Tommy James & the Shondells' "Ball of Fire"

Yester-day I listened to a compilation album of Tommy James & the Shondells and found a couple things about "Ball of Fire."  At first, I noticed that the second "down" in the repeated line "Tumblin' down" has two syllables and that the second syllable is lower than the first (although I think it's just D to C), so it sort of represents that "Tumblin' down."  But in transcribing the lyrics, I found something else.  I think the line "As it was, so it shall be" is inspired by the doxology:  "As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be forever."  I've read that "Crystal Blue Persuasion" was inspired by the book of Revelation, and in Me, the Mob, and the Music, James talks about religion a bit, so that influence would make sense based on what I know.