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NARRATIVE POETRY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you Mrs. Swope, wherever you are. My 8th grade teacher in Long Beach, CA offered an "A"
to whomever would memorize "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robt. W. Service. The pleasure
I've had reciting it over campfires and at various meetings has far outweighed that initial reward, but it
was many years before I felt any inclination to compose personally.
The poetry of Walt Whitman (1819-92) contains many religious references although he wrote "I
understand God not in the least". (Song of Myself-47). The poets of the future, he predicted in his
"Leaves of Grass", wouldn't deign to defend immortality or God. How wrong he was! See poem "Maiden Voyage".
Quite a few of these poems have been published in small journals: Omnific, Ozark Muse, Poet's Voice,
Inspirational Poet, Parnassus, Southern Poetry Association, Poetic Realm, Tucumcari Literary Review,
to name a few, and I often used the byline "Bob Smith of Foreman" (Ark.)
Someone will point out how the 23rd Psalm is the finest poetry ever written, no matter which
language is used, and I heartily agree. The "cup" that runneth over isn't just any tin cup or coffee cup--the psalmist is speaking of the content of our life. The "table" is the Bible, and the green pastures
appeal to the persons who've become "sheep" of the Great Shepherd. The psalm doesn't rhyme, at
least not in English, and the vowels and punctuation are missing from the oldest Hebrew texts, so we
can't be certain of the original meter or rhythm.
TEACHERS LAMENT - Prov 1:5by Bob Smith of Foreman AR So many things they have to learn,So precious is the time they burn.. We try to fill their questing minds Instead of whipping their behinds. To write their names and count the change; On this the adults insist! To cross the "T's" and dot the "i's" The children, most all, will resist.. Now English, Math, and Chemistry have been studied under duress.. Biology, Ethics, and History Instilled by what teachers profess.. The apron strings are loosed at last-- they've learned their P's and Q's Since life is not just nuts and bolts They'll return to share their views.. The time has come to leave the nest, To try on Life and meet the Test.. To show they're made of sterner stuff Who'll overcome when the going's rough. Now off they go into the world that's filled with vice and sin. Where liars, thieves, and wickedness will lay it on their chin.. We know their honor can't be bought If they learned the lesson that we taught.. There they go..against the foe Armed with our loving advice.. Our hearts go too, with the special few Who will name the name of Christ! |
DREAMER
When I see it in the Bible then I think it has a purpose
'cause my Father's not a man to mince his Word..
If this present life is like a dream, then I'll soon be
waking up, and I'll expect to hear the chirping of the birds..
It's going to be a New Day! A special for-a-few Day,
and maybe like a visit to the farm..
We'll be gathered all together like birds of the same
feather, and ...oops, there goes the alarm!
DAVID & GOLIATH 1Sam17
Bob Smith, Jamaica, 1/89
When David heard what Goliath said, it made his blood to boil, So David prepared for the battle, and he tried on the armor of Saul, Then David marched out on the battlefield, while the Army of Israel waited You see, David was wearing the Armor of God, and in his mouth was a
Then David loaded one of his stones, and began to whirl his sling; SAMSON Judg 14:14
A mighty Judge of Israel; Samson was his name, A mighty Judge of Israel: Samson was his name.. "From the eater came forth meat; from the strong came sweetness", The honey from the lion was the Riddle to his love.. Came the day the Philistines brought Samson for their fun.. They say he killed more in his death than when he was alive, THE BEAUTIFUL FEET Bob Smith, Tucson AZ, 8/88
To the Jews God gave special instructions concerning what they could eat, If it came out of the water it must be a fish, cause it had to have fins and scales, "It isn't the food that goes in your mouth that defiles you", Jesus said, When you chew the good food of the Word, it's kind of like chewing gum, The Body of Christ has many parts, and each part serves a purpose. You'll be clean in the sight of God, when you meditate in His Word, The physical food of the Old Testament was an example for us to learn by, Corn of Heaven I always say what The Word says, because the Word is LIGHT, I always say what The Word says, because the Word is a ROCK, I always say what The Word says, because the Word is CORN! I always say what The Word says, because the Word is BREAD, I always say what The Word says, because the Word is DRINK... I always say what my Father says, because the Word is GOD, CHRIST IS THE ROCK! Christ is the Rock, and he's the answer, 1Cor10:4 They say that honey comes from bee's, but the answer's on my tongue.. Ps81:16 They say that water comes from rain, and that it's mainly in the plain, Hos6:3 They say that oil lubricates, and is pumped up from the ground, Dt32:13 They say that fire burns and kills--it's definitely HOT...but the Judg6:21 Now they ate lamb, but we eat bread; as spirit succeeds flesh, Samson's HONEY is in stock, for those who want it from the Rock,
Christ is the Rock, and he's the answer, Ps18:31 HE never said "I AM the Rock", (it isn't written) leaving that information for Paul to divulge in
1Cor10:4. Besides, it would have driven the Pharisees and Sadducees ballistic! He's the monolithic Rock who's
the source of the honey, the anointing oil, the Living Water, and the Holy Ghost baptism! Like a diamond with many facets! "LET MY PEOPLE GO" - Exodus 8, 9
"Let my people go!" says God, but Satan hangs on tight, and the
Come hell or high calamity; Come sickness or disease, "Let my people go!" says God, "So they can worship me",
"Let my people go!" said God, but Satan won't let go...
My apologies to the rabbits. This poem from the Book of Exodus is modulated with a New
Testament perspective which says those things were "for our learning"; Rom15:4.
