Jesus, Faithful to His Word |
John Wesley, 1703-1791
Jesus, faithful to His word, Shall with a shout descend; All heaven's host their glorious Lord Shall pompously attend: Christ shall come with dreadful noise, Lightnings swift, and thunders loud; With the great archangel's voice, And with the trump of God. | 2. First the dead in Christ shall rise; Then we that yet remain Shall be caught up to the skies, And see our Lord again: We shall meet Him in the air, All caught up to heaven shall be, Find, and love, and praise Him there, To all eternity. |
3. Who can tell the happiness This glorious hope affords? Joy unuttered we possess In these reviving words; Happy while on earth we breathe, Mightier bliss ordained to know, Trampling down sin, hell, and death, To the third heaven we go. |