The Apocalypse--A Revelation ... Chapter Twenty-Five (first draft)

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A soft glow from a gracious moon
filtered lace sheers hung
from two windows large paned
in Sabrina's French country inspired room

as quite content she lay
top a comforter contemplatingly splayed
thankful

for a successful conclusion
to a lengthy discussion with Kim her mom

no longer in anxious fright cautiously delayed.

Instead, she pondered tomorrow's dress
to Wayne's eyes impress
so as to converse with him about a topic
agitating her core

sadly sore.

Maybe the soft swede shirtdress in teal blue
with her paisley heeled boots and top coat paisley too.

Hair left curly, full and free
but neck scarfed in red silk matching lips
to help him my valid point see.

A spritz of jasmine perfume
to mellow for now

my handsome groom.

I'll suggest Italiana Delight,
but if Wayne wants another restaurant
I'll not wrangle or peevishly fight

but will demonstrate compliance
to another's personal right

especially since I desired to confront
with an urgency butterflying my stomach
in understandable fright.

Then after a glass of sparkling cider
I'll broach the subject of Kim in delicacy.
Hoping for an answer of why he chose
to her approach about our heavenly hope
she to prematurely enlighten expediently

which could have shadowed
mom's and my budding relationship
to a bush stripped suddenly

by this unforeseen blight.

Though,

I can't image that he'll comfortably sit
for me to convey all that Kim and I
had discussed earlier that day.

How we sat face-to-face
while she refilled our teacups
and we swiped powdered sugar
dripped from cookies laced.

Deliciously stuffed
before a cozy fire on pillows
not rough after a start

gripping Kim's motherly heart.

I prayed silently and swiftly
then began with Dan. 2:44
a scripture to her now familiar

her bible in hand.

“In the days of those kings
the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
that will never be destroyed.

And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people.

It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms,
and it alone will stand forever".

"Kim," I said, "that kingdom government
is soon to cleanse our land.
Ruling from heaven since 1914
it'll fulfill this prophecy just stated

glorious and grand."

"But, querida, this I now know,
just won't you proceed
to fill me in on how you
fit into this heavenly picture?"

"It was like the text for today said.
This is what I felt. It was as I read.

"You people must be born again." John 3:7 stated.

Before receiving this personal witness from God’s spirit,
anointed Christians, as Wayne and I,

cherished an earthly hope.

We longed for the time when
Jehovah would cleanse this earth.

Pictured ourselves welcoming back dad
from the grave.

You, me and he living in the homes that we built
whether in majestic mountains or over a river on stilts.

Eating various fruits of many trees we planted
unafraid of death or any deadly disease. Isa. 65:21-23.

Why did our thinking change?

Had we become dissatisfied with our earthly hope?

No.

We, or I did not change my mind
because of emotional turmoil or stress.

Or leaving some wicked deeds behind.

Did not give up on this land, thinking:

"I'd find living forever on earth
to be tiresome or boring."

Did not merely want to explore
some new frontier in heaven
God to open his door.

Rather, God’s spirit called me,
I was invited to be adopted as a son.

To understand why
I will have to die

and experience this heavenly resurrection
already begun.

So wonderfully provided.

Then I will understand
God's purpose in me calling.

A new work under Christ's command.

With them, in my faithfulness,
to be then decided."

This conversation tomorrow to Wayne I'll express
stressing a need for him
to Kim of me
definitely to speak less

until she's more firmly progressed
these deeper conversations
to maturely digest.

But happy I am with how things transpired.

The rest of our day
in each other's company
enjoyably spent

until she
recently to bed
just retired.

Though,
of Wayne she did slyly hint
before parting:

"Is Wayne the one, querida
whom your mind seeks
and your purpose is bent

to always provide
food for your hunger or
dollars for your rent?"... TO BE CONT'D 11/1/17

The Spirit Bears Witness With Our Spirit 
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An Indescribable Free Gift (First Draft)

Marabous
kites, eagles, and falcons
old and new world vultures

kettle our glorious
groaning sphere

probed

by all moaning
divided nations

pierced:

"those who turn away from following Jehovah
And who do not seek Jehovah or inquire of him.”

Told:

"Be silent before the Sovereign Lord Jehovah,
for the Day of Jehovah is near." Zeph. 1:6, 7.

as committees convene
grounded or resting in trees

eager to feed
on grand carcasses to soon appear.

"Jehovah has prepared a sacrifice;
he has sanctified those he invited.

“On the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice I will call to account the princes,
The sons of the king,
and all those wearing foreign clothing.

I will call to account everyone who climbs onto the platform
on that day,

Those who fill their master’s house with violence and deception.

On that day,” declares Jehovah,
“There will be the sound of an outcry from the Fish Gate,

A wailing from the second quarter of the city,

And a loud crash from the hills...

