Victory!!!
He stood at the gate to the garden.
A flaming sword was in his hand.
None shall pass beyond this gate.
That was HIS final command.
Many there was who came too late.
Those words causing hearts to harden.
Within the garden was beauty and life.
All wanted to enter and partake.
But, also there was all knowledge.
Making evil possible to create.
This would produce a learning college.
Perpetuating all the evil and strife.
The angel stood his place for eons of time.
Keeping out all who tried to enter.
The flaming sword would stop them all.
They longed to reach the tree in the center.
The tree of life that would save them all.
They plotted a way to achieve this crime.
Then, God wisely removed the garden.
The people were enraged.
They cursed God and called Him heartless.
They were condemned to the grave.
They didn’t want a part of this.
They wanted God to give a pardon.
God sad you must live with the curse.
From Adam you have a sinful nature.
Passed on from generation to generation.
To get a pardon has no place here.
But, I am a God you can have faith in.
I’ll provide a way to lift the curse.
I will send my only Son to take your place.
He will take upon Him all your sins.
He will live a sinless life, yet will die.
He will die to pay the price for sin.
For He loves you is the reason why.
But, death will not hold Him. You are safe.
He will raise again and claim victory over death.
All you need to do is believe in Him.
Know Him intimately and invite Him in.
He will make your heart a home for Him.
He will lead you to victory over sin.
Then you too will have victory over death.
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2012)