Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

LSB #491 "Up through Endless Ranks of Angels"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Mark 16:19, 1 John 2:1-2, John 14:16-18

Mark 16:19:  "So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God."

1 John 2:1-2:  "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.  But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.  2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."

John 14:16-18:  "16 'And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.  You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

"18 'I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."

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The verse from Mark 16 appears in the first verse, which - with some elaboration - describes Christ's Ascension.

The verses from 1 John 2 appear in the second half of the second verse: "Now for us before the Father / As our brother intercede; / Flesh that for our world was wounded, / Living, for the wounded plead!"

The verses from John 14 are in the third verse, specifically in the line "Send Your Spirit, promised guide."