After-life

Redemption through His Blood
…For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.…Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. 

Hebrews 9:26-28

 

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! 

Its rider was named Death,

Rev.6:8

‘Do you believe in After-life?’

I’ve heard the questioned posed

And much debate ensues about

‘After-these-eyes-are-closed’

Tis foolish to be ignorant

For God has made it clear

That after this life everyone

Before Him will appear

…and it is futile to suggest

There is another way

To the Giver of our Breath

We will return some day

But, Now, Today, grace-gladdened tides

Abound where mercy rolls

And Everlasting Hope abides

The saving of our souls

© Janet Martin