It's a great song but the truth is not in it's message. Bear with this blogger who only seeks the truth.
The entire song is this:
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more. When the morning breaks eternal bright and fair. When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore. When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
Refrain
When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there.
On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
Refrain
Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
PLEASE, WAIT! There's more...
A bazillion verses about the church going "up" but NONE indicate a "roll call." This blogger is not trying to be disagreeable but honest. " (Jn 8.32)
Verses stating otherwise to a roll call:
1 Thes 4:16, 17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: THEN we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Mk 3:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
1 Cor 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Dan 12:1, 2 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Matt 24:31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
I Thes 5.2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Matt 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Mk 13:32-37 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Matt 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The most important thing is to know one's name IS IN the book of life! (Rev 20.15)
No further explanation is needed. The truth for a believer is to be thankful that you know "you are one of them!"
