"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

In January 2000, we received through Mitsuko this praise song, 'Holy Alleluia' from Heaven.

This verse is from Revelation 4:8.

Mitsuko is one of the leaders of Kohitsuji no Mure. She doesn't have any talent of music and

knows nothing about music. Since that day God kept giving us many praises through Mitsuko.

Now we have more than 600 songs in five years.

On January 16th Mitsuko asked me, "Manae, can you pick up music just by listening? Some

melody came to me, and I recorded it on my answering machine." I entered her room. She played the
recorded music. We froze, because there was a very low voice recorded together with Mitsuko's.

I imagined the voice of some living creatures written in the book of the Revelation. I was in awe of God
who had started something special before my eyes. I wrote down the recorded melody. It was so
simple and sounded so dear to my soul. I had never heard such peaceful music in my life. It is
impossible to explain which style of music this praise belongs to. I just could tell this song was from
Heaven.

Listening to this praise, I felt a lot of angels and four living creatures exalting His holy name

together. "What words do you think fit with this melody? 'Alleluia' and 'Amen' do not fit," said
Mitsuko. "How about 'Holy, holy'?" The words came out of my mouth.

To be honest, around ten days before, I got a call from a staff worker of the church. He asked

me, "For these two days some melody was going around in my head. I think this melody is from the
Revelation 4:8. I will sing it now. Please write down the notes." He started singing over the phone.
"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" When Mitsuko asked me
about the lyrics, I suddenly remembered this verse. As we put this verse into the melody, it fit perfectly!

That night Mitsuko introduced this new praise to some staff workers in the office. We repeatedly

sang this new song for hours. When we finally stopped singing, I thought our room was in a different
dimension like Heaven. I opened the curtain to see outside. "Phew! We are still on the earth!" And the
next day, we were practicing this new song "Holy, Alleluia" for service in the sanctuary. When a staff
worker, Katsuko came in, she was in great awe, seeing something so holy, that she fell on her knees
and started crying. Most staff workers heard it for the first time, but they said, "I might have heard this
praise song a long time ago. It reminds me of the dear home of my soul."

While I was working part time at a Christian gift shop, I played this praise CD and one customer

came in the shop. She listened to the CD carefully and asked me, "What a beautiful music! This lyrics is
Latin, or is it another language?" I answered, "It is Japanese." She listened to it carefully again and said,
"Yes, it is Japanese. It is interesting but it sounds different to me. I go to a Catholic Church, and know
many beautiful praises, but this is not an ordinary kind of song. I am caught by this sound!" Even my
grand aunt whose mother was a great pianist got so excited by this praise CD and she wondered, "I
had never heard this kind of music in my life!" She asked my mother, "Where does this music come
from?"

Many people who listened to this praise song said that they felt comfort and peace. I believe that

all people, whether Christian or not, want to praise God. Our true home is in Heaven. This praise song
was first given to us as a key to open the door to Heaven, and it unified Heaven and earth.

Starting with this praise, God continued giving us praise songs one after another. I do not know

why God chose such a small Japanese Christian group like us, the typical gentiles, to send the heavenly
praises. I still do not know His reason, but I keep on singing the heavenly praises to make His will be
done. Now I believe that all creatures have waited for the heavenly praises since God created this
earth. All creatures in Heaven and earth praise His holy name eternally.