Hup, 2, 3, 4! Hup, 2, 3, 4! (Poem)

God, through Jesus, is organizing a massive,

diverse army of committed, well-trained soldiers.

Here’s how and why.

Hup! 2, 3, 4! Hup! 2, 3, 4!

Hear the global cadence,

Of armies preparing for war,

Readying their ordnance,

For many battles near and far,

In their way, no hindrance!

Across our world today,

Military prowess is being honed,

For some pending foray:

--Some political intent to jawbone,

--A people to subjugate,

--A leader to dethrone!

Ponder with me if you will,

How armed forces organize and deploy,

And the ranks-and-files they fill,

The strategies and tactics they employ,

How diverse are soldiers’ skills,

And organization of their convoys.

Now let’s take a peek at the start-up source,

To see how militaries begin,

And morph into a mighty fighting force,

With an exceptional discipline.

Then in a split-screen view let’s reinforce,

How with this, God’s army will fit in.

The real core of all armed forces,

Is a soldier, grown from just a recruit.

Grilled through weeks of basic courses,

He learns to obey, a skill, and to shoot.

Then to active duty he switches,

Where he becomes skillfully resolute!

God’s also building a force well-armed,

And with just a recruit He begins,

With each new recruit, satan’s alarmed!

Training starts with forgiveness for sins,

By God’s Word this recruit is transformed,

By God’s Spirit Who underpins.

His daily Christian practices,

Is basic training for this recruit,

Learning well The Lord’s promises.

With righteousness as his prime pursuit,

It permeates all purposes.

He’ll slip and fall, yet remains astute.

When basic training one day will be stalled,

Of what comes next, he is quite prescient,

Away from this life he then will be called.

Before The Lord, his spirit is present,

As to his grave his body will be hauled.

Into reserve status he’s then patient.

But one day, not so far in the future,

To active duty he will be ordered.

With Jesus, Earth’s atmosphere he’ll puncture,

The post-tribulation world thus captured.

This soldier will serve as a glowing figure, ^*

Guardian of righteousness, re-cultured.

Hup! 2, 3, 4! Hup! 2, 3, 4! Hup…

The cadence of righteousness on the march,

God’s army’s basic training warm-up,

Preparing for Christ’s Millennial watch.

Though we die, from our graves we’ll all rise-up,

Serving a thousand years, as His ‘top-notch!’

As just a recruit all of this started,

And ends with a glorious promotion!

Trained for service before we departed,

Then raised in time for Christ’s Earth invasion!

This point’s for you in what I’ve imparted:

Embrace Christ’s military induction.

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^* And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. (Daniel 12:2-3)

--Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. (Matthew 17:1-2, Luke 9:28-29, Mark 9:2-3)
--Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we (the righteous in Christ) shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1 John 3:2)