The Hymn of God's Word Our God Reigns as King

• God almighty, Father everlasting,
• Prince of Peace,
• our God reigns as King over all!
• I
• Almighty God, Almighty God,
• Father everlasting, Prince of Peace,
• our God reigns as King over all!
• Almighty God's feet
• on the Mount of Olives,
• on the Mount of Olives.
• How beautiful! Come and listen!
• We the watchmen lift our voices up,
• lift our voices up, sing together,
• for to Zion God has returned.
• We have seen with our own eyes
• the desolation of Jerusalem!
• Burst out together in songs of joy,
• for God has comforted us,
• He has redeemed Jerusalem.
• In the sight of all nations,
• God has bared His holy arm,
• appeared as He truly is.
• God's salvation is seen
• at earth's far ends.
• II
• Almighty God! Almighty God!
• From before Your throne,
• the seven spirits
• are sent out to churches everywhere,
• are sent out to churches everywhere,
• to make all Your mysteries revealed.
• You sit upon Your glorious throne,
• reign over Your Kingdom,
• making it stand firm
• with justice and righteousness,
• making the nations
• bow down before You,
• bow down before You.
• Almighty God! Almighty God!
• You've loosed the girdle of the kings,
• that before You
• the gates of their cities
• shall open and nevermore be shut.
• For Your light has come, has come,
• Your glorious light
• has come shining forth.
• III
• Darkness shrouds the land,
• people covered in gloom.
• Ah …
• But You appear, shine Your light
• upon us.
• God, You appear,
• shine Your light upon us.
• Your glory is in our persons manifest.
• All nations come to Your light,
• their kings approach the light
• sent forth from You.
• You raise Your eyes
• to look about You,
• Your sons are foregathered
• around You.
• Your sons all come from afar,
• Your daughters come too,
• borne in Your arms.
• Almighty God! It is Your great love
• that has held us fast.
• It is You who lead us forward,
• forward on the road to the Kingdom.
• Hallowed is Your sacred word
• that pierces us through and through.
• Almighty God!
• Thanks be to You, praise unto You.
• Thanks and praise, praise unto You.
• Let us, with one sincere, serene,
• and faithful heart,
• look up to You, bear witness to You,
• raise You up, sing praise to You.
• Let us construct ourselves
• in united harmony,
• that soon we may be made pleasing,
• pleasing unto You.
• We may be made pleasing unto You,
• to be used by You.
• May Your will, unhindered,
• be carried out upon the earth.
• from "The Twenty-fifth Utterance" of Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning in The Word Appears in the Flesh