Background: 2016

Saturday 17 September 2016

Why is He the Beloved?

Because God saw in every act
And thought He was true,
Noble, just and pure.

The End

He was the expression of all

God would convey, consonant
With the divine thought that every
Word of God is pure.

Having completed the work

To the satisfaction of Him
Who loved Him He could
Address, "Righteous Father".

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So that His Father was
Constrained by love to accord
What accords to His nobility
The title "Lord and Christ".

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Before His Father He could
Acknowledge One in glory
And in intimacy as
The only true God.

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So His own gathered together
In His absence: forming for
His presence an atmosphere
Of delighted affection.

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"They shall see God", He
Taught His disciples. Not
Those washed in the doctors' teachings
But "the pure in heart".

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To those who would condemn
Mary He would readily
Answer: He reflected the divine
View of a righteous action.

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If the world - or disciples -
Criticised one who anointed, He
Showed that He would stand
To such a noble thing.

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Among disciples He could start,
As He could with pharisees,
Sentences of high intent,
"Verily, verily ...".

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Amid a world of hatred,
Crucifying God's Man,
A few, attracted by Him,
Gathered around His cross.

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Three times Satan essayed
To sully that Man by
Guile. Failing, he attempted
Violence. And failed again.

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Before an earthly ruler
The Just One stood. Crowds

Clamoured for injustice; He

Accomplished righteousness.

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While the world destroyed,
Sin damaged, Satan corroded,
This was the Man who
Devised noble things.

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Amongst gainsayers,
Self-seekers, and those at enmity
With truth, He could
Be named the Amen.

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