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Rise From The Ruins
Music by Thomas J. Allen
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Awaken From The Slumber Of Sleep
Image: A hand reaches up from the grave, breaking through the wooden boards of a tomb toward the blazing light of Christ and His angels descending in glory. The clouds part as Heaven calls forth the sleeping saints. The moment is frozen in resurrection power — the slumber of death shattered by divine command. Some will rise to life, some to judgment, but all will rise. The trumpet has sounded... and the King is calling.
Verse 1
Dust to dust, forgotten graves,Silent bones in shadowed caves.
But Heaven roars, the trumpet cries —
And dead men stir with opened eyes.
The earth gives up its captive deep —
Awaken now... from death's long sleep.
Pre-Chorus
The hour has come, the veil is torn —The risen ones, reborn, reborn!
Chorus
Awaken, awaken — from the slumber of sleep!The King is calling, from the heights so steep.
Graves explode, and time stands still,
As souls arise by Sovereign will.
Blessed are they who rise to reign,
Freed from sorrow, freed from pain.
Verse 2
The voice of Christ — a thunder blast,Splits the sky and shatters past.
The just arise in robes of light,
The wicked quake, consumed by fright.
Some to life, and some to shame —
But all shall stand before His name.
Bridge
In a moment, in the twinkling eye,We're raised to glory — never to die.
The trumpet sounds, the heavens shake —
The dead in Christ begin to wake.
Breakdown
Blessed and holy, set apart —Death has no sting, no claim, no part.
Priests of God, in fire they stand,
Judging with Christ, by His command.
Chorus
Awaken, awaken — from the slumber of sleep!The King is near — His judgment deep.
Graves unlock and saints arise,
To meet the Bridegroom in the skies.
Trumpets sound, and all is new —
Awake, O soul, He's calling you!
Outro
"Marvel not at this... the hour is coming...""They that sleep shall rise..."
"We shall not all sleep... but we shall all be changed..."
"Awake..."
Scripture References
Daniel 12:2 (KJV):
"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
John 5:28-29 (KJV):
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (KJV):
"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Revelation 20:5-6 (KJV):
"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."
Sources: King James Version (KJV – Holy Bible)