At that time I will carefully search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will call to account the complacent ones,
who say in their heart,

‘Jehovah will not do good, and he will not do bad.’"
until speared

these weak, cowardly or of wicked hearts
profusely bleeding

or already bled.
Symbolically dead.

"Their wealth will be plundered and their houses will be devastated.

They will build houses, but they will not occupy them;

And they will plant vineyards, but they will not drink wine from them."

Because cries of meek ones rise above our physical heavens
over imperfect heads

heard sad, sincere, clear:
Does everyone have to die?

mankind's ultimate question.
Answered from righteous skies

before these scavenger birds
hungry

wake
yet ready to fly to a feast magnificently international in scope
provided for them to generously partake:

"The great day of Jehovah is near!

It is near and it is approaching very quickly!

The sound of the day of Jehovah is bitter.

There a warrior cries out.

That day is a day of fury,

A day of distress and anguish,

A day of storm and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloom,

A day of clouds and thick gloom,

A day of the horn and of the battle cry,

Against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.

I will cause distress to mankind,
And they will walk like blind men,

Because it is against Jehovah they have sinned.

Their blood will be poured out like dust,
And their flesh like the dung.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them in the day of Jehovah’s fury;

For by the fire of his zeal the whole earth will be consumed,

Because he will make an extermination, indeed a terrible one, of all the inhabitants of the earth.”" Zeph. 1:14-18.

Yes, "Then the kings of the earth, the high officials, the military commanders, the rich, the strong, every slave, and every free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne

and from the wrath of the Lamb,

because the great day of their wrath has come,
and who is able to stand?”" Rev. 6:15-17.

For, "A noise will resound to the ends of the earth,

For Jehovah has a controversy with the nations.
He will personally pass judgment on all humans.

And he will put the wicked to the sword,’ declares Jehovah.

This is what Jehovah of armies says:
‘Look! A calamity is spreading from nation to nation,

And a great tempest will be unleashed from the remotest parts of the earth.

“‘And those slain by Jehovah in that day
will be from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth.

They will not be mourned,
nor will they be gathered up or buried.

They will become like manure on the surface of the ground.’"

That is why these ones will quake
as a loud cry from an angel standing in the sun is made "to all the birds that fly in midheaven:

“Come here, be gathered together to the great evening meal of God,

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of military commanders and the flesh of strong men

and the flesh of horses and of those seated on them,

and the flesh of all, of freemen as well as of slaves and of small ones and great.”

Congregating now globally scavengers in wait to fulfill:
"And all the birds were filled with their flesh." Rev. 19:21.

Whereas, a "great crowd" of others will be surely blessed.

Because, "In this mountain he will do away with the shroud that is enveloping all the peoples

And the covering that is woven over all the nations.

He will swallow up death forever,

And the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces.

The reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
For Jehovah himself has spoken it." Isaiah 25:7, 8.

"For only the upright will reside in the earth,
And the blameless will remain in it." Proverbs 2:21.

"That is why,

just as through one man sin
entered into the world

and death through sin,

and so death spread to all men
because they had all sinned". Romans 5:12.

"For just as in Adam all are dying,
so also in the Christ all will be made alive." 1 Cor. 15:22.

"To what end?

So that just as sin ruled as king with death,

so also undeserved kindness might rule as king

through righteousness leading to everlasting life
through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 5:21.

"For the wages sin pays is death,

but the gift God gives is everlasting life
by Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23.

"Thanks be to God for his indescribable free gift." 2 Cor. 9:15

A group of vultures is called a kettle, committee or wake.[2] The term kettle refers to vultures in flight, while committee refers to vultures resting on the ground or in trees.[2] Wake is reserved for a group of vultures that are feeding.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture

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Marabou—The Misjudged Bird

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Christ died once for all time for sins, a righteous person for unrighteous ones.—1 Pet. 3:18.
Because of inherited sin, we are all facing the death penalty. (Rom. 5:12) Lovingly, Jehovah arranged for Jesus to come to the earth and “taste death for everyone.” (Heb. 2:9) Not only did Jehovah save our present life but he laid the basis for wiping out the cause of death forever. (Isa. 25:7, 8; 1 Cor. 15:22, 26) All who exercise faith in Jesus will receive everlasting life in peace and happiness as earthly subjects of God’s Kingdom by Christ or, for the anointed, as corulers in that Kingdom. (Rom. 6:23; Rev. 5:9, 10) What other blessings are included in this gift from Jehovah? Jehovah’s gift includes the curing of all our sicknesses, the transformation of our earth into a paradise, and the resurrection of the dead. (Isa. 33:24; 35:5, 6; John 5:28, 29) We surely love Jehovah and his dear Son for giving us what is an “indescribable free gift.”—2 Cor. 9:15. w16.01 2:5, 6 © 4 hours ago, Lucretia Mccloud    teen stories • spiritual stories • hope stories • love stories • nature stories