Track 7 on No More Clownin'
The Final Frontier
Built on 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 2 Timothy 4:7–8, and Revelation 21:4
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The study behind the song
Built on 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 2 Timothy 4:7–8, Revelation 21:4, Matthew 20:16, and 1 Corinthians 13:12.
The Final Frontier closes the album at the end of the road. It is built on Paul's last letter, written to Timothy as Paul's own death drew near: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," with a crown of righteousness laid up for him (2 Timothy 4:7-8). The song names that chapter outright, and its chorus drives the same hope home. The long road is over, the believer is crossing toward the throne, and the crown is waiting.
The verses walk through what is left behind. The circus, the stage, the noise of the crowd and the costume all fall away, and the singer arrives empty-handed, holding only the blood of the Lamb and the name of the King. Revelation 21 supplies the picture of arrival, a place with no more sorrow, pain or tears. Jesus' word that the first shall be last turns the world's rankings upside down.
What remains is the simplest title of all, a doulos, a servant of Jesus, brought face to face with the Master.
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Lyrics
The final mile is opening
The dust is behind
Leaving every shadow
That could clutter my mind
I see the golden light
Breaking through the cloud
No more circus, no more stage
No more noise from the crowd
I’m walking empty-handed
Got nothing to bring
Just the blood of the Lamb
And the name of the King
Second Timothy four
Yeah, I fought through the fight
Now I’m stepping off the map
Straight into the light
Crossing the final frontier
Heading straight for the throne
The long road is over
I am finally home
No more playing a character
The actor is dead
Got a crown of righteousness
Waiting for my head
Crossing the final frontier
I’m finally home
Crossing the final frontier
I’m finally home
Revelation twenty-one
No more sorrow or pain
No more crying in the dark
No more tears in the rain
The artificial spotlights
Are erased from my name
When you’re standing in glory
Everything looks plain
I was a clown for the world
I was a chump in the past
But the first shall be trailing
And the tools shall be last
I’m a Doulos of Jesus
The title is clean
The greatest introduction
That the world hasn’t seen
I finished the race
The costume is gone
Face to face with the Master
I was waiting all along
I finished the race
The old life is through
Face to face with the Master
Now I’m walking with You
Crossing the final frontier
Heading straight for the throne
The long road is over
I am finally home
No more playing a character
The actor is dead
Got a crown of righteousness
Waiting for my head
Crossing the final frontier
I’m finally home
Crossing the final frontier
I’m finally home
Home
Face to face with the Master
Doulos of Jesus
Home
The final mile is opening
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