The Easter Bell Tolls
Christ has risen
The bells are ringing
People are singing, Glory
Glory to God on high
The Saviour said
The Kingdom is within you
John, in his Revelation dream
Saw Christ on a white horse
And all the army of heaven
Following to do battle with evil
So we wait for outside intervention
It may come yet; that I can’t deny
I once vowed to ride
In that army, if he’d have me
Though today I cry for the state
Of our God-given earth
And the pain of my brother
Who is the soul near
And the one far that I do not know
By name, but am taxed by faith
To love just the same
Christ said The Kingdom
Of God is within you
There is a mad chance
Open to individual interpretation
Of course, as everything is
That the help we await
Is already here
It is inside each believer
That Kingdom of which
Our Saviour speaks
Is perhaps not waiting in the clouds
Above to rein down in Glory
But that Glory is inside the heart
Of mere mortal man
Hiding in plain sight
Wait if you want
Wait, if you will
But I think the Christ
We so dearly desire
Lives and breathes
In each believer
The Kingdom is here
It’s not about pulpits
Praise giving or alms
It’s how we go about living
That one simple parable
Do onto your brother
Christ gave us the key
The Kingdom belongs
To you and to me
