After The Saviour Was Scourged... Poem by Denis Martindale

After the Saviour was scourged,
His back was left to bleed...
And 'Crucify! ' the crowd then urged,
For hatred to succeed...
The Saviour knew what laid in store...
He knew that they would kill,
He knew more blood was yet to pour,
But Christ obeyed God's will...

And so He bore His heavy load
Upon His back that bled...
To take each step upon the road
To His cross dead ahead...
The crowd condemned this Man of God,
As servant not as King...
To scoff at Him each step He trod...
Despair in hopes to bring...

Yet Jesus came from Heaven's Throne,
This destiny to live,
So He alone could then atone,
So God could then forgive...
The crowd could not see Christ as friend,
Nor King or conqueror,
How then could they on Christ depend?
How then could faith occur?

While angels watched what must unfold,
The Father watched as well...
He wept with tears worth more than gold
As Jesus went through Hell...
Yet He held back, spared not His Son,
For death must take its prize...
This urgent battle must be won
To open up Man's eyes...

But now, the battle took its toll,
Christ's blood dripped here and there,
Till all His strength had left His soul,
No more that load to bear...
Another man took up that weight,
Right up to Calvary...
Where Jesus Christ must meet His fate...
To die for you... and me...

And so the soldiers held Him tight
And nailed His body fast
And hoisted Him to face His plight,
And watched as hours passed...
And when the Saviour's head fell down,
His Mother shrieked aloud...
And John picked up the fallen crown
And knelt with his head bowed...

Through gritted teeth, he witnessed all,
Through misty tears to see,
Salvation's grace, so merciful,
Through Christ at Calvary...
No greater friend could John have known,
Of all the men he knew...
Than this one man who could atone...
For him... for me... for you...


Denis Martindale 21st of May 2019.


This Easter poem is based on listening to the
James Bond theme called 'Counting' on YouTube.
It's so descriptive of the plodding footsteps
that Jesus took on His final walk to Calvary...



GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU BLESS GOD!
DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM...


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