1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (KJV)
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
A heraldic banner unfurled in the sky,
Quartered in gold for glory divine,
Azure for heaven’s realm on high,
Charged with the Lion of Judah rampant, crowned;
A cross potent at center, potent and bright,
The Jerusalem cross with arms outstretched wide,
Symbol of wounds redeemed in endless light,
Proclaiming the promise o’er the ancient word.
The heavens rend with glory’s piercing light,
A royal shout proclaims the King’s return;
The Lord descends in majesty and might,
With archangel’s voice and trumpet’s golden burn.
From silent graves the crowned ones rise anew,
In robes of white, with crowns of righteousness;
Redeemed by blood, their royal birthright true,
They soar on wings to greet their Sovereign’s bliss.
Then we, His subjects watchful through the night,
Feel sudden grace exalt us from the dust;
Caught up as one in clouds of living light,
We join the throng where royal praises thrust.
No chain of earth, no tear of mortal strife—
We stand as kings and queens before His life:
Forever robed in His redeeming grace,
The Royally Redeemed in His embrace.