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| Earth And Heaven Pass Away, But God's Words Will Not |
This poem is from the ''My Testimony -- To Soar With Jesus Collection''. Written by Daryl Stout. (C) Copyright 1989, 2024 by Daryl Stout. All Rights Reserved. Any abuse or unauthorized usage of this poetry will be dealt With at The Judgment Before Jesus Christ. The ''Soar With Jesus'' Eagle Design was created and designed by Dale Larison, and it is used by permission.
Based On Matthew 24:35
Written By Daryl Stout
2) The first act that The Lord did, was said ''Let there be light''.
He then separated the daytime from the night.
In the Heavens, planets, stars, set in their own spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
3) Then, He created the land mass, separate from the sea.
Declared to the waters there, ''this, your limits, be''.
For the Lord crossed every ''t'', every ''i'' He'd dot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
4) Then, sea life, and animals, all across the land.
The many creatures, plants, and things; and on the sixth day, Man.
The beauty of this paradise, one could have never bought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
5) Then, from one of Adam's ribs, God created Eve.
A helpmeet for companionship, Adam, did receive.
At first, fellowship with God, both of them, had sought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
6) Life in Eden, Paradise, no corruption, seen.
Until Satan, as a serpent, there came on the scene.
Sadly, into Satan's lie, both of them, there bought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
7) Poor Eve didn't realize, she had been deceived.
Satan was there, overjoyed; his lie, they believed.
Both ate from the single tree, that God said they could not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
8) Spiritually, both died, and nothing was the same.
They realized that they were nude, and now full of shame.
They thought fig leaves good enough; to God, they were not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
9) Adam tried to blame God for the woman he received.
Eve admitted, by the serpent, that she was deceived.
The curse of sin on planet Earth, started on that spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
10) Judgment on the serpent, and both of them, revealed.
Satan told ''they'll bruise your head; you will bruise his heel''.
Innocence hemorrhaged away, like without blood clot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
11) God took all their fig leaves off, clothed them with lamb skins.
Shedding blood of Innocents, was the cost of sin.
They could not have realized, the trouble that sin brought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
12) Adam and Eve both expelled, there from Paradise.
The rest of their earthly life, would not be so nice.
Work by the sweat of their brow, whether cold or hot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
13) Cain killed his brother, Abel, there; in a jealous rage.
The firstborn, a murderer, there on the Earth's stage.
When God asked Cain were Abel was, he said ''I know not''.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
14) God had seen the dreadful deed, Cain's heart, was so dark.
To keep Cain from being killed, on him, God put a mark.
What this mark actually was; frankly, we know not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
15) Sin and wickedness, there spread, from its evil start.
Rebellion there, of all mankind, grieved God at His Heart.
Sin was now a torrent there, from a single blot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
16) Worldwide flood, would take place, from God's Judgment sword.
Yet Noah, did find grace, in Eyes of The Lord.
Noah would there, build an Ark; wherein, safety, sought
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
17) For one hundred twenty years, Noah built, and preached.
But, outside his family, no one else, was reached.
Mankind felt that of his words, truth there, it was not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
18) Noah's family, animals, all there, went aboard.
Then the door of the huge Ark, was closed by The Lord.
All outside the ark, there drowned; what unrepentant, got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
19) The Earth submerged entirely, for forty days and nights.
All safe and dry inside the ark, it was watertight.
On top of Mount Ararat, was its landing spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
20) God promised He would not destroy the Earth by flood again.
The next time, it would there be, fire for their sin.
God set rainbow in the clouds, that Noah, did spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
21) One day, God called Abram, to, there leave his homeland.
And to travel to what God called ''The Promised Land''.
Doing the will of The Lord, is what Abram sought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
22) God said ''I'll bless them, who bless you, as well as the Jews''.
''But, to those who will not, blessings are refused''.
''Instead, curses from My Hand, they will there, have got''.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
23) Abram and his wife, Sarai, older by the day.
