Pallid are the faces
of those who never knew
When God first saw
the wickedness of man
was great upon the earth,
that every heart was evil,
He said to Noah:
"Many waters must
flood this world."
Blanched are the lips
of those who never heard
When God knew well
the perversion of Canaan,
the rejection of His truth,
the depravity of the land,
He said to Joshua:
"All such flesh must
die by your hand."
Staring are the eyes
of those who never saw
The eyes of God turn
away from His only Son
dying on a Roman cross;
behold the sins of all time,
And Jesus at last said:
"They do not know what they do.
Forgive them."
God is not just loving,
He is the embodiment of it,
But He is also holy,
the utter absence of evil,
And that's where we,
loved by Him, but also
Marred by sin, come in;
God so wants with us,
Please understand, nothing
but forever tomorrows.
Genesis 6
Joshua 6
John 19:28-30
*It is difficult for modern-day
people
(believers and non-believers
alike) to
understand the truth of
God's actions
in the context of Old Testament
stories
like Noah's Ark and the
taking over of
the Promised Land, and in
the New Tes-
tament the redemptive crucifixion
of
Jesus Christ.
We hear about God being the
embodi-
ment of love, but we are
struck by the
violence of His judgement.
We see a
world where all its people
are drowned,
except for a select few
kept safe in a
big boat.
We see an ancient land of
people mind-
ing their own business,
who suddenly
face complete and utter
annihilation
by a people who are strangers
to them.
And we see an innocent young
man, al-
leged to be God's only begotten
Son,
beaten, crucified and left
to die a hor-
rible death all alone. |
