The sonnet celebrates the triumphant narrative of Revelation 19 and 20, beginning with heaven’s thunderous praise for the Lamb (Revelation 19:1-6) and the Marriage Supper (Revelation 19:7-9). It depicts the saints, arrayed in pure linen (Revelation 19:8), following Christ on white horses (Revelation 19:11-14) to establish His thousand-year reign (Revelation 20:4-6). The poem distinguishes this Second Coming from the Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:17), arguing their separation through imagery of rising to meet Christ before returning in glory, culminating in Satan’s binding and the earth’s renewal.

The heavens roar with praise, a thunderous cry,
To hail the Lamb who weds His bride in light,
In linen pure, we feast beneath His sky,
Then ride as one to earth in holy might.
On horses white, we follow where He leads,
The King of kings, with justice in His gaze,
His sword divides the nations’ fleeting deeds,
And binds the foe for countless, golden days.
A thousand years, His reign shall peace restore,
The serpent chained, the earth in stillness lies,
Yet some conflate the catching-up of yore,
With this descent from bright, unyielding skies.
For first we rise to meet Him in the air,
Then return clad in glory, pure and fair.