The Lion of Judah Is Coming. One reason I like the church I attend is the music. While many "praise and worship" songs are just unsingable congregationally, it is far better than what passes for music in most of the congregations in my tradition.
The song that inspired this, and the next few blog posts was "Days of Elijah"
Here is the chorus:
Behold he comes
Riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun
At the trumpet's call
So lift your voice
It's the year of Jubilee
For out of Zion's Hill salvation comes
Behold He Comes, In An Unexpected Way—Bread Lines. While everyone else sang the next song, I just sat down and thought. While the song is about the return of Jesus to the Earth in his second coming, I could only think about a different kind of coming that Jesus will be doing very soon.
While we should be just as enthusiastic about this soon coming of our Lord, we will not be. For you see he is coming in judgment for our nation.
Over the next few days I will talk about what I feel are examples in history of judgments directed toward nations. I hope that by looking at these examples we can understand how the pattern will be repeated in our near future.
Here are the lyrics of the song:
Days of Elijah
These are the days of Elijah
Declaring the word of the Lord
And these are the days of his servant Moses
Righteousness being restored
And though these are days of great trials
Of famine and darkness and sword
Still we are the voice in the desert
Crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord
Chorus:
Behold he comes
Riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun
At the trumpet's call
So lift your voice
It's the year of Jubilee
For out of Zion's Hill salvation comes
And these are the days of Ezekiel
The dry bones becoming as flesh
And these are the days of your servant David
Rebuilding a temple of praise
And these are the days of the harvest
The fields are as white in your world
Still we are the labourers in your vineyard
Declaring the word of the Lord
Chorus
There's no God like my Jesus
There's no God like my Jesus
There's no God like my Jesus
There's no God like my Jesus
Chorus
For out of Zion's Hill salvation comes
For out of Zion's Hill salvation comes
[. From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/ailua-mamea-lyrics/behold-he-comes-lyrics.html .]