The Return

I The Prophesies Before the earth was formed The beginning was the Word Because God saw the the fall of man Before it had occurred His plan of our salvation Was determined from the start For God's desire none be lost Is deep within His heart He took on flesh to be our Perfect sacrifice for sin For those who don't believe it Where do I begin So many words were written of The coming of the Lord A thousand years of prophecy Just can't be ignored God in all His wisdom Gave history to man So we would know the bible's truth The proving of His plan For those who think the Book Is nothing more than lies The Jews were teaching the Tenakh Before Christ was alive Take His outstretched hand Hunger for the Bread of Life Soon you'll understand God is always in control He wants the heart that seeks to know The One to come has been revealed The signs fulfilled Our fates are sealed by faith A descendant of Abram From king David's line Of the tribe of Judah Born in Bethlehem Conceived in a virgin Taken to Egypt Escaping king Herod's Decree to kill infants Would preach the good news of The Kingdom of God Minister in Galilee Performing great miracles Prepared by John The voice in the wilderness Anointed by the Spirit as The Savior of man Would enter Jerusalem As king on a donkey Rejected by the Jews an Betrayed by a friend Thirty silver pieces Silent before accusers Beaten, mocked and spat upon Crucified with thieves Hands and feet pierced Praying for His enemies Given gall and vinegar No broken bones Cast lots for His garments Buried in a rich man's tomb Would rise from the tomb And sit at God's right hand II The Antagonists/The Passion Is he not a common man A "prophet" of such ill-respect Among our own he's healed a few But nothing like we would expect He's made as friends mere fishermen Tax collectors, prostitutes Yet he claims he's come to save All Israel - a king of Jews He steals our thunder with his lies He breaks the Law with no regard All these fools fall for his act When he plays the martyr card He slanders us in front of all But keeps us from a clean attack He has a reputation with his Followers who watch his back Jesus But some believe and secretly Come to me escaping scorn But their minds just cannot grasp What it means to be reborn When I'm lifted I will draw The weak, the strong, the rich, the poor Whoever shall believe in me Will dwell with God forever more Antagonists He calls himself the Son of God Forgiving us our sins as well How can you think he's not possessed His miracles are straight from hell He's finally gone too far this time We're waiting for the moment when "Eat my flesh and drink my blood" will Be the words that do him in We can't allow such blasphemy He's hard to stone. He slips away We can't look like we've lost control What would the Roman have to say We've found one to betray him so He'll have to answer to his crimes We'll finally be rid of him It seems this "savior's" out of time Jesus Thy will be done. I'll face my fate I have obeyed; passed all the tests I offer up my soul, my blood The world will know You gave your best My God forgive them of this sin They know not what they do Is all according to Your plan It's finished. Praise to You III The Questioning/Visitation We thought he was the One To save all Israel He said he would return It seems his words have failed Without him we've no hope No real authority Political persuasion Divine strategy They say a few among us Slipped past sleeping guards Stole him from his grave To prove it's all a farce We've heard amazing tales Of angels at his tomb Proclaiming he's alive So what should we assume The women in our group Have seen him face to face And others give report Of dining in his grace We're hiding in this room Our lives are on the line Just as we feel forgotten A form begins to shine He suddenly appears And shows His feet and hands And clears our troubled minds So we can understand The reason for the cross Forgiveness of our sins And how His flesh must die So true life could begin For forty days He showed us Many wondrous signs Instructing us in wisdom Leaving doubt behind He told us all to wait For power from on high He blessed us all in love Then stood right before us And rose to the sky IV Pentecost/The New Church In one accord, we live by faith Possessions shared; our hope embraced Our rulers cannot drown our zeal We have a gift they cannot steal The more they push, the more we pray And God sustains us day to day Persecution, jail or worse Will not deter us from our course Heaven is the price we pay to preach the Way Signs and wonders never cease The numbers to our cause increase The road's been rough, but God's supplied A chosen few to gird our side Even Saul has seen the light Turning pagans to our Christ A revelation from the Son Eternal life for everyone We remember that very night Our movement took flight It was the Day of Pentecost And gathered in one place About 120 souls Were singing psalms of praise When suddenly the air went still As when a whirlwind comes Our hearts began to pulse Like the beating upon drums From heaven came the rumblings of A loud and violent wind We saw what seemed to be a stream Of fire from the skies It separated resting upon Our anointed minds And we began to speak with words We did not recognize Many in the city heard Their language from our mouths Telling of God's mighty works Salvation's plan achieved But some of them did not believe So Peter testified The promises of Jesus Had finally been received The Spirit of our Lord Dwells within us now V Watch They say it's been two thousand years We've all believed in vain If history repeats itself Then why has nothing changed I know within my heart of hearts The bible is correct That Jesus is returning To gather His elect So watch with heaven's eyes Watch, and you'll be wise The plan of God is unfolding To those who see the clues But even they cannot foretell The moment Christ is due The weak in faith will fall for lies Because they cannot wait When "so called" prophets rear their heads Proclaiming times and dates So watch patiently Watch and you'll begin to see Wars and rumors ever grow And humans reap what humans sow Mother earth will show her wrath Destroying what is in her path The time of sorrows has begun A witness of the things to come The countdown of a ticking bomb Our fate's no more than simple math Let no one beguile you Or blur the edge of false and true And never let them feed your fears Then twist the Word to please your ears God is good and He'll prepare The heart that waits and stays aware And tries to live the better way As if He were to come today The earth will not escape it's curse The course we're on can't be reversed We just can't seem to stay ahead A fire's doused. Another is spread But none of us are caught off guard If we rely upon the Lord So turn to God with all your trust 'Cause only He can quicken us We are the sons and daughters Of the light of day We are not found sleeping When black and white turn gray I pray we'll know the difference Between the truth and lies When all the world will sell their souls to fools who sound so wise So watch, and read the Word Watch, and rest assured Let no one beguile you Or blur the edge of false and true And never let them feed your fears Then twist the Word to please your ears God is good and He'll prepare The heart that waits and stays aware And tries to live the better way As if He were to come today VI Tribulation/God's Mercy/ The Return of Christ Coming is troubling times When the clueless world shall see Famines and disasters Greater than shall ever be Humankind will reach it's Pinnacle of wickedness As the day of Noah None repented. None confessed Then will come a leader From the dead, he will be raised Who can wage war with him All the world will be amazed Then the beast has power Speaking words of blasphemy Order of deception The unholy trinity Marvel at his prophet He is our Messiah come See his signs and wonders Now we know he is the one They bring peace and safety That the world has never known We bow to his image As he sits on holy throne Take his mark within you So you can fight for his cause Turning all the Christians Over to his courts of law Who needs to be raptured His new age will never fail We have all we need here We can even buy and sell Yet amid calamity A remnant of Israel braced And others saved by warnings of The wrath of God found in His grace God will send an angel He will raise up witnesses To proclaim the gospel Giving yet another chance Then will come destruction For the vile, angry ones Christ will fight the nations With the sword of His own tongue None will have excuse Nor the reason to complain On that day of judgment When the King of Kings shall reign Some will be rewarded Some will face their worst of fears Some to life eternal Some will drown in hopeless tears So you say it sounds unfair That God could send a soul to hell But even in His wrath, He grieves For we're the ones who send ourselves God has done all that He can To show the world He's in control Christ the Word has been revealed So every searching heart will know His prophesies can save their soul It doesn't matter if you think The rapture is pre, mid or post Just keep the faith no matter what 'Til He returns with all His host We've read the Book. We know the end Who knows how long we have to share How many souls will come with us And rise to meet Him in the air --- The Return - David L. Renfro