When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With
a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, and she's buying
the stairway to heaven The “Word” is one of Christ’s Names.
According to “Gospel of John — Chapter 1”, the word is the
antecendent event of the universe. If she hasn’t found entry
with her payment to priests, the Name of Jesus may work for her.
She thinks when she arrives at the Gates of Heaven, if her good
deeds won’t get her in, her belief in God/Jesus will. The
Protestant Reformation evolved to believe that only faith in
God/Jesus would get one in heaven. This deviated away from the
Catholic belief that salvation could come through
indulgences/good behavior. “Word” is used in the Bible to
symbolize God and Jesus (John 1:1) — “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
with God in the beginning.” (John 1:14) — “The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the F