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When not too long ago I shared<\/a> N. T. Wright\u2019s entertaining reworking of the Beatles song \u201cYesterday,\u201d making it about Genesis, it got me thinking that it might be fun to do something similar. And so here is a reworking of another classic Beatles\u00a0 tune<\/a>\u00a0with new, Genesis-related lyrics, for your amusement. Lyrics follow below the video, as well as being embedded in the video itself.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<blockquote>Let There Be<\/strong><\/p>\nOn the first day of creation<\/p>\nGod made light so we could see<\/p>\nSpeaking words of wisdom, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nOn the second day he made a dome<\/p>\nTo let us have some room to breathe<\/p>\nTo separate the waters, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nShine into the darkness, Let there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nOn the third and fourth days, God made<\/p>\nstuff that scarcely interests me<\/p>\nWeren\u2019t there land and light already? \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nAnd on the fifth day, every sort of<\/p>\ncritter there could ever be<\/p>\nLet Earth and sea produce them, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nThere will be creation, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nSpeaking words of wisdom, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nOn the sixth day God made humans<\/p>\nto rule over everything<\/p>\nLet them have dominion, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nAnd if this story gives you trouble,<\/p>\ndon\u2019t take it so literally<\/p>\nIt\u2019s poetry, not science \u2013 Let Genesis be!<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nThere will be creation, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nSpeaking words of wisdom, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\nLet there be, let there be, let there be, let there be<\/p>\nIt\u2019s poetry, not science \u2013 Let there be!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When not too long ago I shared N. 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