It was the Pharaoh in Egypt who refused to let the Children of Israel depart and it was puzzling why
he was so wishy-washy; so obstinate and cantankerous, alternately agreeing and then refusing to let the
people go, in view of all the severe plagues. Back in those days the Israeli's were fighting flesh and
blood enemies and knew little of Satan (did they equate him with the serpent in the garden?), but the
Christian fight is against the lies concerning God's Word: a spiritual battle of words, symbolic logic, and
outspoken faith.
Here's NEWS for you -- the FIRSTBORN still die! We're all "terminal". That's why you "must be born again",
like Jesus said, if you're ever to inherit eternal life. Suppose the Pharaoh had allowed the Israeli's to depart early on, before the final plague of the death
of the firstborn. Then we would have missed the crucial sacrament of the Passover Lamb and how it
related to Jesus, the Lamb of God. God had said back then "When I see the blood, I will pass over
you"; a figure and precept of the atoning action which ultimately took place at Calvary. On the inside--looking out.. Two sides to every wall On the inside--looking out.. The wall is what divides us, On the inside--looking out.. On the outside--looking in..
Consider, if you will, the egg: and its astounding age, Consider, if you will, the egg: and how it's like a seed, But only if the Rooster has equipped the egg for life, Consider, if you will, the egg: in all its rounded glory, As "seeds", mankind can be planted in the grave but will arise in the resurrection, assuming they really
do contain that new life, and in this sense the seeds are pregnant; whether male or female. Jacob's
trouble. It's a logic which agrees with how Jesus is the "seed" (John 12:24, 1Pet1:23) whom God
planted on the earth for the purpose of obtaining and gathering a harvest of sons and daughters. This
poem aims at the comparison between seeds and eggs, emphasizing how unfertilized eggs will never
develop life or become caviar, but are only good for scrambling. Figuratively it applies to individuals
who refuse to accept the whole truth of what Jesus said, and how his blood on the cross is crucial for eternal life.
The Crossroad...
At every crossroad there's a sign, directing left or right, Two by two they entered the Ark, a vessel of haven to them, "If I be lifted up", he said, "I'll draw all men to me"..
"Why was King Saul agreeing to the Giant's terms? Why didn't he send out a SWAT team or dig an elephant pit? It really should have been King Saul's fight (cause he was a tall man), and why was he allowing young David to determine the fate of Israel?
The secret of his strength was that it came from "up above".
"Samson is a type and figure of the Old Covenant Hebrews who didn't see the coming of the Church
Age: they were "blinded" to the understanding of how the Jew & Gentile would be "One Body",
Eph3:5,6.
What's the meaning behind these rules? Is it something we ought to know?
"How beautiful on the mountain are the feet of him..." Nahum 1:15, Rom10:15, Isa52:7
Just the feet? A pedagogue is a teacher, and Maschil is the Hebrew for an instructive or didactic poem.
See title of Ps32,142.
A fortress of Living Words to supply and water God's stock.
These aren't the only metaphors for Jesus and the Scripture--Jeremiah 23:29 asks "Is not my Word
as a fire, and as a hammer?" The Apostle Peter, 1Pet2:2, wrote: "As sincere babes, desire the sincere
milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby", and Hebrews 5:12 admonishes us to grow up and
progress from the milk to the meat. Click here for more about Jesus.
A lyric poem by Bob Smith, Ana Glyfada Greece, 7/87
"They shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his
own son that serveth him". Mal 3:17
So the Jewel Thief will be coming "as a thief in the night" to rapture his beloveds!
THE WALLS
The English prisoner-poet Richard Lovelace (1618-57) was no doubt thinking of mental walls when he
penned the familiar lines: "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage". Seen as an
allegory, this account in the Book of Joshua parallels "Thy Word have I hid in my heart", Ps119:11, and
"I and my Father are one", Jn10:30, with the two unidentified spies hidden by Rahab. She married
Salmon and they had a son Boaz, so she became mother-in-law to Ruth, and ancestor of David. Her
physical house was in the wall when the wall came down, but the House of David offers "the sure
mercies of David", Acts13:34. The salvation precept is stated plainly in Josh6:25 --"And Joshua saved
Rahab the harlot alive, ...because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho." The
allegory says she had the faith, Jas2:25, to oppose and defy her whore of Babylon worldly culture!
A great man of God was ole Moses,
from his head all the way to his toes'es
The Law that he gave us, allowed Jesus to save us,
So we'd come up smelling like roses! Limerick
Consider, if you will, the egg: and how it's good to eat,
You'll kill the chick if you pry open the shell for it --
w/o the struggle and exercise, the chick will die!
If your story won't hold water, then we look at it askance,
The subject of TWO is best understood in light of Gen41:32 "by two it's established". The animals
went into the Ark by two's, and Jesus sent out the seventy by two's. The two are frequently reciprocals
(heaven/hell, love/hate, angels/devils) but more often are used in comparison or analogy: two tablets, two pillars, two mountains, two dreams, two spies, two Covenants, two baptisms, two kingdoms, two resurrections, two Jerusalems, two witnesses, etc.
The pragmatic view will appreciate how it takes two lines for parallel, two dots for distance, two
subjects for comparison, and two lines of sight for depth of vision. We often hear "You can't fly on one wing" or "waiting for the other shoe to drop".
Critics and novices who haven't studied or observed the subject of the Two's in Scripture sometimes
object to the "two accounts" of Adam's creation in Genesis 1:27 and 2:7, or to the repetitive accounts in
Kings/Chronicles and the Synoptic Gospels. The study gives us a new awareness of the verse "..if any
TWO of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them".
