A promise made and kept

After Revelation 7:9-10 

A promise was made,

a promise was kept,

a command to go,

a command was kept.

And through that keeping

came the blessing, 

the blessing to the multitudes

no one could number, multitudes

from every nation, every tribe,

every people, every language,

standing together, one body,

clothed in white, waving

palms, crying out salvation,

the salvation that belongs

to God, the salvation 

that belongs to the Lamb.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Interplay – poem by Joy Lenton at Poetry Joy.

 

The 3.5 Uses of the Law in Romans 7 – Dan Crabtree at The Cripplegate.

 

If the Men Aren’t Singing: 5 Questions for Worship Leaders – Jon Bloom at Desiring God.

Multitudes

After Genesis 12:1-3 and Revelation 7:9-10 

And then, they gathered,

the multitudes unnumbered,

waving the branches of palm,

crying out in unison, 

the blessing promised,

the blessing sitting

and riding in front of them,

the blessing named

salvation, sitting 

on the throne.

The lamb cried out,

shining as a great light,

to the multitudes 

unnumbered,

the nations

gathered.

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How did he hear

After Genesis 12:1-3 and Revelation 7:9-10

How did he hear the voice,

this shepherd, with flocks,

this leader, with family?

A dream, on the wind,

a whisper, a shout?

The words: go; you will be 

great, a great nation;

you will be a great blessing;

all families will be blessed

through you.

And what did he do,

how did he respond,

to this shout, this whisper,

this dream, this wind?

He went.

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