So, Hagar, their handmaiden, with Abram, did lay.
Ishmael born, but trouble was, all that they had got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
24) Their names changed to Abraham, and Sarah, his wife.
God said she would bring forth Isaac, in next year of life.
Isaac mocked by Ishmael, trouble there had brought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
25) In love's greatest test, God called, Abraham to do.
''Isaac to be sacrificed, in place I tell you''.
In Isaac's place, he sacrificed, a ram that was caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
26) For years, Abraham's brothers, fought for the best land.
He saw the situation was getting out of hand.
''I want the best land'', he was, told by his nephew, Lot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
27) Abraham, he served the Lord, in plains of Mamre.
But, Sodom and Gomorrah, dens of iniquity.
Of the filthy lifestyles, sorely vexed, was Lot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
28) The homosexuals tried to rape the angelic guests.
Lot offered his two daughters, for their sexual quest.
Blinded by the Angels was what evil ones had got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
29) The Angels, Lot, in their warnings, fully laughed to scorn.
Divine Fire was to fall, first thing in the morn.
Commanded to not look back, or die on the spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
30) Lot, his wife, and two daughters, dragged out against their will.
All others there, in Divine Fire, instantly were killed.
Lot's wife turned back, and became salt pillar on the spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
31) in a cave there, Lot's two daughters, chose to get him drunk.
They had incest sex with him; and the whole thing, stunk.
Everything Lot had, he lost; that is what he got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
32) For four hundred years, the Jews, slaves under Pharaoh .
When Moses told him that God said ''Let My People Go'',
Pharaoh declined the request, said ''Their God, I know not''.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
33) Ten plagues fell from Heaven there, a life of misery.
Passover, the final plague, would set the Jews free.
In the Red Sea, Pharaoh's armies, drowning, what they got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
34) Moses up on Mount Sinai, to get Commandments Ten.
The Jews built a golden calf, in orgy of sin.
Three thousand souls would die that day, judgments, what they got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
35) They doubted the spies reports, said they were a lie.
Most of all that generation, would there, have to die.
Wandering for forty years, the punishment, they got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
36) Those under twenty, only ones, to enter Promised Land.
Moses saw it from a distance; for his sin, was banned.
Joshua and Caleb there, rewards what they got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
37) The Jews would not let land lie there, one year out of seven.
Finally, God had enough, from His Throne in Heaven.
For He knew of all their sin; in it, they got caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
38) Babylon Captivity, four hundred ninety years.
The First Temple was destroyed, that was their greatest fear.
The land got rest it was due, so it wouldn't rot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
39) After the Captivity, finally did end;
They returned back to the land, construction did begin.
On the Second Temple there, it they truly sought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
40) If they followed His Rules there, The Lord, He would bless.
When they went to idolatry, it was a huge mess.
Divine Discipline was due, after they got caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
41) The Lord said that all His Rules, He would not there, bend.
Vicious cycle back and forth, it seemed would never end.
Sin, judgment, repent, forgive; back and forth, a lot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
42) Worship became ritual, with no commitment, there.
Going through the motions, as if they didn't care.
Four hundred years would there elapse, Word from God, was not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
43) In the fullness there of time, God sent His Son to Earth.
Redemption's Plan would come to pass, in Precious, Virgin Birth.
Christ would give His Life for all, to cleanse sins blemished spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
44) Jesus Christ, God In The Flesh, and His Only Son.
The Way into Heaven, there; He was the only one.
Forgiving those who would believe, though in sin, were caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
45) The Pharisees and Saducees, held Christ in contempt.
''A brood of vipers'', Christ called them; their house was unkempt.
The Messiah that they wanted, Jesus Christ, was not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
46) Judas, called Iscariot, would betray The Lord.
Thirty silver pieces there, agreed in one accord.
In Garden Of Gethsemane, Christ resisted, not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
47) Illegal trial did take place, in the dead of night.
