Pocahontas Reese – Forevermore

Pocahontas Reese is a YouTuber who writes and releases her own music without commercialization.  She asked me to review her song Forevermore.

Also, check out my reviews of Watch and Pray and Hear His Voice.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

It acknowledges God as the source of life and good pleasures.  Though He may judge mankind, she will reign with God for all eternity, meeting Him in the air post-Christ’s second coming.  Jesus is God who became a man, died for her sins, and rose again.  She worships God as her Lord and King.

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

All the lyrics either quote directly from Scripture or borrow from it.

Lyrics posted with permission.*

[Verse 1]

Thou wilt show me
The path of life
In thy presence is the fullness of joy
At thy right hand there are pleasures
Forevermore

A near-exact quote from Psalm 16:11 in the KJV, except Reese replaces “shew” with “show” and combines “for evermore” as “forevermore”. For readability’s sake, these are solid changes that do not change the Verse’s meaning.

[Pre Chorus]

The lightning may flash
The thunder may roar
The wind may blow
The trumpet will blast
The clouds will break

This signifies the seventh trumpet that sounds in Revelation 11:19; a prelude to what would eventually become God’s judgment on mankind and rewards for His people (Revelation 11:18).

The dead will rise
The saints will meet
Our Lord in the sky

When Jesus comes again, believers will meet Him in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

[Chorus]

Oh oh Jesus, you are my God and King

Combines Jesus’ deity (Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 43:10-11, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26, John 1:1-3, John 1:14, John 5:17-18, John 8:23-25, John 8:28, John 10:30-33, John 14:9, John 20:28-29, Philippians 2:5-6, Colossians 1:16-19, Colossians 2:8-9, Titus 2:13, 1 Timothy 6:14-16, Hebrews 1:10-12, Revelation 1:8, and Revelation 22:13), Kingship (Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 11:10, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-6, John 12:15, John 18:37, 1 Timothy 6:13-16, Revelation 17:14, and Revelation 19:11-16), and Casper the friendly ghost.

Forever more, forever more

Repeats Verse 1, line 5, though spelled slightly differently.

Oh oh Jesus, you are my God and King
Forever more, forever more

Repeats lines 1 and 2.

[Verse 2]

Father, you sent to a man
Fully God, in the form of a babe who grew
He suffered, died, and resurrected
Ascended now, my sins you forgave

As summarized in John 3:16, 1 Corinthians 15:3-5, and Philippians 2:5-11, The Father sent Jesus to die for our sins, who subsequently resurrected, proving His deity.  This made forgiveness of sins possible (Hebrews 9:22).

[Verse 3]

I say to God, “You are my Lord
Apart from you I have no good thing
Lord, you alone are my portion
You are my cup;”

An accurate retelling of Psalm 16:2 and Psalm 16:5, respectively.

[Outro]

ooh…forevermore

Another Casper reference combined with Verse 1, line 5.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

Despite this song’s heavy use of Christianese language, it’s clear that Reese speaks of God and Jesus as her King, promoting Christianity and the message of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.  Lightning and thunder are often used in public media to signify bad things, which, combined with the raised dead, pleasures in Verse 1, and saints meeting God in the sky, signifies good and bad will take place in a future event, perhaps the end of the world. 

Some might think of it as a zombie apocalypse that involves flying undead, but that’s extremely unlikely.  What is more likely is that unbelievers will misunderstand the Biblical definition of “sin”.  For them, it means mere mistakes, which is incorrect.  Sin is breaking God’s laws, commandments, or both.

Score: 9/10

4. What does this song glorify?

It glorifies God by celebrating Christ’s life as Reese worships Him as King and Lord, looking forward to His triumphant return.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

Pocahontas Reese’s Forevermore is great.  It has some Ye Olde English flair combined with modern English in Christianese language, promoting Christ as Lord and King as we Christians look forward to spending eternity with Him.  This glorifies God.  Unbelievers should understand almost the entire song, except for their oft-misunderstood meaning of “sin”.

I highly recommend this song for corporate worship.

Final Score: 9.5/10

Artist Info

Track: Forevermore (listen to the song)

Artist: Pocahontas Reese

Album: N/A

Genre: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)

Release Year: 2021

Duration: 4:52

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