[106]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOLGOTHA – WITH JESUS IN THE MIDST Easter Poem
This poem is an Easter poem constructed around the events played out at Golgotha. I called it Golgotha (the place of the skull) and not Calvary in the title because of this reason –
The word Calvary occurs in the AV/KJV, once I believe, and comes from the Latin. The word is not found in the NASB, the NIV or any other version. The term "Calvary" comes to us from the Latin word "calvaria," which means "skull." This Latin translation was used in the Vulgate, the influential Latin version of the Bible. Therefore I chose Golgotha for my poem.
Our salvation hinges on the events that first Easter. Jesus died for the sins of the world, the righteous One for the unrighteous sinners. He was the Lamb of God in fulfillment of all the lamb type in the Old Testament.
There is not much more I can say as the poem is self-evident, but I want you to think carefully about the events as you read this poem. I close with two references:-
{{Matthew 27:33-34 “and when they had come to a place CALLED GOLGOTHA WHICH MEANS PLACE OF A SKULL, they gave Him wine to drink mingled with gall, and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.”}}
{{John 19:17-18 “They took Jesus therefore, and He went out bearing His own cross, to the place called THE PLACE OF A SKULL, which is called in Hebrew, GOLGOTHA. There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.”}}
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GOLGOTHA – WITH JESUS IN THE MIDST (Easter Poem)
Three crosses stood on Golgotha’s hill,
With Jesus in the midst.
Three men rejected by the Romans,
And no one to assist.
A lonely display of misery;
Just soldiers placed on guard.
Some morbid people stood to view those,
Destined for the graveyard.
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Some sympathisers there would gather
Just to show their pity,
And then depart from that woeful scene,
And back to their city.
Now count how many would really care
What happens to others.
Most people turn away from horror,
Their feelings, pain smothers.
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On barren rock, there stood three crosses;
Three men were crucified.
Two thieves were to have their lives ended,
But Jesus also died.
On His cross, one thief could only mock;
Scorned the Saviour that day.
The other thief turned in repentance -
Asked, with the Lord to stay.
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All three died and went to “sheol” hell.
One had died in his sin.
But the saved one went to Paradise
Where Jesus welcomed him.
What a contrast in hell: joy or grief
But that’s what the two chose;
Joy through repentance; grief –rejection:
Two paths of joys and woes.
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They killed the Lord on Golgotha’s hill,
Forsaken and alone.
He suffered for the sins of the world,
So His blood would atone.
They placed the Lord on a shameful cross,
And he was in the midst;
And at Golgotha, He was punished,
When love and justice kissed.
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Ronald Ferguson 4-5 April 2022 Metre 9-6 throughout ABCBDEFE