Richard D' Abreu Jr, set an ambitious goal of 5,000 downloads worldwide the first week Oct. 14 - 21

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"Look and Live." It is scheduled to be released over the internet on October 14, and Richard D' Abreu Jr, has set an ambitious goal of 5,000 downloads worldwide in the first week (Oct. 14 - 21), in order to garner the attention of the industry. I think it's very possible, but we will need help first from God, but also from all our friends.

 

Using this link, www.airplaydirect.com/richarddabreujr, you can preview the song as many times as they would like for free. It will be available for download (for $0.99) at e-stores worldwide such as www.itunes.com, www.amazon.com, www.rhapsody.com, etc., starting Tuesday October 14.

 

  Richard D' Abreu Jr would also like to share the message of the song:

 

The Message of "Look and Live"

 

The message of the song comes from the Old Testament Book of Numbers 21:8 and the New Testament Gospel of John 3:14. In Numbers, the children of Israel, having been punished by God with deadly serpent bites for their ungrateful complaining, pleadedfor God’s mercy and redemption.  God’s redemption, at that time, came in the form of a bronze serpent set up on a pole. Whenever someone who was bitten looked at the serpent, they would live. In John, Jesus was explaining God’s plan of redemption from sin for all of humanity, though His own coming death and resurrection, to a puzzled but fascinated Pharisee (teacher of Hebrew law), Nicodemus. Using a reference any Pharisee would understand, Jesus compared Moses “lifting up” the serpent on the pole to redeem Israel to Himself being “lifted up” on the cross to redeem all of humanity once and for all. 

 

Placing it in a contemporary context, our modern society is also being plagued by all kinds of “poisonous serpent bites”:  hatred and the many “isms” that divide us, discrimination, poverty, war, disease, crime, substance abuse, pollution, and others. But, I believe, if we look to the life and teachings of Jesus, who is the living embodiment of both God’s infinite love and the timeless truth of God’s Word, then we too will find profound mercy, redemption, and love to heal the things that have “bitten” us. Jesus also stated His purpose in the Gospel of John 10:10 “I have come that they might have life, and that more abundantly.” When we symbolically “look to Jesus now,” even in the ultra-modern 21st century, our families, communities, and society can truly “live!”

 

Look and live, my brother, live!  Look to Jesus now and live!

It’s recorded in His Word, hallelujah! And it’s only that you look—and live!

Look and live! –and live! Look and live!

Hear this message, oh my brother! Hear this message, oh my sister!