Having run out of Psalms, Dwight Armstrong decided to visit Zechariah 14 and provide the purple hymnal with a song inspired by that chapter. It was another Feast favourite, mentioning both the Feast of Tabernacles, and Armageddon.
Behold, the day will come; the day of the Lord our God!
He shall bring all nations in that day against Jerusalem.
They shall take the city and share the spoil in the very midst of them;
Then our God Eternal shall go forth and shall fight against our foes!
In that great day of God our Lord shall stand on earth!
On the Mount of Olives He shall stand and the mount shall cleave in two!
There shall be a valley of mammoth size; by the valley you shall flee;
For our God Eternal shall be King and shall rule over all the earth!
In that great day of God ’twill be neither day nor night;
But at eventime it shall be light; it shall be one day to God.
Out from Zion shall living waters flow, to the east and to the west;
Then our God Eternal shall be King; in that day shall there be one God!
Behold, that day shall come when all nations shall obey!
Those of all the nations that are left to Jerusalem shall go;
They shall even go there from year to year, and shall keep the feast of booths;
There shall be one God, the Eternal, who is King over all the earth!
Another clear picture of Armageddon in this one. All the more sobering when you consider the fact that, as we sang these words, the truly “faithful” of us took the words absolutely 100% literally.
Tags: armageddon, festival hymn, kingdom of god
July 8, 2008 at 5:42 pm |
I have to admit, I kinda liked the tune of this one. Most of Dwight Armstrong’s tunes ranged from fingernails on the chalkboard awful to head bangin’ lame. But this one was a notch or two above the others. I can’t say that about many of his songs.
July 8, 2008 at 9:30 pm |
The tune (the melody) is actually not that bad, I agree.
The armageddon imagery on the other hand, that as always leaves much to be desired.
And don’t forget the picture of “the kingdom of god” where everyone was supposed to follow all the rules for all eternity. I’ll take the LoF instead, thanks; the practice run was bad enough!
May 6, 2009 at 9:54 pm |
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