“And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
About this song
A reggae-dancehall anthem celebrating the global preaching work of Jehovah's people. Rooted in Matthew 24:14 — the prophecy that the good news of the Kingdom would be preached in all the inhabited earth before the end. The song honors the daily work of going house to house, following the pattern Paul described in Acts 20:20.
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Intro
rim clicks like knocks (knock knock knock), horns enter, riddim drops in, spoken over
Matthew twenty-four, verse fourteen…
"This good news of the Kingdom…"
Shall be preached in all the inhabited earth…
For a witness unto all the nations…
And then the end will come…
So we go… house to house… like Paul taught us in Acts twenty, verse twenty…
Hear me now…
Verse 1
Monday morning, coffee in my cup
Bag full of tracts and a heart lifted up
Partner at my side, we ready for the day
Knockin' on the doors where Jehovah makes a way
Some of them smile, some of them frown
Some of them tell us put your Watchtower down
Some of them slam it, some of them hide
Some of them listen and open up wide
But either way, we come with the news
Good news of the Kingdom, ain't got time to lose
Pre-Chorus
Every door, every street, every house, every flat
Every apartment, every trailer, every condo like that
'Cause somebody's waiting, somebody's praying
Somebody's hungry for what we're saying
Chorus
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock)
We knock 'cause the Kingdom near
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock)
We knock 'cause the time is here
Matthew twenty-four, verse fourteen
Gonna preach it to every nation and tongue
Then the end will come
Then the end will come
Knock knock knock
Open up the door
Knock knock knock
Jehovah got more
Verse 2
They laugh at us on the TV and radio
Say we the crazy ones with the books and the show
But we keep walking, we keep talking, we keep giving
Good news of the Kingdom to the dead and the living
Rain or shine, heat or cold
Young or old, timid or bold
We the modern-day disciples of the Way
Doing just what Jesus said to do in his day
"Make disciples, baptize them in the name
Of the Father, the Son, and the holy spirit flame"
Matthew twenty-eight, nineteen and twenty
Read it for yourself, Jehovah said plenty
Pre-Chorus
And when they ask us, "Why you come to my door?"
We tell them straight up, "There's gotta be more
Than paying your taxes and dying one day
Jehovah's got a Kingdom, let us show you the way"
Chorus
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock)
We knock 'cause the Kingdom near
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock)
We knock 'cause the time is here
Matthew twenty-four, verse fourteen
Gonna preach it to every nation and tongue
Then the end will come
Then the end will come
Knock knock knock
Open up the door
Knock knock knock
Jehovah got more
Toast section
riddim rides, spoken with streetwise confidence
Now hear me, hear me…
Some of them say, "Don't you Witnesses ever give up?"
We say no — 'cause the field is white, the harvest is up
Jesus said pray the master of the harvest to send out workers
'Cause the harvest is great and the workers are few
So we go out two by two like the seventy he sent
To every city and town where he himself would have went
In Acts twenty, verse twenty, Paul said plain and straight
"I did not hold back from teaching you publicly
And from house to house" — that's the pattern, mate
Public witness, door to door, street cart, informal too
Whatever door Jehovah opens, we walk right through
And we don't go for money, we don't charge a fee
Freely we received, freely we give — read Matthew ten, verse three
We give away the books, we give away the tracts
We give away our time 'cause that's how Jehovah acts
Verse 3
Eight million Witnesses in two hundred forty lands
Preaching in nine hundred languages with open hands
From Medellín to Manila, Lagos to Lisbon
From Tokyo to Toronto, from Cape Town to Compton
Every tribe, every nation, every tongue, every race
A great crowd growing by Jehovah's undeserved grace
Ten billion hours in the ministry every year
That ain't no cult, that's a family, dear
That's a people moved by love to share the truth
With their neighbors and their strangers and the old and the youth
And one day soon the work is gonna be complete
And Matthew twenty-four, fourteen gonna have its seat
Bridge
horns swell, backing vocals lift, group chant
From every door a seed gets planted
(Seed gets planted!)
Jehovah makes it grow enchanted
(Makes it grow!)
Some will hear and some will run
(Some will run!)
But we planted and Jehovah done
(Jehovah done!)
Isaiah fifty-five, eleven say
Jehovah's word don't return void
It accomplishes what He pleases
Every promise He enjoyed
(Every promise! Every promise!)
So we knock, we talk, we teach, we reach
We revisit, we study, we love, we preach
Till the day Jehovah says the work is done
Till the day we welcome everyone
Into the paradise the Son will bring
Under Jehovah's Kingdom, we gonna sing!
(Gonna sing! Gonna sing! Gonna sing!)
Final Chorus
full energy, horns riffing, group chant, hand claps
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock!)
We knock 'cause the Kingdom near
Knock knock knock (knock knock knock!)
We knock 'cause the time is here
Matthew twenty-four, verse fourteen
Gonna preach it to every nation and tongue
Then the end will come
Then the end will come
Knock knock knock
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