[Verse 1]
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Where are His children who answered the call of the archangel sounding a far?
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People who trembled as lightning flashed, blazing the sky from the East to the West.
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Dark is the sun, dim is the moon, Thousands of stars falling to darkness;
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Where are the ones Blessed with new life, liberated from the dead?
[Verse 2]
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Now we behold a new Heaven and earth, holy Jerusalem standing anew;
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After our search of six thousand years, Eden rejoices to welcome us home.
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All of your tears wipe them away; Sorrowful sighs we will not need them;
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Where is my Lord, He who returns? Where is Heaven's glorious One?
[Verse 3]
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Once He departed by way of the cross, Now He returns and He suffers again;
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One way is given to meet our Lord; follow the path to the bottom of hell.
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Glorious star, Lebanon's light, Shining on all, lighting the a - ges;
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There is the great city of God, where the sun arises and shines.
[Verse 4]
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Come in rejoicing and look to the light, see how the darkness is rolling away;
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Out of the few come a multitude, Joyfully building the city of God.
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Children of life stream through the gates, close to His heart, singing to please Him;
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Raising the white cross to the sky, praising our eternal new life.