When Death Has Its Ultimate Power Lost Poem by Gert Strydom

'For sure, I am telling you a secret.
We will not all die, but we all will
be changed. In a very short time,
no longer that it takes for the eye
to close and open, the Christians
who have died will be raised. It
will happen when the last horn
sounds. The dead will be raised never
to die again. The rest of us who
are alive will be changed.
Our human bodies made from dust
must be changed into a body that
cannot be destroyed. Our human
bodies that can die must be changed
into bodies that will never die. When
this that can be destroyed has been changed
into that which cannot be destroyed,
and when this that dies has been
changed into that which cannot die, then will
happen as the Holy Writings said it would happen.
They said, 'Death has no more power over life.'
O death, where is your power? O death where are
your pains? The pain in death is
sin. Sin has power over those under
the Law. But God is the One Who
gives us power over sin through
Jesus Christ our Lord. We give
thanks to Him for this.'
1 Corinthians 15: 51-57. (NLV)


Never too high is the evil selfish cost
as against each other savage wars men wage,
do act against each other in the greatest rage,
as all caution to the wind is tossed,

as if divine man has godly portals crossed,
in a modern apocalyptic savage age:
do against all goodwill with each other engage,
has all signs of decency and humanity lost.

When the acts and attacks of man is past gruesome,
when in man the image of God is no more,
then the Source of life and light will come
to life, greatness, decency and liberty to restore,
He will wipe the tears, make everything wholesome,
as heart to heart man do Him and each other adore.
© Gert Strydom