OPPOSITION OF THE KING - part 2

 
                         Matthew 12

EVIL FORCES BEGIN TO ESCALATE
AS SCRIBES AND PHARISEES COLLABORATE
IN OPPOSITION TO THE ONE BORN KING
THE PROMISED RULER OVER EVERYTHING.

THE LEADERS HAD WRITTEN THIRTY NINE RULES
AGAINST SABBATH WORK FOR ALL OF THE JEWS
PLUCKING OFF CORN WAS LIKE REAPING THE GRAIN
WITH WARNING OF DEATH MADE PERFECTLY PLAIN.

THE TRAP WAS SET FOR THE KING AND HIS MEN
THIS TIME AROUND THEY WOULD FAIL TO DEFEND
WHILE EATING SOME GRAIN ON A SABBATH DAY
THEY WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THE KING WOULD SAY?

THREE CLEAR EXAMPLES WERE USED IN REPLY
DAVID WAS HUNGRY AND THOUGHT HE WOULD DIE
THE PRIEST GAVE HIM SHEWBREAD, UNHEARD OF, THEY SAY
YET NO CONDEMNATION WAS WRITTEN THAT DAY.

PRIESTS IN THE TEMPLE WORKED HARD AT THEIR TASK
WITH OFFERINGS AND RITUALS PERFORMED WHEN ASKED
YET BLAMELESS THEY STOOD IN THE SERVICE OF GOD
WHILE BREAKING THAT LAW WITH A PHARISEE'S NOD.

THEIR FURY INCREASED WHEN THEY HEARD HIM PROCLAIM
"I AM THE LORD!  THE 'I AM' IS MY NAME!"
IN ANGER THESE RULERS WITHDREW FOR A TIME
DETERMINED TO CRUSH HIM LIKE GRAPES FROM A VINE.

LATER A MAN WITH PARALYSIS CAME
GIVING THE LEADERS A CHANCE TO FIND BLAME
JESUS GAVE ORDERS TO STRETCH FORTH HIS HAND
FURTHER INSIGHTING THE WRATH FROM THEIR CLAN

MULTITUTES CAME TO BE HEALED BY THE LORD
FINDING RELASE THROUGH THE POWER OF HIS WORD
"IS HE THE ONE?" THEY BEGAN TO EXCLAIM
"BLESST SON OF DAVID, THE SCRIPTURES PROCLAIM?"

A DEMON POSSESSED, BLIND MUTE WAS THEN HEALED
PROVING AGAIN THAT THEIR HEARTS WERE STILL SEARED
ATTRIBUTING HEALINGS TO EXORCISE
AS COMING FROM SATAN'S OWN ENTERPRIZE.

SO JESUS WARNED AGAINST THIS KIND OF BLAME
OF CASTING OUT DEMONS THROUGH SATAN'S NAME
THIS BLASPHEMY AGAINST GOD'S HOLINESS
IS UNFORGIVEN FOR ITS GODLESSNESS.

THE PHARISEES ASKED HIM FOR ONE MORE SIGN
AS PROOF HE WAS TRULY GOD'S CHOSEN DESIGN
BUT JONAH, THREE DAYS WITHIN A LARGE FISH
WAS THE SIGN HE WOULD DIE FULFILLING GOD'S WISH.

WHEN JESUS' FAMILY STOOD OUTSIDE THE DOOR
WANTING TO TALK AND SEE HIM ONCE MORE
JESUS MADE CLEAR THAT HIS FAMILY WERE THOSE
FAITHFUL DISCIPLES HE CAREFULLY CHOSE.
--B. Pent