Better

Of the foot of Mount Sinai
   as the shofar blasts,
We were told to not touch,
   because then we would be put
      to death.
There's a better mountain.

Of entering the Holy Place
   before the Mercy Seat,
We were told to not enter,
   because then we would indeed
      perish.
There's a better place.

Of continuing in wickedness
   as so often warned,
We were told to not sin,
   because then we would cease
      to be.
There's a better way.

Of not repenting of our sin,
   turning forever away,
We were told if we did not,
   before the last of our breaths,
     we'd succumb.
There's a better truth.

Of not believing in Him Chosen,
   the only way to Heaven,
We were told, to believe or
   otherwise remain from God so
      separated.
There's a better life.

We chose in the beginning
  to throw away the very best,
     settling for what was broken,
But by the love of God alone,
   in His great grace and mercy,
     set before us has always been
        the promise of something better.
Now choose while you may,
   though, not so much what is better,
      but Who.
 

Genesis 2:15-17
Exodus 19:12-13
Leviticus 16:1-2
Ezekiel 3:18
Luke 13:3
John 14:6
Deuteronomy 30:11-20
Romans 10:6-13