THE FIRE NEXT TIME song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

[based on Joel 2]

The sun shall be turned into darkness
and the moon shall be turned into blood
before the great and terrible day
when the Lord in His anger above

fulfills the promise He made
the promise He made at the Flood
when God gave Noah the rainbow sign
no more rain but the fire next time

blow the trumpet in Zion
sound the alarm on the hill
let all who live may they tremble
at the sight of the night of His Will

a day of darkness and gloom
a day of clouds and despair
such as never in ages of old
and you and I will be there

before us the flame will devour
behind us a fire will blaze
before us the Garden of Eden
behind us a desert of waste

they have the appearance of horses
they gallop like cavalry does
leaping over the mountains
an army that does what it does

nations in anguish at sight
up all the walls they do scale
plunging through all our defenses
breaking the dead from the jail

the earth is shaking and quaking
the heavens the color of wine
the sun and the moon turn red
and the stars no longer shine

The Lord at the head of the army
none need to fear who are pure
the day of the Lord is dreadful
and only a few can endure

and the Lord roars out a warning
to return to His love with your heart
with fasting and weeping and mourning
as you once did at the start

The sun shall be turned into darkness
and the moon shall be turned into blood
before the great and terrible day
when the Lord in His anger above

fulfills the promise He made
the promise He made at the Flood
when God gave Noah the rainbow sign
no more rain but the fire next time

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