THE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

A LITLE SEED WAY BACK IN TIME
BEFORE THE WORLD WAS FLUNG IN SPACE
BECAME THE SUBJECT OF GOD'S PLAN
FOR RESCUING THE HUMAN RACE.

OMNISCIENCE SAW THE FALL OF MAN

WITH ALL THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN
THERE WAS NO HOPE OF ANY KIND
BECAUSE OF DEATH THAT REIGNED WITHIN.

SO GOD DEVISED A METHOD RARE

AND HAD THE PROPHETS WRITE IT DOWN
A VIRGIN WOULD CONCEIVE A CHILD
IN BETHLEHEM'S SMALL JUDAH TOWN.

THE SEED IN MYSTERY WAS REVEALED

THE HOLY SPIRIT, THREE-IN-ONE
COMBINED IN FLESH THE LIVING WORD
AND PLACED IN MARY'S WOMB, A SON.

HOW STRANGE THE VIRGIN MUST HAVE FELT

ON HEARING GABRIEL SHARE THE NEWS
BUT JOSEPH'S DOUBTS WERE NOT AS CLEAR
SINCE IN HIS HEART WERE OTHER VIEWS.

WHEN GOD'S PREDESTINED MOMENT CAME

ETERNITY WAS PRESSED IN TIME
THE SEED BECAME AN EMBREO
AND HEAVEN'S STAR BEGAN TO SHINE.

WHAT MUSIC MUST HAVE FILLED THE SKY

AS ANGEL CHOIRS ANNOUNCED HIS BIRTH
SO WHEN THE SHEPHERDS SAW HIM THERE
PROCLAIMED HIS COMING TO THE EARTH.

THIS CHRISTMAS MYSTERY ONCE CONCEALED

IS OFFERED AS GOD'S GIFT TO ALL
SO EVERY PEOPLE-GROUP ON EARTH
CAN KNOW THE SAVIOR WHEN THEY CALL.
--B. Pent

RESURRECTION OF THE KING

                    Matthew 28

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

BY SAGE OR PROPHECIES FORETOLD
INVOLVED A MYSTERY ONCE CONCEALED
BUT NOW IN CHRIST HAS BEEN REVEALED.

THE SIGN OF JONAH IN A WHALE

THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS A LIVING HELL
GAVE PROMISE THAT WHEN JESUS DIED
WITHIN THREE DAYS HE WOULD ARISE.

THEN EASTER'S GOLDEN MORNING CAME

AS MARY AND HER FRIENDS EXPLAIN
AN ANGEL ROLLED THE STONE AWAY
ANNOUNCING RESURRECTION DAY!

THE GUARDS BECAME AS DEAD FROM FRIGHT

BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF THAT LIGHT

BUT WHEN THEY TOLD THE PRIESTS THE NEWS

THEY BRIBED THEM TO REPORT FALSE VIEWS.

THE WOMEN THEN RETURNED TO TELL

THE TOMB WAS JUST AN EMPTY SHELL
THAT CHRIST AROSE JUST AS HE SAID
“HE IS ALIVE! NO LONGER DEAD!”

BUT JOHN AND PETER DIDN'T BELIEVE

THAT OUT FROM DEATH LIFE COULD PROCEED
UNTIL THEY RUSHED INTO HIS TOMB
WHERE HOPE REVIVED, DISPELLING GLOOM.

IN GALILEE THE LORD APPEARED

REMOVING EVERY DOUBT THEY FEARED
THE POWER THAT RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD
BECAME HIS PLEDGE THEY WOULD BE LED.

THE KING THEN GAVE THIS LAST COMMAND:

“THE GREAT COMMISSION MUST EXPAND
SO EVERY PEOPLE-GROUP ON EARTH
CAN FIND THROUGH CHRIST A SECOND BIRTH!”

TO PROVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WAS REAL

BAPTISM WAS THE SIGN AND SEAL
AND FROM A GROWING FAITH WOULD SHARE
THE GOSPEL MESSAGE EVERYWHERE.

THE FINAL PICTURE MATTHEW VIEWS

IS MEANT FOR CHRISTIANS AND FOR JEWS
SO EVERYONE REDEEMED FROM SIN
CAN KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS KING.
--B. Pent