(Tune: Hymns, #958)

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1.	On the sixth day of God's recov'ry on earth,
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	God made a man after His own likeness--
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	Formed of the dust, infused with God's living breath,
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	In His image--His glory to express.
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		But then man fell away from the tree of life,
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		Dead, fleshly, poisoned, and rebellious,
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		Independent and sinful--now God's problem.
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		But God would still attain His eternal purpose.

2.	Though Satan tried to foil God and His purpose,
	God still continued dealing with this man--
	Created race, and then the chosen, called race,
	But still no way to carry out His plan.
		And then in His recov'ry He moved again--
		The surprise of the ages to reveal.
		The Lord stepped boldly into humanity;
		He became flesh and blood, Jesus, a Man so real.

3.	In our manner, Christ partook of blood and flesh--
	The Son of God yet in man embodied.
	Like us then tempted, yet He was without sin;
	Complete, yet through His suff'rings perfected.
		Obedient even to the death of a cross--
		Hallelujah! Old Adam is deceased--
		He resurrected with a real body,
		And thus He qualified to be our great High Priest.

4.	In resurrection, Christ became the Spirit--
	The breath of life to all who call His name.
	He recovered sinners to be sons of God;
	Now God's purpose into the full view came.
		He brought us back to eat of the tree of life;
		He's saving us from our fallen nature.
		We're partaking of His two natures mingled--
		Divine and human--O this is salvation sure.