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1. Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away.
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away.
(Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.)
Chorus:
I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.
2. When the shadows of this life have flown,
I'll fly away.
Like a bird from prison bars have flown,
I'll fly away.
3. Oh how glad and happy when we meet,
I'll fly away.
No more cold iron shackles on my feet,
I'll fly away.
4. Just a few more joyous * days and then,
I'll fly away.
To a land where joy shall never end,
I'll fly away.
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The following scripture pertains to this hymn:
v. 1 I'll fly away
Our spirit will leave our bodies behind. We are shown this concept in both I Thessalonians 4 & I Corinthians 15...
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep (die) in Jesus will God bring with him.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep (dead).
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
I Corinthians 15:35-38 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.
The bodies we now have on this earth are subject to corruption through age and disease. This flesh cannot go with us when we die. In death the spirit departs from the human. It is that spirit which God removes for the new heavens and new earth yet to come. The previous flesh decays and stays on this earth. God gives a "new body" to us.
I Corinthians 15:50-52 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
In the blink of an eye, we leave these fleshly bodies and our spirit flies away.
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v. 4
* joyous ... we should be overcomers through God as we travel through the wilderness of this life on this earth. Therefore, our days should not be weary, but joyous.
I Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
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