Contemplations: HEAVEN'S FIRST HOUR

HEAVEN'S FIRST HOUR

(Philippians 1:21& 3:21, Proverbs 14:32, I Corinthians 15:12-16, 35-58)

In death the righteous have refuge,

The departed have no pain,

The upright find peace and rest;

To die, therefore, is gain.

An end to an earthly finish,

Is also a heavenly start.

A family of saints await,

As our earthly kin we depart.

A perfect and glorious body,

Will replace the one on earth.

From the travail and labor of death,

We're delivered in a heavenly birth.

So, oh, Death, where is thy sting?

Oh, Death, where is thy power?

Jesus has swallowed it up forever;

There begins heaven's first hour.

Becky Wall

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