Mt18:19.
If you don't understand about the Two's, can you ever hope to grasp the Three's?
ELIJAH, and then ELISHA, were two prophets chosen by God, ELIJAH would call down fire--be careful what you say or do, But he's always very hungry, and gets fed miraculously, "If you see me taken up", Elijah told Elisha, Now ELISHA was completely different--he didn't use fire at all! ELISHA was a white headed "eagle" of God, that the Children all thought of as bald, Elijah was like John the Baptist, whose ministry introduced Christ, There's more to this story than can be told in verse, and more than meets the eye, Devoted christians shudder at reading how the two she-bears tore the "children" after Elisha
cursed them, 2K2:23, but the Hebrew word for children is "naar" (youth), the same word as used for the brothers of David in 1Sam16:11.
They were scoffers, telling him to "Go up" (as Elijah had done) and thereby prophetically ridiculing the Rapture. KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR was kind of like Caesar...in Babylon he was the Head, They seemed to get smarter and wiser on this special kind of food, KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR almost had a seizure when Daniel told him his dream.. KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR had all sorts of leisure, and he made a special decree, They went into the fire, but for sure they didn't burn; the fire didn't even harm their clothes! KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR was a funny old geezer; in Babylon he ruled all the land.. It wasn't completely hopeless, he said -- a root would still remain, City of Enoch - Genesis 4:17 A diller a dollar, a 5 o'clock scholar was studying the Word of the
Lord, The City of Enoch, he noted, was built by the son of Cain.. A diller a dollar, the 5 o'clock scholar wondered why not give the city a name of its own..? A diller a dollar, the 5 o'clock scholar noticed something else that was strange.. There is a name that's above all others; and the name of David is used for a city.. A diller a dollar, the 5 o'clock scholar heard the chimes that came from the tower,
The story of Enoch as told in Genesis 5:24 leaves us hanging. We wonder: Where did he go? Not until
Jude 14 speaks of "Enoch, the 7th from Adam" are we provided a crumb of a clue which brings
awareness of the two Enoch's and two Lamech's and the generation count which eventually leads to David #33 and to
Jesus #66. GENERATIONS
Brain Train Bob Smith, Foreman AR, 5/94 The lines don't have to be so long, but when it's just a dabble, It doesn't really have to have a punch-line or a grabber, The subject of the rhyme is like a trip from here to there, The train was high and lifted up as it clickety-clacked noisily past the putrid stench of the Sioux City
stockyards and hastened on its long vicarious journey with its thirty-nine cars in tow. No man had ever
seen this train at any time, but it fairly shrieked and thundered its pervasive presence to the small
communities that flashed by periodically. Along its route they flinched and muttered as the unswerving
and implacable beast rudely proclaimed its arrival with shrill decibels of warning, followed by rattlings
and shakings, and finally low rumblings of farewell. Never had there been a train exactly like this one,
with its potpourri of strangely configured cars that attested to its widely scattered origins and unique
personality. Fact and fancy and foolishness were mingled in time from the outrages of Pearl Harbor
and Vietnam to the heady elation of recent times over the quick win in the Persian Gulf, but just now
the train filled the temple with thoughts of the journey's conclusion at the end of the silver cord.
This was a chimerical and semiotic train that couldn't be tangibly touched or seen, but which carried the
ubiquitous (everywhere) and sempiternal (always) soul of man; and nobody rode this train without
getting his ticket punched. Isa6:1, Ecc12:6.
ELIJAH & ELISHA
he threw his mantle to Elisha, and into the heavens he soared.
so they got special permission to eat only 'pulse'..
It doesn't have to use big words or veiled innuendo,
As you learn to be holy, and refraining from sin..
Fasting and praying and reading His Word..
Nine months travail and His Voice will be heard!
"Christ Formed Within You" is the pregnancy pattern,
and virgins who are wise will have oil in their lanterns. Matt25
"Christ Formed Within You", but your belly won't grow..
Instead, it's your future and your Life; don't you know?
His yoke is easy and his burden is light,
The baby will want the milk of the Word -- 1Cor3:2, Heb5:12, 1Pet2:2
You'll know him as Truth when your heart strings are stirred..
The opinions of others (homo sapien) will leave you unscored.
Josephus or Whosis may be respected or loved,
but nothing's more surety than the Word from above.
"Christ Formed Within You", and you'll sing a New Song.. Ps33:3
About the glory of heaven where you now belong. Eph2:6
'Til then you'll be Eager with all of your might.. Ecc9:10
Telling others of Jesus and the Father of Bright. Acts26:13
Then Christ formed within her ‘til that wonderful birth. Col 1:27
Now we are like Mary when we say the same..
The Great Name of Jesus is the key to this game. Phil 2:9
You’ll be needing it then, to withstand the ‘heat’ .. Ps19:6
3 years with Jesus and the ‘Twelve’ still didn’t know,
The Holy Spirit was given so we’d continue to grow. John14:17
The Bible tells about that fantastic miracle of the virgin birth, but how many of us recognize a deeper truth which goes beyond...? Like how the New Testament tells us to let Christ be formed IN US, as Mary illustrated!
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Well then, maybe you ought to check it out in your own Bible! |
The Solomon Decision Bob Smith, Foreman AR, 11/94
Solomon's Decision: To cut the babe in half! The Mother's true reaction: To let the baby live! Solomon's Decision: To cut the babe in half! In the devil's territory...yet we're not alone, The Godly wisdom given to Solomon supports the allegory of how mankind is both wheat and tare's, and is being raised in the devil's territory.
