One Thousand Years

The pro­mise has been giv­en

That our Lord will come again

And earth will bloom with beau­ty

When with an­gels He ap­pears;

Then He o’er sin will tri­umph

And no death

no grief nor pain

Shall be in His do­min­ion

While He reigns one thou­sand years.

One thou­sand years of glad­ness

One thou­sand years of peace

Shall come when Je­sus reigns on earth

And bids all strife to cease;

One thou­sand years of bless­ing

One thou­sand years of love

Will make this world re­splen­dent

With glo­ry from above.

Then Sa­tan shall be bound with chains

And in the pit be thrown

Where

held a cap­tive he no more

The na­tions can de­ceive;

While those who have been true to Christ

And suf­fer­ing for Him known

The re­sur­rect­ion call shall hear

And all their graves shall leave.

Oh! bless­èd are the faith­ful

Who shall then be first to rise

For ov­er them the se­cond death

No pow­er can ob­tain;

Their Sav­ior’s face they shall be­hold

With glad

ad­or­ing eyes

And shar­ing in His king­dom

they

One thou­sand years shall reign.