The Word of the Lord

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Part I:  THE VOICE OF THE LORD

God said, “Let there be light” And it was so

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders

God said, “Let there be Heaven”And it was so

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty

God said, “Let there be land and sea” And it was so

The voice of the LORD shatters the mightiest cedars

God said, “Let there be fruit and forests" And it was so

The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire

God said, “Let there be day and night, and signs for time” And it was so

The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness

God said, “Let there be creatures of earth and sea, and every living thing" And it was so

The voice of the Lord makes the oaks to shake and strips the forests bare

God said, “Let Us make man in Our image" And it was good

and in His temple, all cry, “Glory!”


(The Creation Account from Genesis 1 and Psalm 29)
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PART II:  THE POEM

He spoke, and it was so
He dwells in eternity, and light unapproachable
Never ‘fore has His face been seen
Never once has a man survived the sight of the King
A throne of mysteries since time unbound
A voice like a trumpet and an ocean of sound
He uttered once a story to unfold
And never since has a greater one been told

From the dust He formed us
out of dirt He carved us
A declaration of His tongue a revelation of His intents above
A holy dream too deep to comprehend moved His holy hands to condescend
To touch the earth to touch the dirt
To form our frames
And give us birth

The Origin without origin, this Word determined a creation
The sun, moon and stars are all still in their places
Bound since the beginning in covenantal love,
His Word can only destroy voids; never return as one
Dividing soul and spirit until the consummation,
This hammer will smash facades and expose every secret
We are all traitors, having blasphemed the Son
Who at this very moment sustains the breath in our lungs

Another voice, another word
A lie was told and deceit emerged
Into death then fell the bride
A rebel removed from her bridegroom’s side
And from the second Adam in time would come
A bleeding rib of water and holy flood
To purge the stains of treachery and
exonerate the guilt of harlotry

That upon the crystal of a glassy sea
Man would bear what angels cannot sing
The ransomed known, ordained and called
Destined to be justified and cleansed from the Fall
Upheld by the word which cried for light to pierce the dark
And did the same to shed abroad the glory of Christ within our hearts

Something like jasper, like the One upon the throne
His multitude will sing “Glory, glory, glory” to the righteous One alone.
Until He comes in glory and ends this present evil age
The question yet confronts us: will He even then find faith?
If prayer is only man simply talking to the walls,
Eat, drink, be merry, with nothing to worry about at all
Every child of Adam is still now haunted by the whisper
When the integrity of God’s Word was first assaulted by the deceiver
The Father, Son and Spirit—a Trinity One
Will definitively finish what He has begun.


(By Stephanie Quick)
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PART III:  THE PRAISE

Alleluia

Worthy are You, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honour and power
For You created all things
and by Your will they exist and were created

Alleluia

Salvation and glory and power belong to our God
for His judgments are true and just

Alleluia

For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him the glory
For the marriage of the Lamb has come
and His bride has made herself ready.

(Revelation 4:11; 19:1-2, 6-7)