April 18, 2017

And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep!  The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome to open the scroll and its seven seals."  Rev. 5:5.
 
    A former student and good friend, Leslie Pollard, shared the following poem in the July 2002 Adventist Review.  It powerfully sums up the victory of the Lamb:
 
                "The world cannot contain Him
                Universities cannot explain Him
                Circumstances cannot detain Him
                Prisons cannot restrain Him
                Because He won!
 
                Parliaments cannot unseat Him
                Armies cannot defeat Him
                Petitioners cannot deplete Him
                Lyricists cannot complete Him
                Because He won!
 
                Historians cannot erase Him
                Skinheads cannot deface Him
                Islam cannot displace Him
                Popes cannot replace Him
                Because He won!
 
                Philosophers cannot ignore Him
                Teenagers cannot bore Him
                Angels gladly adore Him
                Because He won!
 
                Time cannot diminish Him
                Death couldn't finish Him
                Because He won!"
 
Lord, You are the mighty king, the master of everything.  When I contemplate You my heart can sing!