I can't (won't) apologize for the use of the NT, but bear with me here. This is a broad message intended for all people, beyond what anyone accepts or rejects as Scripture, doctrine, or what have you.
It's like when Dion stepped into the place of Joseph. Whose looking there, but there he was, singing his sweet song. The lyrics are a spot on match. Doubtful he meant it that way, which is exactly what makes his words innocent and genuine. Every word. Hear Joseph, who loved his brothers even though they hated him for his dreams:
A Teenager In Love - Dion and the Belmonts
"Chapter and verse..."
Matthew 23
37 O Jerusalem, JerUSAlem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Maria brought music back into the house. It was desolate without the mother, without her music.
The captain.. had forgotten.
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music --
And I'll sing once more.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
More verses
Luke 19
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
I'll laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over stones on its way. Or like Rabbi Akiva when he saw a fox.
Notice how the "sound of music" parallels the lyrics to "Jerusalem of Gold":
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav - Ofra Haza (Live)
With Hebrew and Enlgish subtitles.
The refrain is the part that is repeated over and over, yet held back, restrained (there's a familiar name: Jacob):
Jerusalem of gold, and of copper and of light
For all your songs, I am your KINNOR
David's beloved harp was a kinnor, but in modern Hebrew, a kinnor is a violin or fiddle, so which is it?
The violin, known as the Messiah (Messie in French), remained in Stradivari's workshop until his death in 1737.
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The Messiah was bequeathed by the family of W.E. Hill to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for preservation as "a yardstick for future violin makers to learn from".
Messiah Stradivarius
(*Elias* Ashmole for anyone interested in that factoid. The museum was built to house his cabinet of curiosities. Down the road, that's where the Messiah ended up beng preserved.)
Makes perfect sense -- The Messiah was named for being elusive. Even like a refrain.. repeated, yet held back.
How much more literal does it have to get until the big epiphany light bulb moment lights up the world? What's in a name!
(You saw it here first.)
"Each night I ask the stars up above, why must I be a teenager in love?" ~ Dion DiMucci
(A: Because if you should say goodbye, I'll still go on loving you.)
"Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." ~ Yosef haTzaddik
Oddball builds a bridge:
Distinctive unit insignia (DUI)
These are beautiful people!
(Drink!)
If it weren't in the Megillah, who would ever believe it?