It Won't Be Long
Journey to Glory: Embracing the Promise in 'It Won't Be Long'
Lyrics
It won't be long 'til we'll be leavin' here
Anticipation of leaving the current place in the near future.
It won't be long we'll be goin' home
Expressing the imminent return or journey back to one's home.
Count the years as months
Reflecting on the passage of time, suggesting a methodical counting of years.
Count the months as weeks
Symbolic transformation of years into months, emphasizing the anticipation of an event.
Count the weeks as days any day now
Further intensifying the anticipation by converting weeks into days, signaling the proximity of the anticipated event.
We'll be goin' home
Reiteration of the imminent return or journey homeward.
Beloved now we are the sons of God
Identification as believers in God, emphasizing a sense of spiritual connection.
And it doth not yet appear what we shall be
Uncertainty about the future, acknowledging that the ultimate form of believers is not yet revealed.
But we know when Christ shall appear
Reference to the anticipation of the appearance of Christ, a significant event in Christian theology.
We shall be like Him
Expectation of a transformation to be like Christ upon His appearance.
For we shall see Him just as He is
Belief in the eventual vision of Christ in His true form.
In all of His majesty splendor and glory
Describing Christ with reverence, using words like majesty, splendor, and glory.
Yes we shall see Him just as He is
Reaffirming the expectation of seeing Christ in His true form.
And I know that we shall be like Him
Confidence that believers will be transformed to be like Christ.
Yes on that day now we shall be like Him
Repetition of the assurance that believers will be like Christ on the anticipated day.
My Bible tells me that we shall be like Him
Affirmation of the belief based on biblical teachings that believers will be like Christ.
Any day now we'll be goin' home
Reiteration of the imminent journey homeward, tying spiritual anticipation with the earlier theme of physical departure.
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