TWELVE GATES TO THE CITY
(Twenty First Chapter of Revelation)
(No Excerpt, but entire text)
Adapted and arranged by James Sundquist & Tom Petersen
© 1977 SON QUEST MUSIC, ROCK SALT MUSIC, BMI
© 2014 JAMES SUNDQUIST / EAGLE MASTERWORKS PRODUCTIONS
This Traditional American Spiritual song describes the vision of the Apostle John of the New Heaven, the New Earth, and the New Jerusalem, which was revealed to him around 90 A.D., while he was exiled to the Island of Patmos in the Mediterranean. The Holy Spirit and the Bride of Christ's Church send out a final appeal to enter into His Kingdom to dwell with Him forever and ever.
Twelve gates to the city
Twelve gates to paradise
Where angels are singing
And day never turns to night
And He carried me away in the spirit
To a city not made with hands
Descending out of heaven was the city
It was the New Jerusalem
Halleluia
And the building of the wall was of jaspar
The city was pure gold
The foundation of the wall of the city
Was garnished in precious stone
Halleluia
And the Spirit and the Bride say come
Let him that heareth say come
Let him that is athirst say come
Unto the gates of the city
Halleluia
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
THERE ARE TWELVE GATES
THERE ARE TWELVE GATES
HALLELUIA
Twelve gates to the city
Twelve gates to paradise
Where angels are singing
and day never turns to night
And He carried me away in the spirit
To a city not made with hands
And descending out of heaven was the city
It was the New Jerusalem
Halleluia
(Twenty First Chapter of Revelation)
(No Excerpt, but entire text)
Adapted and arranged by James Sundquist & Tom Petersen
© 1977 SON QUEST MUSIC, ROCK SALT MUSIC, BMI
© 2014 JAMES SUNDQUIST / EAGLE MASTERWORKS PRODUCTIONS
This Traditional American Spiritual song describes the vision of the Apostle John of the New Heaven, the New Earth, and the New Jerusalem, which was revealed to him around 90 A.D., while he was exiled to the Island of Patmos in the Mediterranean. The Holy Spirit and the Bride of Christ's Church send out a final appeal to enter into His Kingdom to dwell with Him forever and ever.
Twelve gates to the city
Twelve gates to paradise
Where angels are singing
And day never turns to night
And He carried me away in the spirit
To a city not made with hands
Descending out of heaven was the city
It was the New Jerusalem
Halleluia
And the building of the wall was of jaspar
The city was pure gold
The foundation of the wall of the city
Was garnished in precious stone
Halleluia
And the Spirit and the Bride say come
Let him that heareth say come
Let him that is athirst say come
Unto the gates of the city
Halleluia
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY
THERE ARE TWELVE GATES
THERE ARE TWELVE GATES
HALLELUIA
Twelve gates to the city
Twelve gates to paradise
Where angels are singing
and day never turns to night
And He carried me away in the spirit
To a city not made with hands
And descending out of heaven was the city
It was the New Jerusalem
Halleluia