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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Bookends (01/30/14)
Ablaze with light, earth comes into being with only words.
Beasts of the field roam the earth
Creation praises God, as God rests in the delight of His work
Deception from a serpent leads to man's fall.
Eternal life on earth was not to be.
Flood destroys the earth, except for Noah and his family
God's promise of the rainbow points to the Greater Promise
Humans try to reach God with a tower and languages are confused.
Isaac. Promised son. Sacrifice? Only a symbol of the Greater Sacrifice to come
Joshua follows Moses' leadership, leading the Israelites to the promised land.
Kings rule, as Israel chooses to follow other nations' leads, rather than God's
Laud and honor, as well as lament, fill David's psalms, as he pours out his heart.
Messiah is promised. "Unto us a Son is given."*
Nothing. Silence for 400 years.
One not so silent night, Messiah is born.
Pierced for our transgressions, prophecy is fulfilled.
Questions fill the hearts of His followers. Could He really be the one?
Resurrection. Hope. He is the One.
Saul turned Paul proclaims the Gospel to many.
Today, trials and tribulations fill the earth.
Until that last day.
Victory will be His
Wars will cease.
Xenograft* – transplanted from heaven to earth.
Yahweh returns
Zion is fulfilled.

From Genesis to Revelation,
From A to Z,
The bookends of the Bible
Mean more than life to me.

Within those bookends
God shows his love,
Messiah is sent
From heaven above.

Creation was the start,
The end we've not yet seen,
Yes, the bookends of the Bible
Mean more than life to me.

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Author's Notes:

*Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV)

**Xenograph means a graft from one type or species to another.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenograft
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Linda Goergen
02/11/14
Amen to this poem! I Loved this! Captivating—powerful in vision and meaning beginning to end! It pains me how so many disregard the Bible today. It is life and truth beginning to end—God’s Holy word! Terrific job on this! I would hope to see this published beyond Faith Writers.

Beth LaBuff 
02/12/14
I loved your poem's progression. It seemed to build with power and the message, much like the Bible does. This is wonderful.
Nancy Bucca
02/13/14
Great stuff. I love acrosstics and this one is bursting with life. I learned a new word too - "xenograph," I think it was. I'll have to reread it with the note at the end.

Nice job and very well written.
Nancy Bucca
02/13/14
Whoops! I reread it and see it's "xenograft." I'll have to check again. This is the kind of poem you want to read and reread, so you don't miss any hidden meanings.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
02/14/14
Congratulations on ranking 27 overall! Happy Dance!