Sunday, April 12, 2020

Risen

This year, as we remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ which is the heart of Christianity, I thought it would be a good time to post this poem. It was written last fall and attempts to capture the missional nature of his life, death, and resurrection.

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                                   Risen
God came to earth,
As a human,
Living in the dust, pain, heat, stench
Of a fallen world.
He understands us, our inhuman condition, well.

Spurning the spotlight
Yet bringing glimpses of heaven, miraculous moments
Where long marred image of God in us
Shone through clearly in Christ
          Healing, delivering, teaching, feeding, confronting,
Heart of the Father revealed.

Such revealing light was too much for those with much to hide
Dark-worshipers conspired to have the innocent die.
As Jesus the Second Adam bled into the reddening soil
Asking forgiveness from the Father for us
Commending his Spirit back it was done.

Garden Tomb, Jerusalem
Wrapped, laid in the dark on the stone
Until the third day.

God breathed life back into a dying race.
Jesus, having carried all our iniquity to its end
Rose again and shared his resurrection breath
The wind of heaven, his very self, that we might be
A new creation sent forth with purpose.
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Kingdom leaven might permeate every tongue, tribe, territory
That, like the heavenly bread come down, it all might be risen.

No longer bent by curse, or by cross,
We are sabbath straightened
To see the grandeur of his completed mission.

              © Greg K. Dueker



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