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The Greatest Story Ever Told
I saw the light flash across the sky
from an opening in the clouds way up high.
Millions of angels started pouring through.
A super loud trumpet was blowing too.
Then a small cloud appeared about the size of a fist.
I didn’t know what to make of all this.
The cloud grew larger as it rapidly neared.
Then, suddenly, a man appeared.
He sat upon a throne on the cloud
Angels surrounded Him praying loud.
A rainbow appeared behind the throne.
As bright as the sun, the man’s face shown.
Many on earth cried “Our God is here”
“We waited so long for Him to appear.”
The man said: “ Arise, those sleeping in graves.”
“Come, join me in the air. I am with you always.”
“Those on the ground, be caught up to.”
“I will always be with you .”
Then we were changed in the twinkling of an eye.
Mortal became immortal. Glory replaced cry.
The earth laid desolate and in ruins.
No one was alive to make fun or boo Him.
Except for those who crucified Him.
Resurrected to see His coming , then die again.
All who were alive & not saved were killed
by the brightness of His glory that filled.
Satan was chained for 1,000 years.
To roam the earth alone with his fear.
A millennium to walk among the ruins.
To think about the reward that was due him.
1,000 years later Christ returned
with all the saints and angels concerned.
The Holy City floated down like a jewel.
Bright and shining, through the air it flew.
Christ appeared & touched His foot upon
the Mount Of Olives. The cross was gone.
The Mount split into a great plain.
The Holy City descended to remain.
It was lighted by God’s glory.
It will always remain to tell the story.
The evil dead were resurrected.
Satan & his demons began to beckon
They all surrounded the Holy City.
While saints & angels watched with pity.
All evil saw their lives in panoramic view.
Each saw where they rejected truth from the few.
Each bowed a knee and confessed Christ is just.
Then fire rained down & did the rest.
All were consumed, both body and bone.
Satan burned longest. Just he alone.
There would be no trace of sin ever again.
Thanks to the sacrifice made by Him.
The saints and angels watched with awe
as the earth was made new. Created for all.
God’s throne in the center of the Holy City made earth.
the very center of the whole universe.
Throughout eternity a reminder of what happened here.
How God’s love is the greatest. An end to all fear.
Wherever Christ traveled throughout the universe
the 144,000 accompanied Him where He traversed.
They were the testimony of all Christ did
for the only fallen world where they once lived.-
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)
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