A Stable Door

A stable door in Bethlehem
     Is gate to Paradise,
Now opened wide to welcome Him
     Who for us pays the price.

He came to recapitulate
     Our life we live on earth;
He’s born on earth to open gate
     To welcome earth’s new birth. 

All of us now will follow Three
     Who’re wise and lead us there–
Before His manger bend our knee
     In thanks that He is here.

He’ll live and die and rise again
     With new life for us all;
Deliver us from death and sin
     When we upon Him call.

Through faith He gives us hope and love,
     A taste of what’s to come,
Prepares us to join Him above:
     New persons we’ve become.