Easter Poem: The Cross He Bore

Born on a silent night, in a stable manger

Immaculately conceived, he came here as a stranger

He entered the world in a body of a man,

The King of Kings known as the great “I AM”

Wise men came bearing frankincense, gold and myrrh

Small tokens for the pains he was destined to endure

For the son of God, the greatest gift he would give

To one day die, so that mankind may live

He performed miracles to reveal a nature divine

He walked on water, and then turned it to wine

He healed the sick, raised men from the dead

Fed 5000 people with a mere five loaves of bread

For three years, he spoke: love thy neighbor as they self

Give Caesar what is Caesar’s, for God is the greatest wealth

For this is a world of sin, a land of never-ending strife

And he the only escape, the way-the truth-and the life

His people whom he loved plotted to have him killed

A prophesied death, so that the will of God be fulfilled

The only man without sin, the perfect sacrificial lamb

Freedom from evil, so that man may no longer be damned

They beat him, whipped him and treated him with vile scorn

As he lay near dead, they placed on his head a crown of thorns

Then on his bloodied back they placed a heavy wooden cross

To carry up the hill of Calvary, where his life would be lost

 Thunder shed tears, lightning cried; as he stood there crucified

Forsaken by God, he tearfully sighed, looked up and then he slowly died

Covered in blood, covered in sin, covered in man’s death sentence

Opened man’s soul; opened man’s mind; opened up man’s repentance

For the dark brooding original sin of Adam and Eve was gone,

He bore all man’s depravity on that wooden crucifix he died on

And drenched mankind with his cleansing blood of bless

Washing away mankind’s sins for the wages of sin is death

They cloaked and covered his body, and in a somber tomb he lay

For the perfect beloved son of God died that Good Friday

Fear not, however, for on the third day death refrained from repose

Because on that third day, in all God’s glory, Jesus Christ arose

Jesus Christ came to this earth with a mission to save

He loved man such much that he bore man’s grave

And died for man on a cross on the hill of Calvary

And rose on the third day so that man may be free

Accept him in the deepest bosom of your soul and heart

The world is maddening chaos, with him it is beautiful art

And he’ll restore you from the grasp of sin’s replevin

So that one day, you’ll live with him in the skies of heaven