The Music Of Heaven

I'll Have A New Life  ~  By Johnny & June Carter Cash & Tennessee Ernie Ford



I can't imagine what it must have been like to be a Christian living in America 40 years ago when stuff like this actually aired on national, main-stream, prime-time TV. There's more Christian doctrine in this one little performance than you'll hear in 2 hours of sitting in most churches today. Get ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet with a tissue handy. June Carter & Tennessee Ernie Ford join Johnny Cash and the ensemble for the finale of the October 28, 1970 episode of "The Johnny Cash Show" with the old-time Christian hymn, "Praise The Lord, I'll Have a New Life."

As I watched this, I couldn't help but think... all three of these Christians now know from personal experience what they were singing about. Can you imagine the level of excitement there is in the music of Heaven? The versatility of different genres of different ages? The quality of the sound? The fully matured joy in the reality of it all? Man, I can't wait to get there.






LYRICS


On that resurrection morning
When all the dead in Christ shall rise
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life


Sown in weakness, raised in power
Ready to live in Paradise
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life


I'll have a new home of love eternal
Where the redeemed of God shall stand
There'll be no more sorrow
No more pain, there'll be no more strife


Yes, raised in the likeness of my Savior
Ready to live in Glory Land
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life



Free from every imperfection
Youthful and happy I shall be
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life



Glorified with Him forever
Death will be lost in victory
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life


I'll have a new home of love eternal
Where the redeemed of God shall stand
There'll be no more sorrow
No more pain, there'll be no more strife


Yes, raised in the likeness of my Savior
Ready to live in Glory Land
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life



What a hallelujah morning
When the last trumpet of God shall sound
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life


Graves all bursting, saints all shouting
Heavenly beauty all around
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life


I'll have a new home of love eternal
Where the redeemed of God shall stand
There'll be no more sorrow
No more pain, there'll be no more strife


Yes, raised in the likeness of my Savior
Ready to live in Glory Land
I'll have a new body
Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life



I Thessalonians 4:13-18


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