For sure it's not the brightest Star, The Word of God is Jesus, Jesus says he's the 'bright and morning star', Rev22:16, and "Sirius" (aka Dogstar) may come to mind, but could the planet Venus also be in the running?
Salt of the Earth Colossians 4:6
Salt is for flavor, it's the Lord's spice of Life, Salt is for curing, to preserve right perspectives.. Salt softens the water, can be used in a pinch.. A sprinkle of salt for the tail of a bird, A Covenant of Salt, and don't forget pepper, Oceans of hydrogen, stuff that goes "boom",
It's well known that water is an excellent conductor of electricity. Keep appliances away from
bathtubs! Not so commonly known is that when extreme filtering removes all traces of salt, the water
can become an insulator used to cool magnetrons in high powered radar equipment.
SLOW HEART Oh fools and slow of heart, to believe all that Jesus has spoken, Lk24:25
The Rock that poured out water is now the Book that we must eat.. 1Cor10:4 O fools and slow of heart to believe the Word that God has sent... Matt6:30 (Chapter & Verse notations aren't meant to be a hindrance, and don't necessarily apply directly,
but are provided to help readers consider the context of the logic.)
RITE WRITING The fiery finger of GOD wrote The Law That Old Covenant they had was for The gentle finger of Jesus wrote the He was the one who became the goat for us, The literal truth comes first, It may not be just what you think, "How do I know what I think, until I see what I say?", asked E. M. Forster (1879-l970). Writing it down is like the
handshake to a verbal confession. Deut17:18 required a king to make a copy of the Law. Now, in the 20th Century,
we can all have our own copy, and be kings and priests able to minister in our own temple.
The Beautiful People, so suave on the tube, It's "very irreverent" they tell you with glee, With sly innuendo and gestures profane Laughing and joking, but all to their shame.. The Beautiful People, so smart and so clever,
Riding it Out! Psalm 107:23
All hands on deck, We're shoving off, The Admiral says we must... We're making turns for 20 knots, the wind is off our stern.. The deck is pitching 'neath our feet, the generators humming.. "Now hear this", the Captain said, "The worst is yet to come!" Steady as you go there, Mates --Now the wind is on our quarter.. The howling wind, the surging gale, the ship in tempest flailing, The bosun's whistle sounded shrill, piercing every ear.. So lash down everything in sight.. We aren't yet done careening, Boring Ballet Doing nothing is a bore!
You must do this, You can't do that, Bored to death and bored to tears Plowing up the same old sea The God that never changes has
habeas corpus: a summons or subpoena to appear before the court. DOOR OF METAPHOR, John10 You don't believe the Bible? Well, that's okay with me... It's not a door that's made of wood -- it doesn't swing on hinges, It's not a door that you can see, except in your mind's eye.. This Door is automatic when the name of Christ is named,
"..Let US go down and confound their language...", Gen11:7. Most take this to mean the beginning of different
languages and geographic colloquialisms, but figures of speech (including metaphors) may play an important part
too. Read about more than 200 "Figures of Speech used in the Bible" by E.W.Bullinger (Baker Book House).
Who is "US"? Could it be the same folks Jesus referrred to
as "we" in John 3:11? God came down on the mountain, Ex19:11, and Jesus came as a baby, and the Holy Ghost as a
wind: they came in succession. Bible students may appreciate how the word "succeed" is found uniquely in
Deuteronomy 25:6. Shoo In A horse is a horse of course, but a fiery horse is harder to shoe!
A horse that's on fire is a sight to inspire and won't ever be sold for glue!
To be amused, or else to muse, is sublime beyond all question,
To be a horse, or ride a horse, is a matter quite equestrian.
When you saddle up too seriously, you may be riding for a fall,
So take time to see the lighter side, and have yourself a ball!
Just in time for Christmas
Everything's in place..
Season's Greeting's Everyone
Until we see His face
Soon He will be coming.. Christmas Tree who died
How He'll be rejoicing..
Returning for His bride!
I'm holding Jacobs Ladder tight
Seeing our elopement night lead
To honeymoon's delight!
This "acrostic rhyme" is a different style from the many alphabet (22 ltr) acrostics found in the Old Testament, and not only because it's in English instead of Hebrew. A truth that won't hold water How do you tell if it's bogus? Truth's not always what it seems; A vessel who's the Spring of Life, The Truth was planted like a seed, LONGSHOT.. Don't despise your birthright! God's mercy endures forever, Think of it as a longshot.. Forget it, if you're not Sincere, SPIRITUAL COMPASS Ps103:12, 48:2, 75:6, As far as East is from the West, He throws our dirty linen.. As far as East is from the West--you'll have to turn around... Sailing. 1Tim1:19, Jn6:21
John 6:21 tells us "they willingly received [Jesus] into the ship; and
immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." Can't you just picture the rooster-tail on that ship!
If you really believe it, you'll pay close attention, Busy, busy, busy.. there's just so much to do! To tithe my time, to take a rest, I'll do it all, and by myself, Busy, busy, busy.. Time is short, I fear.. Bob Smith, Catania Sicily, 8/87
The Sword of the Lord, and Gideon...conquered all of the foe The 300 men of Gideon quenched their thirst in the Water of Life, A certain Man sowed a certain seed, and then departed hence, The certain sprout eventually grew up into a mighty tree, Came the day the fence did fall, apparently for one and all,
How men are poetically analagous to trees is fundamental to Old Testament scriptures: Judges 9,
Isaiah 5, 61. The New Testament carries along this theme with the emphasis on the fig and the olive
tree in Mark 4 and Romans 11. Metaphorically the olive tree with its oil came first to light the way: a
corporate Jewish tree which produced Christ. Then came the fig tree symbolizing the fruitful "times of
the Gentiles". First Adam, then Eve. First the Jew, then the Gentile.
