Johnny Cash: 'The Man Comes Around'

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Johnny Cash was a famous singer, with many hit songs. one song that has a lot of meaning is called “the man comes around”. this song has numerous biblical references.
“When the man comes around” i believe is Jesus coming back to earth for the rapture. in Cashes later years he becomes a christian and many of his songs that he wrote changed his style to religious. when the man comes around in simpler words can be said, when the rapture takes place. the song the man comes around is based specifically on a dream that johnny cash had about queen Elizabeth II where she compared him to a thorn tree in a whirlwind. cash became curious and looked for this quote in the bible and found a similar phrase in the book of jobe. later in the song a man on

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