Not Death to Die

Jesus said, "Some of you they will put to death. . . . But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives" (Luke 21:17, 18, 19). In other words, some of you will die--but you won't be dead.

Bob Kauflin's song below, adapted from a poem by George Bethune, is a fitting meditation on such a truth:

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It is not death to die, to leave this weary road
And join the saints who dwell on high who've found their home with God
It is not death to close the eyes long dimmed by tears
And wake in joy before your throne delivered from our fears

O Jesus, King of grace
You bore the cross in our place
Though we suffer for a time
We will reign with you on high
And it is not death to die.

It is not death to fling aside this earthly dust
And rise with strong and noble wing to live among the just
It is not death to hear the key unlock the door
That sets us free from temporal years to praise you evermore.

O Jesus, King of grace
You bore the cross in our place
Though we suffer for a time
We will reign with you on high
And it is not death to die.
Copyright 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise.