End Of The Beginning

I was takin a trip on a plane the other day
 Just wishing that I could get out
 When the man next to me saw the book in my hand
 And asked me what it was about
 So I settled back in my seat
 "A best seller," I said
 "A history, a mystery in one."
 And then I opened up the book and began to read
 From Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
 He was born of a virgin one holy night
 In the little town of Bethlehem
 Angels gathered round him underneath the stars
 Singing praises to the great I Am
 He walked on the water, healed the lame and made the blind to see again
 And for the first time here on earth we learned that God could be a friend
 And though he never ever did a single thing wrong
 The angry crowd chose him. And then he walked down the road
 And died on the cross and that was the end of the beginning
 "Thats not a new book thats a bible," he said, "and I've heard it all before
 I've tried religion- its shame and guilt and I dont need it anymore
 It's superstition, made up tales and just to help the weak to survive."
 "Let me read it again," I said, "listen closely, cuz this is gonna change your life
 He was born of a virgin one holy night
 In the little town of Bethlehem
 Angels gathered round him underneath the stars
 Singing praises to the great I Am
 He walked on the water, healed the lame and made the blind to see again
 And for the first time here on earth we learned that God could be a friend
 And though he never ever did a single thing wrong
 The angry crowd chose him. And then he walked down the road
 And died on the cross and that was the end of the beginning
 "The end of the beginning," he said with a smile
 "What more could there be? He's dead
 You said they hung him, put nails in His hands
 And a crown of thorns on His head."
 I said, "I'll read it again but this time there's more
 And I believe that this is true
 His death wasn't the end, the beginning of life
 That's completed in you
 Don't you see he did all this for you!"
 He was born of a virgin one holy night
 In the little town of Bethlehem
 All the angles singing praises to the great I AM
 He walked on the water, healed the lame
 And made the blind to see
 (And for the first time here on earth)
 Did you know that God could be a friend
 Tho He never ever did a single thing wrong
 He was the one the crowd chose
 Then he walked and he died but
 Three days later, he rose
 Three days later he rose
 You see he came, he lived, and he died
 But that was the end of the beginning