clean and unclean
lost and now found
dirty, polluted,
lost in the ground
rising from the waters
the stairs to the water
to the cleansing
one and the other
clear demarcations
unclean and clean
meaning in the ancient
baths
preceding Jesus, older,
different stairs for
entering
and for returning
foretelling John’s call
the bath in the Jordan
as Christ did himself
to justify,
to sanctify,
to make him holy
the baths for washing
separate stairs with
meaning
ritual purity
entering dirty
and exiting clean
====
edited
January 11, 2014
different
stairs – v5
Edited
November 11, 2013
different
stairs – v4
Edited
November 2, 2013
different
stairs – v3
Edited
August 23, 2013
different
stairs – v2
March
9, 2013
different
stairs
video
and
Spirit
Study
baths
at Qumran
March
3, 2013
&
Mark 1:9-13
Matthew 4:8-10
Chapter 1,
“Baptism and Temptation
The Jordan River and the Wilderness”
third
book in a series of books -
“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus”
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read 2/23/2012
&
“Final Words from the
Cross”
&
“24 Hours That
Changed the World”
&
Spirit
study led by Pastor
Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February
17, 2013
Lent
All of my
poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved.
Contact me at Ray Foss
for usage. See all 27,320+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
No comments:
Post a Comment