Have you been on the road to Damascus? Have you asserted your right to protest? So finally I've taken the bull by the horns, and set out to see for myself, Were they saying it like this all along, and I just didn't have ears to hear? He claimed that the things he preached were from the Holy Bible.. The things I read in Genesis didn't make good sense at all.. If God were real, I once reasoned, Would anything be too tough for Him? The answers to these questions are now made clear to me, Paul's trip on the Road to Damascus was for the purpose of exposing a lie... These days the media speaks of being on 'The Road to Greece' concerning our economic situation, and 'Road to Syria' about the Islamic Jihadists. The 66 Books of the Bible are the most challenging and profound reading ever written, but if you only know what Other People say about it, you'll miss a Great Blessing. I can Tell you about the eleventh son of Jacob, and where to find all the eleven Joseph's in the Bible, but until you check it out personally, you really haven't been on the Road to Damascus like Paul. Foolishness? Sometime's it's fitting to unravel the knitting I'm really dead serious this isn't deleterious Just a little poison in a pot that once was clean Just a little poison in a pot without a crack Just a little poison in a pot that doesn't leak, Just a little poison in a pot we've grown to trust Yes, Amen! Is the Pope Catholic? If it isn't worth saying, why give it the time? Anyone for Flying?
Come fly with me and let us see Up through the clouds, escaping the crowds, We'll soar and we'll swoop, And when it's all over and we glide down to The Other Gods
Let me set the record straight about the other gods... Don't tread upon the Bible; our forefathers knew it well, Then came the Law of Liberty, the new Covenant of His Love, So we started as a nation ruled by "what is written", On hands and knees, over broken glass, they'd crawl
"By two it's established", Gen41:32, and this applies to the God of the Bible, and the "god of this world", 2Cor4:4.
Just the two. What about Dagon, Molech, Ashtaroth, Tammuz, Baal, etc? They aren't real but only graven images
or impersonators of Satan. How intelligent people could bring themselves to kiss or bow down to objects carved by
mortals is one of life's great mysteries. This poem aims at the fallacy and idiocy of giving lip service to the God of
the Bible, while at the same time excluding it from school rooms. Not only is our nation filled with modern Pharisees
and Sadducees who don't understand the true meaning of Scripture, but now we have the Advocates of Baal who
would have us believe in another God or that all gods are equal. For shame!
Feet of Clay Dan2:31 A baby is that "head of gold", so perfect, precious, fine, Thighs and belly made of brass, the ripening of the fruit, Mankind has run the human race this past six thousand years, Heating in the crucible, ceramics made of clay..
Not until the Apostle Paul wrote of celestial and terrestrial bodies, and the figurative "body" of the church, could
we with hindsight appreciate the double significance of this dream. The "heads" were the succession of the kings of
Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Similarly, a human body progresses from infant to youth, adult, and
maturity: having 'feet of clay' (worldly reasoning) mixed with some truth and strength of the Word of God.
Joseph interpreted the Pharaoh's dreams of the cows and corn, explaining how it meant 7 years of good harvest
followed by 7 years of famine. Not until recent times were we able to see how the 20 centuries of Old Covenant for
the Jews (putting the bread in the storehouse: the Bible) would be followed by an equal period of time for the Gentiles to feed on this Living Bread; the Word.
Dressed to Kill.... Are you dressed to go to heaven? Are you wearing shoes to match? Not many know about the unique Joseph coat, The garment God gave Jesus was a body "dipped in blood", Are you dressed to go to heaven? Is the Garment of Praise a fit?
It wasn't his grandmother or a maiden aunt who provided Joseph with the coat of many colors--it was his father!
A parallel, or prophetic illustration, of how Jesus came "in a body prepared", Heb10:5, to offer salvation to all colors
and races of men. Just as that Joseph in Egypt was a type of saviour to his people, in providing them with bread, so
Jesus came in his own time as the "true bread", Jn6:35.
The nakedness of the flesh is a reality for us to compare with spiritual nakedness. Adam & Eve got their eyes
opened (fig. of speech) after they'd eaten from the Tree, and now we do the same when we become aware of the truth
of God's Word. Initially they dressed in fig leaves (covering from the fig tree), but the LORD provided coats of
animal skins -- a figure of the spiritual Robe which comes from the Lamb of God.
This poem stresses the comparison between literal and figurative garments, because teachers use examples and
analogy to explain new subjects. Teachers who deny the allegories fail to recognize this tremendous race card, in the
comparison of the coat of many colors with Jesus' body. Salvation is for any whosoever, no matter the color!
Didy Doll I made a doll from rags and straw that looked a lot like me.. She didn't know -- How could she? So I patiently explained, She was doing lots of thinking, and I didn't want her drinking She only knew from talking -- very little about walking, She didn't know -- How could she? So I patiently explained,
Sincere and earnest people will ask "Where did God come from?" The flip answer is from Habakkuk 3:3 -- He came from
Teman, of course. Hardly the answer they were looking for... It's more profitable to begin with easier questions, like "Where did Melchisedec come from?" What did he do with
the tithes he received from Abraham, and where were the persons he ministered to? How large was his
congregation? Was the bread & wine he served a type or precept of N.T. Communion?
