Hillsong Worship Video

This worship video is of Hillsong - a popular christian band singing From the Inside Out. It is very successful in creating a sense of sacred space.

First of all, the sheer size of the setting would be amazing, thus creating some sort of sacred space and reminding people about the holy. Also, the amount of excited people full of adrenaline would also contribute to the sacred space feel. The lights and smoke would be very effective as well.

When the band starts playing, everyone would be cheering and the great noise of the instruments and singers would travel right through everybody, and again they would be reminded of the amazing creator - God. It would send goosebumps up their spine.

At 25 seconds into the video, it shows a person with their hand in the air. For this person, it would be like trying to reach towards God, praising Him, leaving the profane world and travelling into the chaos realm. Therefore, sacred space is apparent. This is also showed at 38 seconds, and at other various times throughout the video. The people also close their eyes, making it easier for them to leave the earthly world.

When the music reaches a climax starting about 2 mins 36 seconds into the video, the music would fill their body, and I think it would feel like the Creator is right there in the room. This is made more effective also because of the amount of people singing together, creating a feeling of sacred space.

All of these things is what I would feel if I was at the concert and all of them contributes to the sacred space and thinking about God, the Creator, the Holy.

The words of the last verse of the song are:

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring you praise
From the inside out of my soul
Lord my soul cries out

These words can help create the sacredness feel and the idea of the holy - extreme goodness. "From the inside out of my soul, Lord my soul cries out" shows the holy as perfection and extreme goodness. It shows how poeple reach out to God and the holy the sacred space. The holy is "never ending", and "everlasting".