I will not bow down - Mars Hill Fellowship

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 23 October 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. ME BOW-DOWN-rt HEAVENLY-FATHER, BOW-DOWN-lf THE-rt SON, BOW-DOWN-ctr HOLY SPIRIT.
WHY? IF THEY JUDGE ME, FOR SURE THROW-DOWN-INTO
FIRE EAT-UP-body, STINK STRONG, FOREVER MY HEAVENLY-FATHER FAR-AWAY,
BUT THE-rt SON RISE, DEATH SET-ASIDE AND NOW ME SAY:

||: (4x) ME REFUSE BOW-DOWN :||
TO ANY OTHER G-O-D.

2. KNOW-THAT DAY WE ENTER HEAVEN, SUN SHINE-DOWN BRIGHT WILL.
WE SEE HEAVENLY-FATHER AND SWEET JESUS, SMILE WARM AND SAY:
(role play Jesus) COME-ON JOIN US FOREVER. SIT MY TABLE WITH FAMILY. (end role play)
WHY? THE-lf SON RISE, DEATH PUT-ASIDE AND NOW ME SING:

||: (4x) WE REFUSE BOW-DOWN :||
TO ANY OTHER G-O-D.


Notes: BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once.

HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH is held against forehead, NDH close to but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards. HEAVEN may be added to this. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Heavenly Father - 1.

THE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

THROW-DOWN-INTO

EAT-UP-body - (2h)[5:] touches FT to chest and close and open as they travel up the chest, as if taking small bites of it, while gnashing the teeth with each bite.

STINK - [G with other fingers extended] moves > nose as if to hold nostrils, but does not need to reach the nose.

RISE - GET-UP.

SET-ASIDE - (2h)[B], POs > DS, with DH higher, palms are pressed against imaginary wall that is pushed to one side.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

Lyrics:

1. I bow down to the Father, blessed Son and the Holy Spirit,
For if I received what I deserve, surely I would be cast into
Consuming Fire, burning sulfur, eternal distance from my Father
But the Son has risen from the grave and now I say:

||: (4x) I will not bow down ::|
To any other gods.

2. Surely the sun will be shining on the day we enter heaven
And see the Father and blessed Jesus, smiling warmly as he says to us
"Come and join me for eternity at my table with your family."
For the Son has risen from the grave, and now I sing:

||: (4x) We will not bow down ::|
To any other gods.

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