HERALDS OF THE KING

                     
                                  Matthew 10

TWELVE CHOSEN MEN WHERE CALLED TO SERVE THE KING
THEY LEFT THEIR WORK AND HOMES TO FOLLOW HIM
A SOLEMN CHARGE WAS GIVEN THEM TO KEEP
IT WAS A SPECIAL CALL TO HIS LOST SHEEP.

THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS WAS BROUGHT NEAR
ITS MESSAGE WAS FOR ISRAEL NOT TO FEAR
THROUGH HEALING SIGNS AND WONDERS ON DISPLAY
HIS NATION COULD BE BORN ANEW THAT DAY.

THROUGH EVERY TOWN THEY TRAVELED TWO BY TWO
THEIR HEALING MISSION WAS TO REACH THE JEW
THEY HAD NO SWORD OR PURSE TO TAKE ALONG
THEIR FAITH AND TRUST WAS IN THE LORD ALONE.

YET THOSE WHO HEARD HAD HEARTS AS HARD AS STONE
REJECTING CHRIST THE ONE WHO COULD ATONE
SO MATTHEW TELLS US WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
WHEN TO THE WORLD HIS LIVING WORD UNFOLDS.

THE SECOND HALF OF CHAPTER TEN MAKES CLEAR
THAT ALL HIS SERVANTS WOULD BE TESTED HERE
YET WHEN THEY STAND UNFAIRLY TRIED BY ALL
THE SOVEREIGN LORD WILL MAKE THE FINAL CALL.

THROUGHOUT THIS DISPENSATION WE ARE TOLD
TO BE WELL TRAINED SOLDIERS BRAVE AND BOLD
AND EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH TO STAND
FOR HE WHO CONQUERED DEATH WILL TAKE OUR HAND.

BETRAYALS AND DECEIT HAVE FILLED OUR EARTH
ONCE LOVING HOMES LOOK LIKE A STILLBORN BIRTH
BUT HISTORY'S FINAL DAYS ARE SOON TO END
AND ON HIS PROMISE ALL HIS SAINTS DEPEND.

THE MASTER CALLS US TO INVEST OUR ALL
THE HARVEST FIELDS ARE RIPE AND WE ARE SMALL
BUT EVERY GIFT INVESTED NOW FOR HIM
WILL HEAR "WELL DONE" FROM CHRIST OUR COMING KING.
--B. Pent

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING - part 1

                                 Matthew 5

JESUS BEGAN HIS DISCIPLESHIP COURSE
BY CLEARLY REVEALING ITS MYSTERY SOURCE
WHERE CONDUCT AND LIFE ARE LIVED OUT EVERY DAY
AS SALT FLAVORS FOOD OR AS LIGHT SHINES THE WAY.

THERE ON BEATITUDE MOUNTAIN HE STOOD
EX PLAINING HOW BLESSEDNESS COULD BE SECURED
FOR HEARTS THAT ARE OPENED WHEN HEARING HIS VOICE
ARE INWARDLY CHANGED WHEN THEY MAKE HIM THEIR CHOICE.

THE PATHWAY TO SERVICE BEGINS AT THE CROSS
WHERE THOSE POOR IN SPIRIT COUNT ALL THINGS AS LOSS
IN MEEKNESS THEY HUNGER FOR PURENESS OF HEART
WITH MERCY AND PEACE AS THEIR GUIDE FROM THE START.

YET PROOF THAT A SOLDIER IS READY FOR WAR
ARE TESTS OF ENDURANCE WHEN GIVEN A CHORE
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL CROWN EVERY SON
WHO WALKS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CRUCIFIED ONE.

THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE KINGDOM COMMANDS
BUT NOT LIKE THE RITUAL RELIGION DEMANDS
RIGHTEOUSNESS TEACHES THAT TRUTH IS FULFILLED
WHEN LOVE MOTIVATES US TO FOLLOW HIS WILL.

THE LORD THEN EXPLAINED THE REAL ISSUES INVOLVED
WHERE ATTITUDE PROBLEMS MUST FIRST BE RESOLVED
IF ANGER AND WRATH CAUSE A BROTHER TO FAIL
ITS LIKE MURDERING A MAN AND ENDING IN JAIL.

BUT ISSUES OF MORALS ARE FAR DEEPER STILL
WHEN LUST STIRS THE PASSIONS ENSLAVING THE WILL
THE SINS OF ADULTERY THAT LEAD TO DIVORCE
FIND MISERY FOLLOWS TO THE END OF LIFE'S COURSE.

THE FINAL TWO MATTERS WHEN SERVING THE KING
IS NOT TO GET EVEN BUT LEAVE IT TO HIM
LOVING A PERSON WHOSE HATRED IS SHOWN
PROVES TO THE FATHER TRUE QUALITIES KNOWN.
--B. Pent