The Sovereign is dead ( but lives ) by Gary Rose

 

Queen Elizabeth ii

The Funeral procession

Scotland The Brave with bagpipes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnG1oUkWBa8&t=145s

Scotland The Brave: Sung with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5fy3vIpf10

The Queen of England died recently and today her funeral procession was THE NEWS. Queen Elizabeth ii was Queen of England for my entire life and I have had respect for her because of her devotion to her people and sensible rule of the country. She will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the absolute greatest figures of the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Today, she is mourned by millions upon millions of people and that’s as it should be.

As I viewed the procession I thought of the Scottish bagpipe song, Scotland the Brave and as I listened to it on You-tube, I realized that I had never heard the words, so I included links for both bagpipes and vocal ( with the lyrics as well ).

Queen Elizabeth ii was a great Queen as any sensible person will acknowledge, but there is one greater. My thoughts turned to the book of Revelation, chapter 19, which says….

Revelation 19 ( World English Bible )

¹ After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:

² for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

³ A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”

⁴ The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”

⁵ A voice came forth from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

⁶ I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

⁷ Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

⁸ It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

⁹ He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

¹⁰ I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

¹¹ I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

¹² His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.

¹³ He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”

¹⁴ The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

¹⁵ Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

¹⁶ He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

The Sovereign of England has died and will live forever in our memories because of her genuine greatness. Jesus Christ died and rose again; he also lives in our hearts, but in fact he lives in reality as well. Jesus will return someday and every human being will acknowledge his true status as KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS! I pray that every one who reads these words will submit to his LORDSHIP AND OBEY HIS GOSPEL. Regrettably, For some of us, the memory of today’s funeral procession will fade from memory, but we will never forget Jesus because some day in our future we all will see him again. Be prepared for that event – you will be eternally blessed if you are!