They Died - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Not the Christ alone
in the Godhead sorrow
choosing the way of the cross
going to Calvary

All of the trinity there
from before the beginning of time
descending as a man
knowing he would die

All of God going
walking to Jerusalem
returning to the place of his name
dying there as a man

The sweet hosannas faded
the crack of the whip instead
because of our rebellion, our sin
God became the lamb

They died there on the rugged cross
the God, three in one,
suffering because of his love
bringing us back to them

July 16, 2010
Genesis 22:1-19
Abraham faithful in sacrificing
his first born son Isaac,
God providing substitute lamb;
Christ becoming the sacrificial lamb
with no substitution;
the pain of the Father on Good Friday
when his son died for us.
&
Hebrews 10:1-14
Christ was the one priest able to make
one sacrifice for all time
&
John 11:32-44
John 11:35
“Jesus wept” for his friend Lazarus,
though he knew he would rise
&
Jeremiah 31:15
Rachel crying for her children
who are no more
&
Colossians 1:15-20
Colossians 1:15-28
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for July 12, 2010 to July 18, 2010,
“Pursuing Righteousness”
by Steven J. Christopher
for July 16, 2010,
read July 16, 2010

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