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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 Proverbs 3:5-6
Written By Daryl Stout
2) Before foundation of the world, redemption's plan in place.
God would give His Only Son, gift of Amazing Grace.
He'd take the sins of all mankind, on Himself, to pay.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
3) Before Creation long ago, God had planned our best.
Yet, Satan did spoil everything, with his evil quest.
Judgment on him, and one third, of angels that day.
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4) There in Eden's Garden Home, there with Adam, Eve.
Adam there sinned willfully...though Eve was deceived.
For their sin, they would soon see, the huge cost, to pay.
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5) They both had died spiritually, and lost paradise.
Now, they'd see their life on Earth, wouldn't be so nice.
Shedding of innocent blood, the cost of sin to pay.
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6) The curse of sin on planet Earth, now fell on everything.
There, the cost of just one sin, destruction, did bring.
Yet, plan of redemption there, would be fulfilled one day.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
7) Cain killed his brother Abel, there...in fit of jealousy.
When asked by God where Abel was, he spoke insolently.
''Am I my brother's keeper, to track him every day??''.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
8) God didn't need to ask of Cain, He saw the dreadful deed.
Cries for justice came up from, Abel's blood, did bleed.
A fugitive and vagabond, for sin, Cain would pay.
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9) Wickedness spread far and wide; grieved God at His Heart.
A worldwide flood of judgment there; then a brand new start.
Noah found grace in God's Eyes; an Ark to build, that day.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
10) For one hundred twenty years, Noah built, and warned.
Yet outside his family, his words were met with scorn.
No one believed the warnings that a flood would come some day.
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11) Animals, then family, of Noah, were aboard.
The Ark door was fully closed, by Hand Of The Lord.
Worldwide flood would then begin, there in seven days.
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12) Finally, judgment did arrive, heavy rains came down.
All those left outside the Ark, screaming, all were drowned.
Rain did fall upon the Earth, forty nights and days.
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13) Finally, on Mount Ararat, the Ark would come to rest.
All would exit from the Ark, in a new life quest.
God's Covenant, a rainbow there, in the sky, that day.
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14) Years later, God called Abram to, leave his home in Ur.
To a land that God would show, destination, sure.
God would bless or curse mankind, on how he did God's Ways.
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15) Blessing, cursing, also on how mankind treats the Jews.
Special group of people there, that The Lord, did choose.
This applies to people, nations, each and every day.
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16) Abram and his wife, Sarai, increasing in years.
Too old for them to have a child, it was their worst fear.
So Abram slept with Hagar there; that was the wrong way.
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17) Ishmael born, but he was not, the one God did choose.
Isaac was the one instead, that The Lord would use.
Both Hagar and Ishmael, in grief, were sent away.
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18) God then changed their names to Abraham, and Sarah, there.
Then, greatest test, of Abraham; he had to prepare.
Isaac would be sacrificed, on an upcoming day.
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19) Abraham did trust The Lord, therein to provide.
Resurrection or replacement, if Isaac had died.
A ram caught in thicket there, it did save the day.
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20) Sodom and Gomorrah there, wicked to the core.
Of their filthy lifestyles, Lot was vexed and sore.
Only three survived the fire, on that fateful day.
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21) Under Pharoah, the Jews were, mistreated as slaves.
Pharoah did not know The Lord, the outcome was grave.
Ten plagues would affect the land, there in many ways.
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22) Water turned to blood, then frogs, and the dust to lice.
Boils on Egyptians there, life was not so nice.
Anthrax, flies, locusts, hail, night instead of day.
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23) Passover, the final plague, when the firstborn died.
Except for lamb's blood on doorposts, that Jews did provide.
Pharoah ordered the Jews out, there on the next day.
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24) Pharoah's army pursued Jews, and drowned in The Red Sea.
When God parted waters there, to give victory.
The Power of Almighty God, it was seen that day.
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25) Moses up on Mount Sinai, to get Commandments Ten.
Down below, the Jews engaged, in orgy of sin.
They did build a golden calf, and rose up to play.
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26) When Moses came down from Sinai, to the iniquity;
He asked ''Who Is On God's Side?? Let him come to me!!''.
Three thousand rebellious souls, were destroyed that day.
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27) Reports from Joshua, Caleb, and the other spies.
''We are just like grasshoppers, in all of their eyes''.
Instead of trusting God there, it was fear that ruled the day.
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28) So, they wandered in the wilderness for forty years.
Until all complaining rebels, did there, disappear.
Joshua would lead them into Promised Land that day.
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29) The Jews would not let the land, rest one year out of seven.
Finally, God had enough; and Judgment fell from Heaven.
To Babylon captivity, all taken away.
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30) Captivity was finally done, and Jews would return.
But, repentance didn't last; it seemed they never learned.
Destroyed temple was rebuilt, over many days.
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31) The Lord told them what to do, for Him, them to bless.
Repeatedly, they'd turn away, for the pagan mess.
Eventually, they'd repent; then again, turn away.
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32) Then God would not speak to them for four hundred years.
Those who truly loved The Lord, heartbroken in tears.
But, then John The Baptist came, to prepare the way.
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33) In the fullness of time, there; God sent His Son to Earth.
The Precious, Sinless, Lamb Of God; who would preach New Birth.
He declared that into Heaven, He was The Only Way.
