Lyrics
I am watching for the coming of the glad millennial day,
When our blessed Lord shall come and catch His waiting Bride away;
Oh! My heart is filled with rapture as I labor, watch and pray,
For our Lord is coming back to earth again.
CHORUS
Oh! Our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Satan will be bound a thousand years, we^ll have no tempter then,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.
Jesus' coming back will be the answer to earth's sorr'wing cry,
For the knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth and sea and sky;
God shall take away all sickness and the suff'rer's tears will dry,
When our Saviour shall come back to earth again.
CHORUS
Oh! Our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Satan will be bound a thousand years, we'll have no tempter then,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.
Yes, the ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion then with joy,
And in all His holy mountain nothing hurts or shall destroy;
Perfect peace shall reign in every heart, and love without alloy,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.
CHORUS
Oh! Our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Satan will be bound a thousand years, we'll have no tempter then,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.
Then the sin and sorrow, pain and death of this dark world shall cease,
In a glorious reign with Jesus of a thousand years of peace;
All the earth is groaning, crying for that day of sweet release,
For our Jesus to come back to earth again.
CHORUS
Oh! Our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again,
Satan will be bound a thousand years, we'll have no tempter then,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Our Lord's Return" anticipates the second coming as a specific, described future event rather than a vague hope, naming the removal of the Church as "His waiting Bride" and a thousand-year period during which "Satan will be bound." That precise eschatological detail gives the hymn a doctrinal shape common to premillennial teaching rather than a general expression of longing for heaven.
Its verses connect that future event directly to present suffering, promising an end to sickness, sorrow, and tears once described conditions are fulfilled. Each verse names a different category of relief, physical healing, universal knowledge of God, restored peace, reinforcing the completeness of the promised transformation across every area of life.
The repeated chorus keeps returning to the same central announcement, that the Lord is coming back to earth, treating that return as settled fact awaited with labor, watching, and prayer rather than passive expectation. Written in classic hymn form, the song functions as anticipatory doctrine set to music, using detailed prophetic imagery to sustain hope for a specific, described future rather than abstract comfort alone.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 20:1-3 Describes Satan bound for a thousand years, directly echoed in the hymn's chorus.
- Revelation 21:4 Promises an end to death, sorrow, and tears, echoed in the hymn's description of dried tears and ceased suffering.