Easter Sun day

Easter Sun Day / Way…

(spoken, recorded version 2, version 3)

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The modeled trust and love of Good Friday,

was vindicated, shown to be "spot on",

when not just one good person, but a spray

of folk who had known love, saw him quite strong,

not mangled and emaciated, and 

bedraggled, close to death himself, from loss,

with more than normal ways to move, at hand -

from one they saw, last week, die on a cross.

Still confident and sure of himself, yet

aware of 

• all their insecurities,

• their needs to learn (and then to not forget),

• their fears, 

• that could lock-up, & almost seize,

• or goad them to determined dogg-ed things

as blood avengers have sometimes been known 

to do unto those who they saw (in rings) 

as perpetrating an'mals round a bone.

• their needs for food, and space, and journey too,

to let them process things, and start off fresh,

• & finally a job, good work to do

to start a brand new culture off, enmeshed

with this ol' world, but starting a new day

of loyal love, embodying on Earth,

& in the heavens. 

We'd all like to say, 

as messengers of his cartell; "New birth",

or maybe "New creation" has arrived!

He's speaking it at first through this message

he's given us to spread (while we survive),

with his own spirit's help, his wind's  "breath" age:

He is the one who started off the end

of all the stories good, that ever were.

He said the time is come, it's up, my friend;

fulfilled, enacted, to this pointy blurr.

The danger, problem, complicating thing,

the threat to goodness ever winning out,

is soon to be revealed, and then its sting

will do its worst, and that will be allowed.

The very time when everything  seems lost,

when God himself seems absent from the scene,

will be when he is closest; swords are crossed

or maybe worlds in tandem for a season.

And if we want his leadership, well  now

is just the time to wake up to yourself,

and let the spirit in this man somehow

join in your life, and give you his good health,

in time, with tasks the doctor gives to do.

For that's the thing, he wants us to join in,

& let this new creation start in you

(& me, it's us) together. We're his bling!

So, firstly all agendas that you had

(for moving things ahead, or fixing up) -

Let go of them! Look up. He's your new Dad!

And trust him with your life. Drink from his cup!

His rising up, from death, & from this Earth

to heaven, to be made the human one

in charge of ev'rything that has real worth

is proof that he himself's our Way, our Sun!

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LOVE..

 ..your  work !

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Well, oh my GOD, I love what you have done,

& how you've done it too. You've done it well!

For you to notice then, in turn your son

& how well he expressed and did your will…

is yet more reason for me to want to

become like you, who notices the man-

ner in which things are done, and also who

is right to do them, ev'ry way they can.

I love your multi-valent metaphors,

with all your Dad-jokes, poetry of sorts,

and riddles, games, of course you're not a bore,

since you're creative-ity well affords

attention to de-tails as well as heads

(and tales come in, and get a place as well).

I love your choice of head who once was dead,

so he can head up this journey from hell-

-ish living, to the heavenly kind that

we humans were conceived of (in your love),

to do, embody on Earth, that seems flat,

but isn't, as who's informed from above

to function as a citizen of Heav-

-en (heav-y concepts here must be worked out)

to lighten up the mixture (as does leav-

-en in a batch of dough). We caught that shout!

Whereby he shouted food and drink around.

And shouted out a pithy message too,

as herald of the Emperor, who found

some rulers whom he'd like to rule here through.

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word on holy breath of life (1)

 

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Our speech can be utensil of a mind.

And mind "we have the very mind of Christ".

If we are joined as hemispheres, both find

themselves to be joined up. No saccrifice!

Since all you, Christ, have, is available

to help, to guide, suppress our impulse to

act on our own as unassailable,

& independent - with no need for you,

who, like the hemisphere on right of brain,

can "see", perceive, and hold the picture big,

and we are made to emphasize, retain

some real control, but also more to jig-

saw on the lines first given "from above".

We aren't the one who made the whole, it's true.

But that's no problem in this case, since love,

as used by you is heséd.  Hesed's you!

And that's not gushy feelings (though I've heard

you made them too, and speak of "tender care").

Hesed is loyal, faithful to its word.

It "keeps its word to its own hurt". So there

you have it! And the best of all is this:

I have it too, since what I get is you!

And you have shown your willingness as his

sweet spirit, who like wind that always blew

from one direction (for some season/time)

could be the motive force for boat & crew,

and fill its sails. But this spirit has rime

of ancient mariner; who loves to move.