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34) The religious leaders there, held Christ in contempt.
Though their houses, spiritually...filthy and unkempt.
They wanted to get rid of Him, more so every day.
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35) On Palm Sunday long ago, on donkey, Christ did ride.
Yet, for Israel, and the Jews...in tears, The Lord cried.
They rejected their Messiah, in each and every way.
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36) Then, Judas Iscariot, would betray His Lord.
Thirty pieces of silver, would be his reward.
Arrested in the Garden there, and taken away.
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37) Eighteen Jewish laws broken, in trial of The Lord.
Illegal in all of its ways, justice was ignored.
''Give To Us Barabbas!! Crucify Christ, there today!!''.
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38) Christ was scourged, then carried Cross, up to Calvary.
He who knew no sin at all; took sins of you and me.
In our place, He took the debt, that none of us could pay.
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39) Jesus Christ, God In The Flesh, was there, crucified.
"It Is Finished!!" was the cry; just before He died.
But, He arose victorious, there on The Third Day.
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40) Resurrection, God's Approval, of payment for sin.
In forty days, He would ascend; but He'd come again.
On Pentecost, The Holy Ghost, came in special way.
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41) On Pentecost, a Mighty Wind, down from Heaven, came.
The Gospel Truth, all could be saved, believe on Jesus' Name.
Three thousand souls would there repent, and be saved that day.
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42) Unfortunately, wolves crept in, to destroy the flock.
Many despised the Christians, there around the clock.
They would capture, put to death, those doing God's Way.
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43) When the fullness of Gentiles, has finally come in;
Christ will Rapture His Bride there, taking all to Him.
Both dead and alive in Christ, will vanish that day.
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44) All the saved from the Church Age, now at the Bema Seat.
Rewards are both gained and lost, salvation now complete.
With Christ for eternity, for each and every day.
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45) Casting crowns at Christ's Feet, before Him, they bow.
''Worthy The Lamb, For Sinners Slain'', they sing together, now.
Declaring that Christ alone is worthy of all praise.
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46) A peace treaty there is signed, with Israel and the Jews.
The Third Temple is rebuilt, that they will there, use.
Three and one half years later, the treaty, gone away.
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47) The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, Hell On Earth for seven years.
Billions martyred, or they die; hearts fail them for fear.
The Beast, his Mark, and the False Prophet; evil on display.
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48) Twelve thousand Jews, from the twelve tribes, preach the Gospel News.
Two witnesses, then angel there; to Gentiles and Jews.
The Gospel Preached to all mankind, in each and every way.
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49) Seals, trumpets, bowls, of plagues, pummel all the Earth.
Many souls will come to Christ, and receive New Birth.
All these hated by the world; many killed each day.
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50) The Third Temple, now defiled, by the Antichrist.
The Great Tribulation here; life is not so nice.
To the mountains of Petra, the remnant, run away.
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51) Believing remnant of the Jews, now get regeneration.
Accepting their Messiah there, all as one nation.
They call on Christ to save them, and He comes without delay.
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52) All the tribes of Earth now mourn, as they see The Lord.
All His enemies destroyed, by His Divine Sword.
Vengeance truly is The Lord's; His Time to repay.
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53) The Beast and False Prophet cast into The Lake Of Fire.
Satan and his demons bound, into abyss quagmire.
Long time rule by mortal man, has ended this day.
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54) The Judgment Of The Sheep and Goats, Millennium Of Peace.
The curse of sin on Planet Earth, is finally released.
Life as it was meant to be; The Lord now rules the day.
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55) At end of Millennium, Satan is unbound.
But, last rebellion does not even, get off of the ground.
Fire destroys rebels there; ending all sin's day.
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56) Satan joins The Beast, False Prophet, in The Lake Of Fire.
Joined by all who would not do, what The Lord required.
Eternally, the sin debt cost, all these can never pay.
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57) The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, of all the unsaved.
These would not accept The Lord, Salvation's Gift, He gave.
The Grace of God is over now, and it's too late to pray.
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58) No guilt question, pardon, mercy, or hint of appeal.
Every sin they've ever done, totally revealed.
No one to defend the lost, on that somber day.
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59) Since these preferred a life of sin, all with Satan's spell.
Now to bow before The Lord, all these are compelled.
Then into The Lake Of Fire, all these are cast away.
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60) Old Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem; by fire, now destroyed.
New Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem; for saved to enjoy.
Sin won't rise a second time, in any of its ways.
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61) Christ's Death and Resurrection, is for every soul and nation.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation??
Tomorrow promised to no one, you could die today.
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62) ''Believe On Christ, whom God did send''; the one thing He requires.
The only thing to save your soul, from The Lake Of Fire.
No other Name but Jesus there; He's Heaven's Only Way.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
63) One is saved by Grace Through Faith, not of works to boast.
If you choose to reject Christ, you will regret it most.
At death, it is Christ or you; your sin debt to pay.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
64) God gave everyone the option, of free will and choice.
To accept, or there reject, The Lord's Precious Voice.
Yet, God is a Gentleman, He'll let you go your way.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.
65) Hell or Heaven, when you die; no other place, exists.
Far more will reject The Lord; and Heaven, they'll have missed.
Your Decision will be honored, there on Judgment Day.
Trust The Lord In All Your Life, Lean Not To Your Own Ways.