Hymn writers indulge in poetic statements about Jesus which are stretching the truth for poetic effect. That is not wise. While dying on the cross, the universe was being run in the Lord Jesus Christ’s name and His name effected natural processes. Not the same thing as saying Jesus ran it. Jesus is divine in the sense His conception was by the Holy Spirit and holy but He is a human and was fully mortal until God, the One True God, raised Him from the dead, immortal. It is unwise to make misleading, distorted statements, even if they sound poetic. Unfortunately even great hymn writers have indulged in it.
