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+ 2ND POEMS: Epigram On The Beginning The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, The Bright And Morning Star
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
the Son of God. As it is written . . .
---Mark 1:1-2
As recorded, in historical and chronological time, first,
by the holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark,
the rising of that Bright and Morning Star
illuminated that which, in us, had gone dark;
and drawing near to those who had strayed afar;
to shatter and utterly crush Death's hold, by which were cursed
all those that have been born into humanity,
He, Christ Jesus, redeemed us into His eternity.
Starward
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the fallen
And from the earth, they gather the dust of Venus
in praise of their glowing king
And yet, their hearts are dark
Thank you.
Thank you.
Starward
When I think of the morning
When I think of the morning star, I often think of Lucifer and Venus. The illumination of Christ by contrast, seems to be a different light.
The darkness in man resulted – and continues to result, from his fallen state and the estrangement with his Father – the Almighty, The One who Causes to Become. And so, we can become nothing good, without godly direction and Holy Spirit and loyalty to our Heavenly Father.
But God took the greatest of measures to repair this rift. It was a holy gift of undeserved mercy and true love – that God sent his only begotten son, to buy us back from death and sin – that bleak bondage, which Adam had sold all of us into.
Hence – Jesus would become the second Adam, and the second perfect man, to ever walk the earth.
Only where Adam had failed, betraying God – throwing all of mankind into a state of death and sickness and sin… The second Adam – The Christ, would remain loyal to the point of death… giving us a pathway back to God… and the possibility of a future life, without death and sickness and sin.
Such was the purchasing power of his precious blood.
A gift that was made available to anyone – willing to accept that blood ransom… and turn away from that dead life – of being his own rule maker.
Thank you for that. I, too,
Thank you for that. I, too, used, to think of the morning star differently, until I read Christ's final metaphor of Himself in Revelation 22:16. They tell me that the Greek form of that metaphor is that He is the Star, the bright one, the morning one. I prefer that to the standard translations.
I deeply appreciate your comment and the theological depth that you compress into a few well chosen statements. You encapsulated the whole Gospel in that brief space. Thank you so very much for reading the poem and commenting, not just once but twice.
Starward