WHEN CHRIST WAS A CORPORAL lyrics
by JOEL SATTLER

When Christ was a corporal in the army of God
he was the Lord's lightning rod
when Christ was a corporal in the army of the Lord,
he brought not peace but a sword

Jesus was the word of God
the word of God made flesh
Jesus was the field of wheat
before the wheat was threshed

every one of us is wheat
milled into his bread
and we will live long after
the body has gone dead

for in belief is buried grief
and God knows every floating leaf
two sparrows may be sold for a farthing
but God knows when each are falling

Jesus was corporeal
before he was a ghost
Jesus was something real
before he led the host

and when at last
we cross the final ford
we all shall be angels in
the army of the Lord.

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