Here you are talking about; <br />Being 'changed in the twinkling of an eye.' <br />If the Lord should come, <br />He'd change you to nothing! <br />For there is nothing to you. <br /> <br />You seem to be expecting to go to some parlor <br />Away up somewhere, <br />And when the wicked have been burnt, <br />You are coming back to walk in triumph <br />Over their ashes– <br />This is to be your New Jerusalem! <br /> <br />Now, I can't see any thing so very nice in that, <br />Coming back to such a mess as that will be, <br />A world covered with the ashes of the wicked! <br />Besides, if the Lord comes and burns– <br />As you say He will– <br />I am not going away; <br />I am going to stay here <br />And stand the fire, <br />like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! <br /> <br />And Jesus will walk with me through the fire, <br />And keep me from harm. <br />Nothing belonging to God can burn, <br />Any more than God himself; <br />Such shall have no need <br />To go away to escape the fire! <br />No, I shall remain. <br /> <br />Do you tell me; <br />That God's children can't stand fire?' <br />It is absurd to think so!'<br /><br />Sojourner Truth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tothe-preachers-the-second-advent-doctrines/
