A poignant remider of Christ's rejection!
"IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU", SAID THE MASTER CONCEIVER, "I COME AS A BABY, TO YOU AS BELIEVER?" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - NOT ON YOUR LIFE! MESSIAH IS RULER, AND SHOULD BRING A KNIFE!" SO THE SLAUGHTER OF BABES BY THE CARNAL DECEIVER PULLED THE FLESH 'ORE THE EYES OF INTENDED RECEIVER. "IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU", ASKED THE ANCIENT OF OLD, "MY HUMBLE DEMEANOR REFLECTS WHAT WAS TOLD?" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - TRADITION PROHIBITS! AN EYE FOR AN EYE IS WHAT TORAH EXHIBITS!" THAT MEEKNESS SHOULD CONQUER ROME'S IRON, SO BOLD; SO PROUDFULLY BOUNDLESS?; SO... "CHOSEN" WAS SOLD! "IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU IF THE KINGDOM IS PEACE?; THAT THE WAR OVER ISSUES, THIS "ISSUE" WILL CEASE?" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - OUR LAW DISALLOWS! OUR PEDIGREE ISSUE DETERMINES OUR VOWS! ROME MUST BE DISMANTLED, PIECE BY PIECE; OUR KING WOULD GRANT US THIS BLOODY RELEASE!" GOD ASKS OUR PERMISSION TO MANIFEST THROUGH US??? AND CHRIST'S WILLING SPIRIT'S A GIFT? - IT'S MIRACULOUS! BUT WILLING MEANS OPEN, AND OPEN MEANS LOVE; AND LOVE THINKS BENEATH IT SHOULD BE AS ABOVE! SO "SUFFERING", AND "LETTING GOD CHOOSE ALL" (OUR CHOICES), ALLOWS US TO KNOW GOD THROUGH ALL OF HIS VOICES. BUT THAT WHICH HE CHOOSES IS PERFECTLY CLEAR; HE CHOOSES THE CHOOSER, AND THEN DRAWS HIM NEAR! POSSESSING IS ALWAYS THE OWNER'S DISCRETION; IF GOD OWNS THE CHOOSER, THEN WHOSE CHOICE, POSSESSION? WHEN GOD ASKS THE BLESSING, THE BLESSING'S HIS WILL! THE GIVER'S THE MARVEL OF HIS BLESSINGS STILL! "IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU IF MY MESSAGE IS SPIRIT? FOR ANY WHO NEED ME, AND HOPE - WHO MIGHT HEAR IT?" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - THOSE HAVE NO WORTH! THEY ARE NOT "OF US", AND YOU'RE OF THIS EARTH! OUR LAW IS OUR MESSAGE, WE'RE NOT WONT TO SHARE IT; THE SPIRIT'S A BURDEN! WHO NEEDS IT? ...CAN BEAR IT?" "IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, IF I DO IT ALL FOR YOU? - PERFORM THE IMPOSSIBLE, AND CLEAR UP THE VIEW?" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - NO WAY WILL YOU DO, WHAT NO OTHER HUMAN, REGARDLESS OF WHO, HAS EVER BEEN ABLE! - AND NEITHER WILL YOU! WE'D RATHER OUR OLD WAY, THAN SOMETHING THAT'S NEW." "THEN MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO GIVE YOU YOUR WAY - I'LL 'OPE NOT MY MOUTH WHILE YOU HAVE YOUR SAY." BUT THEY SAID, "NOW! - WE HAVE HIM FOR SURE! TO THINK THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WE'D FALL FOR HIS LURE! IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL AT TEMPLE TODAY - HE WANTED OUR CUSTOM! WELL, WE'LL MAKE HIM PAY!" "DO YOU MIND?", SAYS THE MASTER; "DO YOU MIND VERY MUCH? IF I DIE FOR WHAT AILS YOU, AND ALLOW YOU TO TOUCH ALL THE PASSION WITHIN ME THAT'S LONELY FOR YOU? DO YOU MIND? ...NEVER MIND, IT'S THE MOST I COULD DO!" "DO YOU MIND, REALLY MIND, THAT THE SCORN OF MY MITER, WAS NOT AS YOU THOUGHT IT, THE THORNS OF THE SPITER?: DESPISING THE PAIN OF THAT CURSE AS A CROWN, WITH SHAME I HUNG WRETCHEDLY, DAMNED AND CAST DOWN." BUT "VICTORY'S" FAILURE WAS SOON TO BE SEEN, AND "VICIOUS" MET 'GRACIOUS', SO, 'GLORY' IS KING! AS 'DEATH' "SWALLOWED' 'LIFE' (A STUMBLE RENOWN!), THE THORNS HAVE BORN FRUIT NOW, AND BLOSSOMED A CROWN! "DO YOU MIND, IN YOUR HEART, IF I REACH OUT FROM HERE? I CAME AS YOUR OFFERING; MY HEART! - + - DO YOU HEAR? IF YOU'LL LISTEN AND LET ME, I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT'S MINE; BUT MY CROSS IS YOUR LIFE NOW - DO YOU MIND?" "IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU IF MY DEATH SEEMS TO PROVE, TO ALL THOSE AROUND YOU WHOSE LOVE WOULD NOT MOVE, THAT I WAS A FAILURE, A FRAUD, AS THEY THOUGHT? AND THAT NOTHING WAS PURCHASED BY THAT WHICH WAS BOUGHT!" BUT THEY SAID, "NO! - NO!, IT WAS NOT!" SO AFTER THE CARNAGE, THEN WHAT? DISCIPLES DISCOURAGED AND FRAUGHT, RETURNED TO A LIFE NOW GONE LIFELESS, IT SEEMS - 'CAUSE ALL OF THE DREAM HAD GONE OUT OF THEIR DREAMS! THEN SAY IT..., I'LL SAY IT! WHATEVER YOU WISH LORD! YOUR LIFE IS OUR LOVE NOW - IT'S OUR "SILVER CORD". WE'RE YOURS TO DISPOSE OF, AS DEEM YOU SEE FIT. IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH US, NOW, WE DON'T CARE A BIT. YOU PURCHASED AND TAUGHT US, WHAT MONEY WON'T BUY; HOWEVER YOU LEAD US WE'LL GLADLY COMPLY. OUR WILL IS MADE YOURS NOW, WHATEVER YOU SAY IS OUR NEW COMMANDMENT - "SO-BE-IT"!; YOUR WAY! YOU'VE TOLD IT AND SHOWN IT, AND NOW DONE IT FOR US! YOU'VE HELD TO YOUR PROMISE MADE REAL IN THE TORUS, SINCE LONG BEFORE TIME WAS YOU'VE SPOKEN TO MAN, IT'S TIME NOW MAN'S PROMISE IS, "YES, LORD", AMEN!
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