I've found it helpful to compare Melchizedek to the man with the drawn sword who appeared to Joshua, and to the
man who wrestled Jacob, and to the 4th man in the fiery furnace. Mysterious figures in the Old Testament
(theophanies or epiphanies) who teach precepts of the diversity of Jesus: Lamb, Bread, Vine, Light, Door, Seed,
Word, etc. 1 Corinthians 10:4 tells us "that Rock was Christ".
Poetry that doesn't rhyme is like the moon without the shine,
The information contained in prose will make a poet hold his nose,
Poetic license is a permit to stray, like using sawdust instead of hay,
Words will cut and words will mend, like a verbal two-edged sword, **************************************************
People will object when it doesn't rhyme--you can't get away with "a stitch in time saves eight", or "thirty days has
July". On the other hand, when you're "drinking from the saucer cause my cup has overflowed", they expect the
accompanying line to say something about how your blessing's have been bestowed.
Where, O Where, is my lady fair? There's no distance in the Spirit; I get there fully dressed, There's no distance in the Spirit; no transit time involved, There's no distance in the Spirit; you're there immediately, There's no distance in the Spirit, and time just goes away, NIGHTLIGHT
The heat of day has blown away Orion marches overhead as the Lightning bugs begin to strobe, Not everybody knows the peace Heaven's Light, so cool at night, The 19th Psalm has but fourteen verses. Consider the analogy -- The first six verses concern the host of heaven, in
contrast/comparison to the final eight verses emphasizing the majesty of God's Word.
BUMPERSTICKERS
Sending all the world a message, everywhere you cruise, They don't all bear repeating, but some are pretty cute.. Warning of how certain guns are such a deadly menace, and "Keep honking, I'm reloading", "Don't follow me--I'm lost",
If you would become a Pillar of Salt, If you would become a Pillar of Salt, It's the Way to get straight in your mind!
When Lot's wife looked back, God turned her into a block of salt! Sure taught her a lesson, didn't he? Was she
sorry for having disobeyed? We must see her as a precept example of how Christians are to become the salt of the earth and pillars in their community. As the first person in Scripture to 'become salt',she epitomizes not only that we mustn't disobey God,
but that He expects us to flavor the earth wherever we go. One Upsmanship
If you'd tell your dream to Joseph, he'd tell you what it meant.. Come on down to the real world and tell it like it is, Lots of people like to tell of wild and crazy dreams, Everybody speculates about the truth of what's unknown,
We've been created in the image of GOD -- can you imagine the circumstances in ages past when only the Book of
Genesis was available, and the rest hadn't yet been written? Joseph was Vice President of Egypt. It seems they
knew about Adam & Eve, and Noah and his family, and Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob. Surely the 4th generation of
Hebrews would be Joseph, wouldn't it?
But, No, as the rest of the Bible unfolds it becomes clear that Jesus would be born to the Tribe of Judah, in the
House of David. Rev5:5.
When the 12th son Benjamin was born, the name of Joseph took on a prophetic perspective: clearly his name and
birth heralded his coming baby brother. But with the coming of the New Testament, a NEW perspective arrived!
A New Perspective! A different emphasis! Mary's husband would most likely have known what his own name
meant -- it would be GOD who added the son (not himself, not Joseph), and the son's name would be Jesus! A Question of Time, Ecc3 The question that is asked the most: we hear it every day, Time in seconds, time in hours, so many freckles past a hair, A time to live, a time to die, a time for having fun, If there ever comes a time when time will be no more, The Devil You Say! Strange wives and gods now fill the land Allowing them freedom to keep their own Ways, Dividing to conquor, and making much fun, of the SPIES! 3-score and 10 is long enough for searching out the land,
Those who spy out Paradise--the sober and vigilant sort.. Those who've read the "corn of heaven", perusing every page, Ps78:24 The Old Testament could be called a Spy Novel -- Jacob accused his brothers of being spies
when they came to Egypt with their corn money. Moses sent out one man from each tribe to spy out the "Land of Milk & Honey" (2 of them; Joshua and Caleb, had a
good report), and later it was Rahab who hid the two un-named spies.
Oh really? How can that be? So why don't you start to act like it, and get up off your face, You're meant to create the good things, and take dominion in the earth, Your mouth should be a fountain that is used to bless--not curse, See yourself as the Bible says you are -- the righteousness of Christ! Because of you the blind will see -- you'll open their eyes to the truth! He put before us a banquet of words, in plain sight of our enemies, Ducks in a Row To suffer fools gladly is a daunting endeavor, Everything in its place, and a place for all things.. The climb up the Mountain of Learning is tough, The computer goes tilt when the info is wrong Tree of Degrees
Little by little we take the land, Little by little we grow and store Step by step the tree is bent, In time a haven for views to nest, Fifteen Psalms (120-134) are headed "Song of Degrees". That's 10% of them, so it numerically correlates with the 15
extra years of life given to King Hezekiah who saw the shadow of the sun dial return 10 degrees. He saw "the
shadow of the changing time". Compare Luke 21:30.
In celestial terms, 10 deg. = 40 min.
WISDOM HOUSE A House of Wisdom must have windows There needs to be a walk-way The foundation must be on the level; It must be built upon the Rock Ours is not to reason why, Ours is but to do or die.. "Wisdom is the principal thing", he Everybody builds a house, and some
The STAR
A point of light in point of fact, Other objects look like stars, TRUTH is what we're looking for -- The light begins so very dim,
Astronomers say a convergence of planets cannot be found which would date the Star of Bethlehem and thus the
date of Christ's birth. Besides, scripture doesn't say that the star was any larger or brighter than others.
