We The Kingdom – God Is On The Throne

We the Kingdom began their career in 2018, releasing four albums and six EP’s.  These include:

• Live at the Wheelhouse (EP, 2019)
• Live Acoustic Sessions (EP, 2020)
• The Awakening (EP, 2020)
• The Battle (EP, 2020)
• The Journey (EP, 2020)
• Holy Water (2020)
• A Family Christmas (EP, 2021)
• Live At Ocean Way Nashville (2021)
• We the Kingdom (2022)
• Live from the Ryman (2023)

We the Kingdom won a GMA Dove award in 2020 for New Artist of the Year and two more in 2021 for Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Holy Water).

Also, check out my reviews of Jesus Does, Dancing on the Waves, Child of Love, God So Loved, Don’t Tread on Me, Holy Water, and Christmas review Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah).

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/We-the-kingdom-god-is-on-the-throne-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

God/Jesus:

• Rules forever
• Cures anxiety
• Secures
• Loves
• Gives power
• Redeems

In response, We the Kingdom gives up their worries and fears, prostrated before Him in reverence.

I want to address Bridge’s statement: “He’s never gonna let me down”.  Sometimes we feel that God has “let us down” by not answering our prayers.  The thoughts and feelings of believers whose prayers go unanswered will struggle to accept this phrase.  However, I also don’t believe that this song should be penalized for speaking the truth, even if it’s difficult to believe.

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

This song is Biblical in its lyrics.

[Intro]

Lines 1 and 2: God is the eternal King (Exodus 15:18, Psalm 10:16, Psalm 29:10, Psalm 145:13, Psalm 146:10, Lamentations 5:19, Daniel 4:3, Daniel 6:26, Micah 4:7, 1 Timothy 6:16, 1 Peter 5:11, and Revelation 11:15).

Line 3: We the Kingdom will give us reasons to think about it later.

Line 4: Repeats line 3 followed by yes.

[Verse 1]

Lines 1 and 2: With God in control, we have no reason to worry (Psalm 37:5, Psalm 55:22, Matthew 11:28-30, Philippians 4:6, and 1 Peter 5:7) or fear (Genesis 15:1, Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 27:1, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 56:3-4, Psalm 94:19, Psalm 115:11, Psalm 118:6, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 41:10-13, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 54:4, John 14:25-27, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:38-39, 2 Timothy 1:7, Hebrews 13:5-6, 1 Peter 3:13-14, 1 Peter 5:6-7, and 1 John 4:18).

Line 3: God is defense (Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 22:3-4, Psalm 3:3, Psalm 5:11, Psalm 18:30, Psalm 27:1, Psalm 32:7, Psalm 34:22, Psalm 41:2, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 57:1, Psalm 59:1, Psalm 61:3, Psalm 91:1-16, Psalm 118:8, Psalm 121:7-8, Psalm 138:7, Proverbs 18:10, Proverbs 30:5, Nahum 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and 1 John 5:18).

Line 4: As summarized in Romans 8:35-39.

Lines 5-8: Repeats/essentially repeats line 1-4.

[Chorus]

Lines 1-4: Essentially repeats Intro.

Lines 5 and 6: His nature is to be good (1 Chronicles 16:34, Psalm 23:6, Psalm 27:13, Psalm 31:19-20, Psalm 34:8, Psalm 86:5, Psalm 100:5, Psalm 106:1, Psalm 119:68, Psalm 135:3, Psalm 136:1, Psalm 145:9, Lamentations 3:25, Nahum 1:7, Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18, and Luke 18:19) and loving (1 John 4:8).

Lines 7 and 8: Repeats lines 3 and 4.

[Verse 2]

Lines 1-4: A slight variation of Verse 1, lines 1-4, except that We the Kingdom is an active participant through prayer for strength (Nehemiah 8:10, Psalm 22:19, Psalm 28:7-8, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 118:14, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 33:2, Isaiah 40:29-31, Habakkuk 3:19, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Ephesians 3:16, Ephesians 6:10, and Philippians 4:13).

Line 5: The title “King of kings” is specifically attributed to Jesus (1 Timothy 6:13-16, Revelation 17:14, and Revelation 19:11-16).

Line 6: he is Sovereign (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 10:14, Joshua 2:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 29:10, Psalm 45:6, Psalm 50:7-15, Psalm 93:1-2, Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 45:9-10, Isaiah 46:10, Lamentations 5:19, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19-21, Ephesians 1:11, Hebrews 1:8, James 4:15, Revelation 4:11, and Revelation 20:11).

[Post-Chorus]

Lines 1 and 2: Repeats Chorus, lines 3 and 4.

[Bridge]

Line 1: The word ‘Hallelujah” is a compound Hebrew phrase, with “hallelu” meaning “a joyous praise in song” and “jah” or “yah”, which refers to the Tetragrammaton YHWH. Put together, we are singing “we joyfully praise God in song” when we use this word, which is repeated on most lines in this section.

His reign is described in Intro, line 1, among other places.

Line 2: Yes, because He is the Savior (Isaiah 45:21-22, Hosea 13:4, Luke 1:47, Luke 2:11, Acts 13:23, 1 Timothy 2:3, Titus 2:13-14, and 1 John 4:14).

Line 3: Forever.

Line 4: There is a yes and no to this. Yes, in the sense that the hope that God gives us does not disappoint (Romans 5:4-8). Yes, in the sense that He always fulfills His promises (2 Peter 3:9). However, no in the sense that our immediate, fleshy, often impatient requests to God often go unanswered or unfulfilled. There is the experiential sense of disappointment that comes with that; However, the authors express the “yes” response when referring to God as not letting us down.

Lines 5-12: Repeats lines 1-4.

[Outro]

Lines 1 and 2: Borrows from Ephesians 3:14-19, though knees are also bowed before God  in1 Kings 8:54, 2 Chronicles 6:13, Ezra 9:5, Psalm 95:6, Isaiah 45:23, Daniel 6:10, Luke 22:41, Acts 7:60, Acts 21:5, and Philippians 2:10-11.  This is followed by expressions of food enjoyment.

Line 3: Repeats Verse 1, line 4.

Line 4: Expands on line 3 with a specific example.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

Christians worship God and Jesus because He is their Lord, King, and Savior takes away their panic.

Unbelievers will be harder to convince than believers that “He’s never gonna let me down”.  Many will likely interpret this as a fool’s hope not understanding the good reasons why God might not answer their prayers.

Score: 8/10

4. What does this song glorify?

It glorifies God/Jesus as the eternal Monarch who takes away worries and fears.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

We The Kingdom’s God Is On The Throne is succinct.  He is Lord, King, loving, eliminates anxiety, and provides security and safety, bringing Him glory.  Aside from trusting in “He’s never gonna let you down”, unbelievers should have little to no issues interpreting this song.

This song is suitable for corporate worship, though perhaps with a disclaimer in seeker-sensitive churches about the meaning of “He’s never gonna let you down”.

Final Score: 9.5/10

Artist Info

Track: God Is On The Throne (listen to the song)

Artist: We The Kingdom

Album: We The Kingdom

Genre: Gospel

Release Year: 2022

Duration: 4:44

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