe, ready and waiting and desirous to be poured forth into the cup of the Returning Bridegroom, just before the light of dawn, at the Mountain of Olives, in Jerusalem.
The Shulamite Bride of Solomon
If you take-a-look at my Song of Solomon KJV Cards post, you will also see this rendering variation, for the Shulamite Bride of Solomon.
Different renderings have been created, for various emphasis.
These are composite character archetypes.
The scriptures seem to imply that the Shulamite Bride was a real woman, esteemed to be the most precious love of King Solomon, who the text may suggest had a vineyard to tend, and would pine for her love to come and visit her, to enjoy the fruits, thereof. This is very much a parallel for the fruitfulness and pining of God’s People, the Bride of the Lamb of God.
There is a kind of dualism, in the bride that ascends, the Church longing for transfiguration and redemption, versus the bride that descends, which is New Jerusalem, the bride transfigured, perfected, and sanctified for eternity.
This song and depiction are focused on the prophetic ascending bride.
What is a Shulamite?
The term “Shulamite” is found in Song of Solomon, and is one of the descriptions for the pining bride, of Solomon’s life and time.
Here are key verses, describing the appearance of the Beloved Shulamite:
Song of Solomon 1:5-6 KJV
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Note:
These statements have created a popular cult narrative that she was some manner of western or sub-Saharan African, but looking at the potential connotations of the terms, I believe it is basically saying that she was sun-kissed or dusky, like the Arabian women of Kedar.
I researched this for some time, re-visited it, and re-rendered a number of times, but it’s especially tricky, because there are not a lot of images, online, which adequately depict this type of woman.
The closest I could find were searches on dusky Indian or Arabic women, which are very similar to dark-skinned Gypsies.
They oftentimes have high contrast features, like dark purple lips.
I did what I could to depict her as a beautiful dusky Semitic Ancient Israelite woman, but this type of generation requires a special custom loaded model, which I did not undertake, initially.
I did, however, put a great deal of effort into rendering her features, and the principle scenes, to match the scriptures, so it’s on the right track, but it could be improved, in the future.
Song of Solomon 1:10 KJV
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.Song of Solomon 1:12 KJV
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
Song of Solomon 2:1 KJV
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:1-5 KJV
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 4:7 KJV
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Song of Solomon 6:9-10 KJV
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Song of Solomon 6:13 KJV
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
Note:
There are a variety of theories, as to what a Shulamite is supposed to be, which are as-follows:Belief that "Shulamite" is another form of "Shunammite," a person from the village of Shunem.
Theory that "Shulamite" relates to "Salem," an ancient name for Jerusalem.
We know she had family in the general region of Jerusalem, and kept vineyards, so we can make certain assumptions about her nationality, which are more reasonable than other speculations.Interpretation that "Shulamite" is not a place but the feminine version of the name Solomon.
She came from an unknown location named Shulem.
She was from the ancient city of Abel-meholah.
Abstract title for “peaceful one” or “perfect one”, since the term stems from “shalam”, which has a large variety of similar meanings.
I tend to lean more towards this theory, since the Bride of Christ will be perfected in the transfiguration, at the Mount of Olives.
This also may blend well with the Salem theory, as a kind of dualistic meaning, especially since the descending Bride is known to be New Jerusalem, it fits very well, but this is speculation.
Song of Solomon 7:1-7 KJV
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
Song of Solomon 8:10 KJV
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
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How It Was Made
In early 2024, I was looking through Harpsichord songs, out of curiosity for baroque and renaissance period compositions, when I stumbled onto a curious piece, which caught my attention:
The Frog Galliard
This instrument is technically called a Virginal, which has a rich and robust sound quality, compared to typical “tinny” Harpsichord claviers. It reminded me of a rich Square-Saw Synth lead patch hybrid, which surprised me.
That sound quality, coupled with the passionate romance of its composition, led me to looking through several dozen recordings of John Dowland’s repertoire. This particular performance, above, is the instrumental version for one of his more famous pieces, below:
Now, O’Now, I Needs Must Part
While the vocal version is lovely, I find the instrumental performances show-off the running passions, a bit better, for this song. You might also notice that he incorporated parts of the famous Greensleeves ballad into the song, which is interesting. There are aspects of John’s compositions, which have enormous potential, but are often not fully developed. So, in realizing that potential, I perused more of his discography, to find this gem:
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
This song is not as popular, as some of John’s other pieces, but it is definitely one of his best compositions. Credit, where credit is due, to a very lovely performance by Olivier Bensa and Cécile Cardinot. Hearing this, a few times, I perceived this song could be adapted as a pining prayer of praise, to Christ.
About one year, from that discovery, having it in the back of my mind, I decided to craft new lyrics, based on the return of Christ, using KJV verses. This was a difficult task, which required macro narrative consistency, improved rhyming schemes, modified stanza arrangements, and ensuring the words could properly latch to the melody, in the general song structure. Over several months, I handled more than 1500+ track variations, in the development process, for my adapted versions of this romantic composition.
This video, 'Come again !! John Dowland - Guitar Duo Bensa-Cardinot' performed by Duo Bensa-Cardinot, is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, according to the YouTube license of the video.
About John Dowland
John Dowland (c. 1563–1626), a prominent English Renaissance composer and lutenist, thought to have been born in London, had special renown for his melancholic lute songs, like "Flow My Tears", and instrumental works such as “Lachrimae”, or “Seaven Teares”, among other pieces.
After studying in France and Italy, and converting to Catholicism, he served in courts across Europe, including Denmark (1598–1606), and England, under King James I (1612), but it is speculated that his Catholic conversion may have hindered his career, in Protestant courts. His influential publications, like First Book of Songs (1597), sparked a lute song craze, and despite dying in poverty in London, his music saw a 20th-century revival, supposedly impacting modern composers, like Benjamin Britten.
Final Note from Ivan
For my part, even though his composition was written for a secular romance, I don’t presume that is the fruit God desired for the talents John cultivated. While he may have been Catholic, I hope he believed in the Word of God, rather than the ordinances of Men, and if so, perhaps my adaptation will lay up a little treasure or mercy, for John, at the Judgment.
I would that everyone could see, and know, and understand, the depths of the riches of Christ, that their talents are not for vanities, but for the Glory of God’s Righteous Branch.
The Greatest Romance, of all, is in Jesus Christ, with his Bride (his people).
John 15:1–2 KJV
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Isaiah 61:10–11 KJV
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
And as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth
Before all the nations.
Revelation 22:20–21 KJV
He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly.
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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