BETRAYAL OF INNOCENCE

BETRAYAL OF INNOCENCE

Betrayed with a kiss,
Judas had bargained with his soul,
but it was worth the risk.
For thirty pieces of silver in his hand,
he had betrayed the blood of an innocent man.
They had whispered together to plot his demise.
A trial held in secret, false witness, and lies.
A sign was engraved, and hung in plain view.
JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS.
His enemies were many.
His friends were a few,
But with God as his helper,
he would not be moved.
They hated him without a cause,
For the lamb was as white as snow,
Without a blemish, lacking in flaws.
Some would see, and not believe.
Others would hear, and not perceive.
Condemned for his transgressions,
and not for his sins.
Nailed to a cross
by unrighteous and cruel men.
Deep down in his spirit, he groaned
as they pierced his hands and his feet.
His muscles ached, and even his bones.
Stripped of his clothing, and hung up in shame,
He silently wept as they mocked him,
and shook their heads in blame.
They looked upon his affliction with great loathing.
At the foot of his cross, they cast lots for his clothing.
His spirit was grieved, shattered, and torn,
as they pointed, and chastised,
and laughed him to scorn.
They had sought to destroy his very soul,
and drag him down into the pit.
To devour him like wolves,
the lamb in their midst.
He thirsted, and was given only
vinegar and gall to drink in his lack,
but he trusted in the lord, God.
His footsteps had not turned back.
Darkness fell over all the land,
as his own people persecuted the just man,
but they only made excuses,
it couldn't be God's wrath.
Covered in the shadow of death,
"It is finished," His last words were spoken
before he drew his last breath.
The cruelty and punishment had taken their toll.
Soon after, his body waxed cold.
Though the Earth be removed,
and the mountains fall into the sea,
he had trusted in the lord, God to set him free.
Many would seek to make war with the lamb,
but he would overcome them.
Men shall seek death, and shall not find it.
They shall desire to die, but it shall flee them.
They had looked upon his death
with malice and glee,
and he would render their rewards
according to their deeds.
He was given a bitter cup to drink,
but his footsteps had not faltered.
The lord, Jesus Christ was greatly exalted.
On the third day, his spirit was reborn,
but as for Judas Iscariot,
it would be better for that man
if he had never been born.
His is mighty warrior, his power is real.
He came, and he conquered.
He crushed the head of the serpent with his heel.
It was chosen by God,
the servant he would send,
the alpha, the omega,
the beginning, and the end.

By Karen Templin