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• Sacred objects - temple, altar, priests, & utensils in their service - body of people, & body of a person (see the book of "Leviticus");

& "We who are spiritual, have the very mind of Christ!" & "I have been united with Christ".. (1Cor 2:16; Gal 2:20)

• We should, in the spirit of Jesus, James' "dear brother", be quick to.., slow to.., & slow to … (James 1:19)

• The words of God's ambassadors can be given us by the Lord Jesus, & taught us by the Holy Spirit (Luke 12:12; 21:15; 1Cor 2:12-13), and should, if we speak, be spoken as the oracles of God. (1Peter 4:11).

• The gospel of God, is the word of God to this age now (with all the immediate obedience & thoughtful participation required of God's prophets of the past).(see the book of "Acts…")

• In the beginning was the word, & the word was … God, and became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory..(John 1:1-14)". A word from a person comes on the  breath of that person. "The Words I speak to you are carried on the core motivation of God (the spirit of God), & they are life, so they mediate the life of God." (John 6:63,68)

•  "I myself, am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.(John 14:6)

• The Rider On the White Horse was called/named "The Word of God" (Revelations 19:11-16)

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Sacred Word

 Sacred Word

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A sacred object, pow'rful word,

helps keep the manner, ways, and means

to keep in line with ends that aren't absurd.

They're almost knowing servants of Good's  dreams.

Not mechanistic, as are snakey's ways,

these speak inside our heads to us and are

companions on the journey. Each displays

more motives of a mother or father.

Organic, and orgasmic are their ways,

what God brings has a deep connecting joy. 

Not orgyistic, or unfaithful plays

for power, but a right & propper good employed

to bring more innocence and growing life

into God's world, we've managed to besmirch.

As man who loves, is faithful to his wife,

who also loves to raise this other's perch.

Their words have power in each other's minds

commensurate with all their histories past,

their stories wove together help unwind

some tangled tales that have some power to blast.

But ou-r words, put to this world in part-

nership with that creative love which did

begin this all, so we come from God's heart

of hopeful love's designs, make clear what's hid-

den from foundation of the world, till now.

And how we say the punchline, in what time,

quite matters. But we trust it's life somehow,

a new-clear pow-er, with a love of rhyme.

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• Sacred objects - temple, altar, priests, & utensils in their service - body of people, & body of a person

• We should, in the spirit of Jesus, James' "dear brother", be quick to.., slow to.., & slow to … 

• Our words can be given us by the Lord Jesus, & taught us by the Holy Spirit, and should be spoken as oracles of God, if we speak.

• The gospel of God, is the word of God to this age now (with all the immediate obedience & thoughtful participation required of God's prophets.

• In the beginning was the word, & the word was God, and became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory..". A word comes on a breath. " The Words I speak to you are carried on the core motivation of God (the spirit of God), & they are life, so they mediate life.

•  " I myself, am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.(John 14:6)

• The Rider On the White Horse was called "The Word of God" (Revelations )

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Bibliography

This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is a most holy part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.’ …

…‘Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. Say to the Israelites: “Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible; anyone who uses the name of the Lord blasphemously is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they use the Name blasphemously they are to be put to death. (Leviticus 24:8‭-‬9‭, ‬14‭-‬16 NIVUK)

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God. ‘ “Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety. You may ask, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?’ I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in. (Leviticus 25:17‭-‬22 NIVUK)

They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly. ‘ “Even if someone is not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee, for the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 25:53‭-‬55 NIVUK)

‘ “Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord. 

‘ “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 

I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. 

Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and 

you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.

 ‘ “I will grant peace in the land, and 

you will lie down and no-one will make you afraid. 

I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. 

‘ “I will look on you with favour and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and 

I will keep my covenant with you. 

You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. 

I will put my dwelling-place among you, and I will not abhor you. 

I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; 

I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

 ‘ “But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, and 

if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then 

I will do this to you: 

I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. 

You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. 

I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and 

you will flee even when no-one is pursuing you. 

‘ “If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over. 

I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze. 

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit. 

‘ “If you remain hostile towards me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve. 

I will send wild animals against you, and 

they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted. 

‘ “If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile towards me, I myself will be hostile towards you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over. 

And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. 

When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. 

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. 

You will eat, but you will not be satisfied. 

‘ “If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile towards me, then in my anger I will be hostile towards you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over. 

You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you. 

I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings. 

I myself will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be appalled. 

I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. 

Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins. 

Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it. 

‘ “As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a wind-blown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no-one is pursuing them. They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword, even though no-one is pursuing them. 

So you will not be able to stand before your enemies. 

You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you. 

Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away. 

‘ “But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors – their unfaithfulness and their hostility towards me, which made me hostile towards them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies – then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. 

Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the Lord their God. But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.” ’ (Leviticus 26:2‭-‬45 NIVUK)

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