THE APOSTLE: Brothers, do not be ignorant About those who have fallen asleep Do not grieve like the rest of men Who have no hope, you have hope We believe that Jesus died and rose again We believe that God will bring life to those who sleep According to his own word, we who are still alive Will not precede the dead in Christ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven With loud command, with Uriel’s voice, and the trumpet call Then the dead in Christ will rise Then the dead in Christ will rise to their Lord For the Lord himself will come down from heaven With loud command, with Uriel’s voice, and the trumpet call And then we who are still alive will be caught up together And we will meet the Lord in the air Do not weep Don’t be ignorant Do not grieve For those who have fallen asleep For they will wake And they will live forever For those in Christ will rise To meet our Lord in the air THE PROPHET: Blow the trumpet in Zion Sound alarm on the holy hill The earth shakes and the sky trembles The sun and moon are darkened The stars no longer can shine forth The foundations of the earth are shaken Let all those who hear tremble For the Day of the Lord is here A day of darkness a day of gloom A day of blackness, of fire and smoke Like dawn spreading across the hills So mighty armies will come forth Before them their fire devours Behind them their fires ablaze All that they touch is turned to waste And nothing from them can escape The Lord thunders in the vanguard His forces mighty beyond number The Day of the Lord will be great And terrible who can endure? THE APOSTLE: Do not fear Don’t be ignorant Do not grieve For you are those who will stand On that great and terrible day You will see the sign of the Son of Man Written across the skies And You’ll rejoice For those in Christ will rise Do not fear Do not grieve For those who have fallen asleep For they will wake And they will rise To meet our Lord in the air We will live with him forever (1 Thessalonians 4; Joel 2; Matthew 24)