The Day is Surely Drawing Near
Words and music by Bartholom�us Ringwaldt · tr. Phillip Adam Peter · 1565
Key of G · 140 BPM · 4/4 · Anticipation,Assurance,Atonement · Rev 20:11-15
Verse 1
The day is surely drawing near, When God's Son, the Anointed,
Shall with great majesty appear, As Judge of all appointed.
All mirth and laughter then shall cease When flames on flames will
still increase, As Scripture truly teacheth.
Verse 2
A trumpet loud shall then resound, And all the earth be shaken;
Then all who in their graves are found Shall from their sleep awaken.
But all that live shall in that hour, By the Almighty's
boundless pow'r Be changed at His commanding.
Verse 3
A book is opened then to all, A record truly telling
What each hath done, both great and small, When he on earth was dwelling;
And every heart be clearly seen, And all be known as
they have been, In thoughts and words and actions.
Verse 4
Then woe to those who scorned the Lord, And sought but carnal pleasures,
Who here despised His precious Word, And loved their earthly treasures!
With shame and trembling they will stand, And at the Judge's
stern command To Satan be delivered.
Verse 5
O Jesus, who my debt didst pay And for my sin wast smitten
Within the Book of Life, oh, may My name be also written!
I will not doubt; I trust in Thee, From Satan Thou hast
made me free And from all condemnation.
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