Sunday, April 8, 2012

From The Cross To The Throne







FROM THE CROSS TO THE THRONE

TRIED, CONVICTED --
CRUCIFIED --
HANGING THERE UPON THE CROSS,
IN THE GRAVE --
DEAD AND BURIED --
HOPES AND DREAMS A TOTAL LOSS?  

MOURNING, WEEPING --
FRIGHTENED. HIDING --
MARY COMES WITH GREAT GOOD NEWS,
SKEPTICAL --
DOUBTING THOMAS --
SADLY, THEY DON'T SHARE HER VIEWS,  

TOWARD EMMAUS --
TWO MEN TRAVEL --
JESUS JOINED THEM AS THEY WALKED,
QUOTED MOSES --
AND THE PROPHETS --
EYES WERE OPENED AS HE TALKED,  

MANY TIMES --
LOTS OF PLACES --
FREQUENTLY HE CAME TO THEM,
TOUCHED HIS HANDS --
SAW HIS WOUNDS --
FINALLY THEY BELIEVED IN HIM.  

ONE LAST MEETING --
MOUNT OF OLIVES --
ASCENDED TO REGAIN HIS THRONE.
HOLY SPIRIT --
PROMISED TO THEM --
WOULD NOT LEAVE THEM ON THEIR OWN,  

JERUSALEM --
PENTECOST --
WAITING THERE AS THEY WERE TOLD,
BLOWING WIND --
TONGUES OF FIRE --
EACH ONE -HOLY SPIRIT BOLD.  

JESUS CHRIST --
SON OF GOD --
LIVED, AND DIED, AND LIVES AGAIN,
INTERCESSOR --
MEDIATOR --
BETWEEN HOLY GOD AND SINFUL MAN.  

GREAT HIGH PRIEST --
SACRIFICE --
SITTING NOW AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND,
GAVE HIMSELF --
RANSOMED ME --
THIS, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.  

SIN AND SATAN --
DEATH AND HELL --
EACH OF THESE HE OVERCAME,
GOD THE SON --
AROSE TO REIGN --
IN THE POWER OF HIS NAME.  

OUR ONLY CHANCE --
OUR VICTORY --
REPRESENTED BY JESUS AS A RIGHTEOUS SON,
WHAT A KING --
WHAT A JOURNEY -- 
ON THE PATHWAY FROM THE CROSS UP TO THE THRONE


This is part 2 of a 2 part blog. Part 1 was posted on the previous Wednesday




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