At Christmas time, we remember Jesus' first coming from heaven to earth.  What joy and wonder is expressed in Christmas hymns and carols!  "Glorious Day" expresses the anticipation of Jesus' second coming back to earth, which is also foretold in the Bible.

One day He's coming

Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

The song was used in two albums by Casting Crowns, "Until the Whole World Hears," (2009) and an album of hymns named after the song, "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) (2015).  The lyrics came from a hymn written in 1910 by John Wilbur Chapman.   In a video, Mark Hall, the leader of Casting Crowns, shares how he grew up using a hymnal. He appreciated the words to this song because it tells the full story of what Jesus did.  He and Michael Bleecker, a worship leader, composed a new melody to the lyrics.

The full chorus says:

Living He loved me

Dying, He saved me

Buried, He carried my sins far away

Rising, He justified freely forever

One day He's coming

Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

Here are the verses:

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises

One day when sin was so black as could be

Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin

Dwelt among men, my example is He

Word became flesh and the light shined among us

His glory revealed.

One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain

One day they nailed Him to die on a tree

Suffering anguish, despised and rejected

Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He

Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree

And took the nails for me.

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer

One day the stone rolled away from the door

Then He arose, over death He had conquered

Now is ascended, my Lord evermore

Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him

From rising again.

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming

One day the skies with His glories will shine

Wonderful day, my Beloved One bringing

My Savior Jesus is mine.