1THESSALONIANS - The Lord Himself Descends

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1THESSALONIANS – The Lord Himself Descends by Bro H

Verse 1 — I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that sleep That you sorrow not as others do, whose hope is thin and weak For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again the same Even so them also which sleep in Him, God brings with Him in His name For this we say unto you by the word the Lord has spoken plain We which are alive and remain do not go before the slain The Lord Himself descends from heaven with the shout, the voice, the trump And the dead in Christ rise first before the living stand up Verse 2 You speak of sudden vanishing, the earth just left behind But I wrote of His appearing—not escape from troubled times For the Lord does not call you away to dwell beyond the sky He descends, the trumpet sounds, the dead arise, the living rise We are not removed before, nor taken out beforehand We are alive and we remain to meet Him where He stands At the last trump, in a moment, changed from mortal into life Not departing from the earth—but raised to meet Him at His side Chorus — He comes down — the Lord Himself descending The dead rise — at the trumpet and the cry Then we stand — together with the risen At His appearing in the open sky Not fleeing — not taken from the land But gathered — as the living and the raised Ever with Him — in His Kingdom As it was written, unchanged Verse 3 — When they went forth to meet Him, palms were lifted in the way They did not leave the city—they led Him in that day When virgins rose to meet the bridegroom, lamps were burning bright They entered with the bridegroom—they did not flee the night When brethren came to meet me on the road before the town They walked with me into the city—they did not turn me around So when we rise to meet the Lord, the pattern stands the same We go to meet our coming King—and escort Him to reign Verse 4 — As it was in Noah’s days, they ate and drank unaware Till the flood came and took them all—the wicked taken there Not the righteous taken out, but those destroyed in sin The ones who remained were left alive when judgment entered in The tares are gathered first to burn, the wheat remains to stand The wicked severed from the just, cut off from out the land The meek shall inherit the earth, the upright dwell therein The wicked taken from among—be not found with them Bridge — Let no man deceive you—by any means at all That day shall not come till the falling and the call The man of sin revealed before the end is shown Not two comings written—but one return alone Through much tribulation we enter into His reign Not taken out beforehand—but proven through the flame Not appointed unto wrath—but to stand and to see What was written from the beginning is what will be Final Chorus He comes down — the Lord Himself descending The dead rise — at the trumpet and the voice Then we stand — the living with the risen At His appearing – we remain and we rejoice Meeting Him — as those who go before Him Returning — as the King restores the land Ever with Him — in His Kingdom As it was written, so it stands Outro Comfort one another with these words— The dead shall rise, and we remain… And we meet Him in His coming