The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand - The Statler Brothers

About the same time the Angel Gabriel came

And told of another unusual birth

The child would be a cousin of the Christ

His name would be John

And as he baptized he preached

Make way for Jesus the kingdom of heaven is at hand

Jesus walked that lonesome road to preach the gospel news

But someone walked ahead to pave the way

One who felt he wasn’t fit to carry Jesus' shoes

A woolly man adorned in disarray

A man who got his feet wet for the glory of the Lord

John The Baptist was a chosen man

His voice called from the wilderness a warning and the words

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

He must have made an awesome sight in clothes of camels hair

Around his waist he wore a leather band

Preachin' and baptizin' as he wondered here and there

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

One day Jesus came to Jordan’s banks to be baptized

John The Baptist tried to turn him down

Lord I feel inadequate and then he emphasized

It should be the other way around

But John was soon convinced and he consented by and by

It must be done to fulfill Gods command

'Cause god was lookin' down on him and time was drawin' nigh

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

Livin' on wild honey and grasshoppers and the word

He went to Jordan lookin' lean and tan

Preachin' and baptizin' and the people came and heard

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

The kingdom of heaven is at hand

The kingdom of heaven is at hand