When Heaven stood still

IT'S 3 O'CLOCK

ON GOLGOTHA'S HILL,

THE SON OF GOD DIED,

ALL HEAVEN STOOD STILL!

 

THE FATHER TURNED,

HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS,

THE SILENCE WAS DEAFENING,

NO ANGELIC BANDS.

 

THE FATHER'S COMMAND

RANG THRU HEAVEN'S HALLS;

"WHILE MY SON'S IN HELL

BE SILENT, ONE AND ALL!"

 

WHERE ARE THE HERALDERS,

THE SINGERS OF JOY?

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING,

THE FATHER GRIEVES FOR HIS BOY!

 

THE ANGELS WERE STARTLED,

WATCHING THE ESSENCE OF LOVE

CEASE ALL HIS DOINGS,

HE EVEN SILENCED THE DOVE.

 

ONE ANGEL WAS SURE WHEN

FATHER KNEW JESUS DIED,

HIS SHOULDERS SLUMPED OVER,

AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE CRIED!

 

IT ALL SEEMED SO EERIE

ALL HEAVEN SO STILLED,

NEVER HEARD SUCH SILENCE,

THE FATHERS JOY HAD BEEN KILLED!

 

THE PENALTY OF SIN

BECAME ALL TO CLEAR,

THE WAGES ARE DEATH!

SIN'S NOT ALLOWED HERE.

 

OH, MAN, CAN YOU SEE

GOD'S ULTIMATE PLAN

WAS TO PAY SINS PRICE,

THEN ORDER IT'S BAN.

 

NOW THE TIME OF COMPLETION

OF ALL THAT IS TRUE,

IS ONE MINUTE AWAY,

THE SON'S SUFFERING, THROUGH!

  

 

THE FATHER STANDS UP!

TURNS HIS FACE AROUND.

HIS EYES RED WITH TEARS,

WITH HIS FIST, HE POUNDS!

 

"IT'S OVER! IT'S FINISHED!

HEAVENS JUSTICE IS PAID!

MAN IS REDEEMED,

SALVATION'S FOUNDATION LAID!"

 

"I COMMAND YOU HOLY SPIRIT

FLY INTO HELL

FILL MY SON WITH YOUR FULLNESS!"

"ANGELS, BEGIN RINGING THE BELLS!"

 

"ANGELIC CHOIRS, REJOICE,

SING LOUD AND SING CLEAR,

MY SON WHO WAS DEAD, LIVES!

SATAN'S DEFEAT IS ASSURED!"

 

JUST THE VOICE OF THE FATHER

SPLIT OPEN HELL'S WALLS,

AND JESUS BURST FORTH

ALL HUMANITY TO TELL!

 

BUT FIRST, HE GRABBED SATAN,

THAT SNAKE, THE OLE DEVIL,

AND WHIPPED HIM COMPLETELY,

IN FRONT OF ALL EVIL.

 

HE OPENLY SHAMED HIM

IN FRONT OF HIS CLAN,

THEN STRIPPED HIM OF KEYS,

TO GIVE BACK TO HIS MAN.

 

HE STEPPED O'R THE GULF,

INTO ABRAHAM'S DOMAIN,

AND PREACHED A SHORT SERMON

HE SAID "I AM!!"

 

THEN LED CAPTIVITY,

CAPTIVE  TO EARTH

TO SHOW DEATH'S CONTROL

WOULD NOW LIVE IN DEARTH.

 

NO MORE DEATH TO THE SAINT!

GOD'S GRACE IS REVIVED!

BY DYING TO CHRIST,

WE ARE FOREVER ALIVE!

 

 

THE VOICE OF THE SON

CAUSED THE EARTH TO QUAKE.

GRAVES OPENED, SPIRITS ENTERED,

DEAD SAINTS OF JESUS SPAKE.

 

THEN JESUS LED ALL

TO ENTER HEAVENS THRONE,

TO PRESENT TO THE FATHER

ALL SAINTS, WITH SIN GONE.

 

A CLIMAX FOR THE FATHER

HAD FINALLY COME,

JESUS PAID THE PRICE

FOR FATHER, TO WELCOME SON.

 

"I'M HOME FATHER!

THE ORDEAL IS DONE!"

WITH TEARS AND A HUG,

GOD SAID, "ADAM, MY SON!"

 

 by JOHN DUMKE

12-13-95

 

 

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