We aren't certain of the exact year when B.C. changed to A.D. -- an error of four or even seven years is
suspected. However, history cites 70 A.D. as the year Titus attacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple as
foretold by Jesus in Matthew 24:2. Seventy is a significant number in the Bible (threescore and ten); see 2Chr36:21,
Isa23:15, Jer25:12, Dan9:2, and especially Ps90:10. If it actually happened just 37 years after Calvary (assuming Jesus died aged 33) then our
calendar may be right on despite the change from lunar to solar and the Julian to the Gregorian.
In Ivory Towers, promoting their name.. Blasphemy, Sodomy, Dispicable acts, Fat, dumb, and happy, and all on account.. THE GENESIS CONNECTION Adam named the animals: he called the leopard "Spots", Adam named the animals: he called the lion "King", Adam named the animals, and it was God who named the stars, Adam named the animals, he called the serpent "Snake", The poet who rhymes moon with June oughtn't to be more than 8 yrs. old -- it isn't worthy of an adult, except in
unusual circumstances like in trying to make a point.
How intelligent was Adam? Scripture says he named all the animals even before Eve was ever created. He even
knew enough to converse with God, so he might have asked what dying meant, when God told him about surely
dying. Was it anything like roller skating?
Next question: Where did Eve get her understanding of the things she told the serpent? Is it possible that Adam
led her astray? Isn't it a Bible principle for God to tell just one person, and for that person to pass it on?
Good things to eat and not just from the store.. Words quite sublime, and even profound, Words that are bitter, Words that are sweet, We feed them to others; this food for the brain, We feed them to others--they feed them to us, In the logic of God THE WORD is THE TRUTH... The butter will come from churning the milk, EVIL REPORT a bible study poem
Name it, claim it, frame it.. Deut28/Pr6:2
"Let the weak say I AM strong" Joel 3:10
Those who know their Word of God 2Tim1:12
and know He's never wrong. 2Tim3:16
In partnership with Jesus.. Rom8:17
In New Covenant with God! Heb8:6
Moses showed us all about Ex7:15/Jn3:14
the omnipotence of the Rod. Mic6:9
The God who said "Let there be light" 2Cor5:21
and also "It is finished", 2Cor4:13
Now tells us to express our Faith, Mk11:23
so our rewards won't be diminished. Heb11:6
It hasn't passed away, you know, Heb13:8
The True Bread's still read daily.. Jn6:32
Wherever Bereans check it out Acts17:11
It's toasted very gaily! 1Cor11:24
This manna's someone that we know! Ex16:15
A baby that our God did sow ..Isa9:6
So we could grow up knowing well 1Pet2:21
our sins won't send us on to hell! Rom6:23
Let the sick say GOD is still able.. Mk5:28/1Pet2:24
The worldly 'god' layed it on you! 2Cor4:4
Your peace is what Satan has tabled.. Acts 10:38
Poor Job, Poor You, who haven't a clue.. Job 19:23
Hearing the Word is what you must do! Rom10:17
You've shot yourself in the foot, old sport.. Eph6:15
By hearing and believing the evil report! Num13:32
Of course, the issue is "Why do you believe what you believe"? And, don't you know what you don't know? Jesus
would be chided as a 'Faith Healer' by many today, but he brought fulfillment to Exodus 15:26 "I am the God that
healeth thee". He apparently never failed to heal anyone who asked, yet in his own hometown he could do no great works
because of their unbelief.
We exercise our bodies, so why not exercise our mind? Now there's blood on your hands, and on your head, The mark won't wash off, and it won't go away.. He said for the vessels to be filled to the brim..
We're horrified at such a gross incision..
A shaker of Salt, but don't over do it..
the purpose of teaching a lesson,
Oh the ship is reeling crazily.. We're tossed from stem to stern
The corpus dilecti is here on earth,
(he left it behind so we'd know..)
There's definitely been a crime committed,
Mankind had better look out below!
Would never have smitten the Seed that was sown..1Cor2:8/1Pet1:23
They went and killed that innocent Lamb,
Not knowing he was surely the son of "I AM".
(Prima facie evidence the world knows..)
His Will and Last Testament shown to the court
The INHERITANCE denied to all foes.
bloody head failed the DNA tests..
The many accessories to his crimes
will be known before Defense Rests: Heb4:9
not to fear for the Head up above..
"Faith is the Evidence" we've been saved
and IN HIM we're walking in love.
Nobody's excused from this docket..
You'd better retain the Advocate Son
'Cause He's got the Judge in his pocket!
corpus dilecti: the basic fact to prove the commission of a crime/victims body
prima facie: the first view or appearance
A Season for Reason
Is it truth?..or is it a lie?
Listen to some sound advice,
Your boat won't sink or even founder
Without Christ it's not Christian,
It's only tradition prescribed by the thinking of fools,
Unless you're obeying what The Word is saying,
you'll never be one of His jewels.
not giving lip service that merely makes mention.
There's one day in April in honor of you,
who sit on the dunce stool instead of the pew.
Unless "It is written", it surely ain't fittin',
to pretend you're keeping his rules..
Don't bother praying if what you are saying
is a lot like the braying of mules.
so keep the horses in front of the carts,
Don't lead with a lie when the stakes are so high,
It's His TRUTH that's the genesis of smarts!
