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"The Man Comes Around" is the title track from Johnny Cash's ''American IV: The Man Comes Around'', released in 2002. It was actually written a few years earlier; however, Cash updated it for the album. It is one of the last songs Cash wrote before his death.〔. (login required)〕 Both sung and spoken, the song makes numerous Biblical references, especially to the Book of Revelation.〔In the album's liner notes, Cash states that the song is "based, loosely, on the book of Revelation, with a couple of lines or a chorus, from other biblical sources".〕 ==Symbols and references in the lyrics== There are numerous Biblical references in the lyrics.〔 A spoken portion from Revelation 6:1–2 in the King James Version introduces the song. This portion of Scripture describes the coming of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, each heralded by one of the "four beasts" first mentioned in Revelation 4:6–9. The musical portion then begins with Cash reciting that a man will one day come to pass judgment. The chorus indicates that these events will be accompanied by trumpets, pipers, and "one hundred million angels singing". The voice of the Lord in Revelation is often likened to the sound of a loud trumpet (Revelation 1:10; 4:1; and 8:13). Revelation 5:11 states that John saw that there are millions of angels in Heaven. The song also alludes to the Parable of the Ten Virgins from the Gospel of Matthew (25:1–13) with the lyrics “The virgins are all trimming their wicks,” a reference to the virgins’ preparation of the Second Coming of Christ. The reference to the whirlwind might point to the prophet Elijah, one of the few Biblical characters taken to heaven without dying. He was transported by a "chariot of fire" borne by a whirlwind (2Kings 2:11). Or it could allude to Hosea 8:7 where evildoers "sow the wind and reap the whirlwind." Or it's a paraphrase on the prophecy in Rev 7:1-4:〔http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/revelation/7/〕 "After this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding tight the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the sunrise, having a seal of the living God; and he called with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying: “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until after we have sealed+ the servants of our God in their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000" In this verse it's clear that the world will be hit by (whirl)winds when the angels let go. The Ten Virgins are a biblical parable on the 144,000 - the same who cast their "golden crowns" - that are going to be at the wedding of the Lord.〔http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402015203?q=ten+virgins&p=par〕 The phrase "It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks" is a quote from Acts 26:14, where Paul the Apostle describes his meeting Jesus while traveling to Damascus. It's a reference to ancient Greek proverb where a kicking ox only injures himself, an illustration of the futility of resisting the Lord. Elsewhere, the song mentions the wise men who bow before the Lord's throne, and cast their "golden crowns" at the feet of God. Revelations 4 refers to elders who worship the Lord and "lay their crowns" before Him (Revelations 4:10), while Matthew 2 contains the well-known scene of the Wise Men bowing before the Lord's manger. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Man Comes Around (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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