A surprise

After Luke 2:25-25 and 2 Corinthians 5:20

The parents watched

the child raised 

in the air by

the old man,

standing in front

of them, radiant,

surrounded by

a fire without 

flame and heat,

a sound without

noise. 

The parents watched.

The parents saw.

The parents marveled.

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A revelation

After Luke 2:25-25 and 2 Corinthians 5:20

He knew, within

the confines of

the place, the city,

because it had been

revealed, only to him,

a personal prophecy,

the time of the wait,

the long wait, that

he would not greet

death until he saw

the king, the one

promised, the one

foretold, the one

named messiah.

That time came,

unexpectedly, a thief

in the night, and

he knew the promise

was fulfilled. He knew

he could now die,

a believer before

believers.

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