Who Can Endure (the Day of His Coming)?

You came to us without external pomp or power

And yet the world was stirred by your advent

Only a few could survive your winnowing fan

For you were rejected though you were heaven sent

What will your second coming bring in judgment?

What sinner  can the reckoning endure?

You will strike the earth with the rod of your mouth

And with your breath the wicked’s death is sure

Who can endure the day of his coming … ?

Who can withstand the wrath of the Lord?

Only the blood washed children of promise

For all of the wicked are lost evermore!

The beloved blood bought children look to the eastern skies

To look for His appearing on the day that they arise

And we shall endure, our calling and election sure,

As we long for the day redemption draweth nigh

Your death once shook the earth and darkened heaven

What will be the splendor of your return?

When you summon all the living and the dead before your throne

To rise in victory or to the lake of fire to burn

For though you do not break the bruised reed nor snuff the wick

You will break your enemies with an iron rod

And though a lamb, the lion will in pieces tear its prey

None will stand before the tempest of the wrath of God

But who can endure the day of his coming … ?

Who can withstand the wrath of the Lord

Only the blood washed children of promise

For all of the wicked are lost evermore

Bridge: For the blessed hope is coming with healing in His wings

On the day of his appearing with joy we shall sing

The beloved blood bought children look to the eastern skies

To look for His appearing on the day that they arise

And we shall endure, our calling and election sure,

As we long for the day redemption draweth nigh

Isaiah 11:4 Malachi 3:2

October 15, 2023

Anthony Foster