Christ assaulted, then was scourged, evil in plain sight.
He would take upon Himself, mankind's sin and spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
48) Christ made trek of torture there, to Mount Calvary.
Crucifixion, horrid death, shame, and agony.
Two others crucified were guilty; but Christ, He was not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
49) Christ, who knew no sin at all, took our sins as His Own.
He would shed His Precious Blood, for sins to atone.
For those who'd believe on Him, His Blood would cleanse a lot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
50) Right before His Death, Christ shouted there, ''Tetelestai''.
''It Is Finished'', His Mission; He bowed His Head, and died.
He would rise on The Third Day, His Body would not rot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
51) He gave The Great Commission there, before He did ascend.
Christ was truly Savior, Lord, and Forever Friend.
On Pentecost, The Comforter, Christ's Words were all taught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
52) From then to the present day, near two thousand years.
One day there in Heaven's sky, Christ will re-appear.
At Rapture, all those in Christ, away from Earth, are caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
53) In Heaven, all the raptured saints, at Bema Judgment Seat.
Afterwards, they lay their crowns, rewards, at Christ's Feet.
Christ is worthy of all praise; no one else is not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
54) Russia, Muslims, others there, with plans to destroy;
Israel and the Jews therein, with battles to employ.
On Mountains of Israel, surprise is what they've got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
55) God sends down a huge earthquake, hailstones, and fire.
Against God, the battle zone, now a huge quagmire.
Five out each six troops there, will die on the spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
56) A world leader then appears, peace treaty to sign.
The Third Temple is rebuilt, the Jews feel so fine.
In keeping the peace treaty; this ruler, he will not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
57) The Time Of Jacob's Trouble; Hell on Earth for seven years.
Many martyred, or they die; hearts fail them for fear.
In the battle for all souls, spiritual war, fought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
58) Judgment plagues there, twenty-one, pummel all the Earth.
All those who will take The Mark, and refuse New Birth.
As they die, they'll find Heaven, for them, it is not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
59) At Armageddon, Christ returns, in Glory from the sky.
The unrepentant shake their fists, then curse God, and die.
Eternal torment, damnation; is what these have got.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
60) The Antichrist, False Prophet, cast, into The Lake Of Fire.
Satan bound a thousand years, for the sins quagmire.
He thought He could defeat Christ; truly, he could not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
61) The Judgment of The Sheep and Goats, Millennium Of Peace.
The curse of sin on Planet Earth, finally released.
Earth restored to beauty, from millennia of rot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
62) One last rebellion does occur, as Satan is unbound.
Army battle numerous, it won't get off the ground.
Fire from Heaven destroys them, right there on the spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
63) Now into The Lake Of Fire, Satan is now cast.
His career of evil there, forever in the past.
The Grace Of God is over now; most wish it was not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
64) The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, on that somber day.
All unsaved before The Lord, and it's too late to pray.
No guilt question for all there; truly, they are caught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
65) Since these wanted life of sin, and all its quagmire.
They laughed at Preaching Of The Cross; said God was a liar.
Since God is a Gentleman, He gives them what they sought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
66) Since none there believed on Christ, the one thing God required.
They will spend eternity, in The Lake Of Fire.
Any thought there to escape, the chance, it is not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
67) To purify the Earth, so tainted with the tinge of sin,
With fervent heat, it's set ablaze;, and New Earth begins.
Heaven is redone as well, so both are quite a spot.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
68) Sin is not allowed to rise up a second time.
No more sickness, death, decay, or evil wicked crime.
Eternity for the redeemed, things of God, are taught.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
69) One is saved by Grace Through Faith, not of works, to boast.
Those who choose to reject Christ, will regret it most.
For the saved are not their own, but with a price, are bought.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.
70) Where you spend eternity, it is up to you.
What you do with Jesus Christ, sets your eternal view.
If you choose to reject Christ; in Heaven, you are not.
Earth and Heaven pass away, but God's Words will not.