Hurry, hurry, hurry..I never will get through!
Afterwards the certain sprout looked round about and thought:
This poem is based primarily on the parables of "the sower who sowed the seed", from Mk4, Lk8,
and Mt13. Also, note how Jesus must be the "seed" of John 12:24 and the seed and word of
1Pet1:23. He's the Vine and we're the branches.
A Little Poison
Listen carefully to learn: It's the logic that they lack!
A Bone for the Dogs
The Children's Bread shouldn't go to the dogs!
So a Bone-of-Contention's been thrown..
Religious factions all over the world
are claiming it now for their own.
and from place to place it gets carried,
but they haven't got all the meat off this bone,
and it's a bone that won't stay buried!
A TIME TO RHYME by Bob Smith of Foreman
Ode to the Beauty Salon
Is it really her, in the second chair?
She looks like she's been wired for sound..
With a 20th century helmet been crowned!
O What, O What, is all the stir?
Is this where women buy allure?
It's Impermanent, of that we're sure..
From the top of her head to the pedicure!
O Why, O Why, did she have to dye?
And if it's burned I know she'll cry!
Now if the color's something fierce,
When she gets home, my ears she'll pierce!
O When, O When, does it ever end?
Are you sure her nails need filing?
And about that mudpack on her face...
It sure could use re-styling!
O How, O How, long will it be?
..Just cut it off above the knee!
Godiva looked good in her tresses,
And for sure it saves a lot on dresses!
Airline strikes don't interfere and neither does the weather,
Heaven's Light, romantic sight,
Moon waxing way up high.
Silently the evening falls
with hushes from the sky.
scatters flickered light
Quiet descends and modestly lends
itself to the coming of night.
and left a cooling balm,
Now heaven in all her majesty
becomes a David's Psalm.
Dippers circle North,
Arcturus, Polaris, the Milky Way,
A host of stars come forth!
A cricket chirps from hiding.
The far-off yapping of a dog
intrudes the quiet now abiding.
of an awesome silent night.
Not everybody knows The Truth...
Reflected in Holy Light.
Waxing and waning all year...
Could we ever Rest in Peace
if the nightlight wasn't near?
Days of Noah
When the leaves change colors, then we know the time of year,
and when the men chase after men, the Lord's return is near.
As it was in the days of Noah, and in the days of Lot.. Luke17:28
The end is coming surely -- don't think that it is not!
The Ark was taken away after Noah's generation!
Water doesn't run uphill, horse races might be fixed,
We're spying out the country: searching Heaven's shores,
"Ye are gods"
... Ps82:6
No punctuation in the oldest versions of Scripture -- maybe it should read
"Ye are God's!
Meaning you belong to him...?
Is human, but keeping it up is for saps!
Her husband was Adam -- now our Husband is Christ;
'The 2nd Adam', came with Salvation advice; (1Cor15:45-47),
Two Enoch's, two Noah's, but only one Eve, and she was the Mother of All. (Gen3:20),
She met up with the Serpent under the tree; which led to the Mankind Fall.
Farmer Cain was plowing earth--brother Abel was herding sheep;
their occupations got them into a hassle, (Gen46:33 and 1Cor15:47)
The murder of Abel, made
Cain a 'marked man', and exiled from his home..
The Law against killing not yet announced, and for a time he abided alone.
But the mother of Enoch was nameless -- to this day we haven't a clue,
It could have been Shirley or Susan or Joyce, or it might have been Mary Lou.
The mother of Jesus was Mary, and most of us know where we nursed,
To Honor our Mother and Father is known to us all as 'well-versed'.
The Anna and Simeon Seniors were part of His welcoming team, (Lk2:36, 26)
Two special Joseph's, the Old and the New, are there for our attention, (Gen41:32)
Like Jacob the Old, and Jacob the New, who just barely gets a mention! (Matt 1:16)
The 'old man of the flesh', like Cain, vs the 'new hidden man of the heart', 1Pet3:4, is another example of being born-again.
"The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven". 1Cor15:47
But believing in Jesus and the Father he knew, will help to keep you from joining the stew..
Wondering how to understand.
that leads up to the Door..
Why God would send a tiny babe to introduce the Savior!
Filled with the spirit from above; seeing the vision of the dove,
Immersing in water, getting them wet
Condemning their sins and making them fret.
This baby, like Elijah, would soon grow up to be
an example of a new name to go down in history!
Until the day he named that name his dumbness caused him grief.
The new-name then was John--it hadn't been used before,
But now the name, above all others, is Jesus! He's the Door!
A spiritual beheading that gives us all great mirth.
A story that's intriguing and never is x-rated..
From the Head that's up in heaven which has been decapitated!
He wants the Body to obey and carry out his wishes,
So we'll "be drawn from the water" too, like all the other fishes!
The birthday party of Herod climaxed with that gruesome matter.
So the ‘Body of Christ’, (1Cor10:16), could know for sure ‘our Head’ was still intact,
And breathing fresh air in heaven upstairs, where flying is matter of fact!
Note: The name Moses means "drawn from the water", and Jesus called the disciples to be fishers of men. Soon we’ll be flying ‘round heaven, Ps90:10, like birds in the air.
I wonder if he knew that it was God who called the shots?
Words that are clever, Words that bemuse,
Name it, claim it, frame it.. Acts14:9
DOWSING FOR WATER Eph5:26
Moses turned all the water to blood..
I lived with the pigs long enough, and my Father was waiting for me,
Moses said "Threescore & Ten" would be the years of man...