Thursday, January 16, 2014

His Final Week – v2

From the palms, that moment
the king acknowledged
as if they understood the fulfillment
all prophecy revealed
triumphantly entering David’s city
the crowds shouting hosanna
welcoming our king;
but the joy did not last
those in authority threatened
power unwilling to yield
the dove, the lamb, a sacrifice

The beauty of the last supper
a new covenant revealed
the treachery of the betrayer
Christ’s cries in the garden
before his capture and false trial
brought before the governor
the seat of foreign power
sent to the cross to die
an offering for our sin

Yet as at the beginning
joy filled the morning
resurrection on Easter
death, sin, no more in control
love triumphing, God’s plan fulfilled
giving us hope for the morning
when our work here is done


Edited January 16, 2014
His Final Week – v2
March 24, 2010
His Final Week
Season of Lent

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