Yoked under the loads of care,

Tortured by thoughts that provoked the mind,

Never a peaceful rest in a mind ravaged by war of words,

It’s rather fine to unburden the bleeding pen,

That the white leaf can be a burden bearer,

And the world can share the burden of the bleeding pen.

Rolling tears through the eyes of the pen,

Never a time to stop unburden the heart,

Too crowded a mind at the corridor of depression

Care not that the heart might fail by the cliff?

Bleeds on, on the pages to be relieved, oh burden pen,

Problem shared is problem half solved.

Let the tears of words flow on our pages,

Cause our eyes to walk through your mind,

That our minds can learn on the gallery of your thought,

And our souls can find solace in the castle of you experience,

Oh bleeding pen.

Thought it not good to be our channel of expression?

To reflect our pleasures and displeasures to the world glare,

That our burdened hearts might be lighter,

And our minds be free from the clutches of depression.

Fill our dry mental veins with pants of blood,

Cause our famished minds to be revitalized once more,

That our arteries might be the channels of life and hope for the dieing world,

And your burdens might be relieved by your bleeding,

As our pages reflect hope, love and pleasant words for our hearts.

It was a jubilant moment on the heavenly street of gold, when the second personality in the TRINITY chose to offer HIMSELF as the SACRIFICIAL LAMB for the redemption of man. The dieing hope of the salvation of men came fully alive, the golden city of was heralded by the proclamation. WORTHY IS THE LAMB was the anthem which was loudly sang by the elders in white robe. The angels blast the air with trumpets and trombones, an irresistible echo of an heavenly orchestra sang the new song of redemption. It was a moment of unfathomable joy in heaven.

Gebriel was summoned to the presence of the FATHER of all, he could not look at the blasting face of HIM that seated on the everlasting throne of majesty. Gebriel bowed in obeisance, as the command roar like the sound of terrible thunders from HIM that seated upon the ageless throne. GO, REVEAL THYSELF TO THE VIRGIN MARY, LET HER KNOW THAT SHE WAS THE CHOSEN ONE FROM THE TIMELESS AGE, TO CONCEIVE AND TO BRING FORT THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THROUGH WHOM THE WORK OF REDEMPTION WILL BE MADE MANIFEST AND PERFECTED.

With the speed of light, Gebriel found the virgin Mary as instructed, Thou hath blessed among the women! the message of her conception by the HOLY SPIRIT was delivered, but the mortal mind of Mary could not processed the message. I am without a man, just about to be betrothed, how can this be? she whispered as confusion beclouded her mind. No woman has ever conceived without a man, (she exclaimed)!

The unreserved love of GOD for the redemption of humanity compelled HIM to alter the course of nature, (natural process of conception). Mary conceived through the HOLY SPIRIT as announced, and she brought fort EMMANUEL, THE COUNSELOR, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, JESUS CHRIST, through whom the work of our redemption was made perfect.

CHRIST grew under the earthly parenthood of Joseph and Mary. HE knew HIS purpose and mission on earth, at thirty, HIS redemptive mission was unfolded, as John publicly announced in the wilderness, THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKETH THE SIN OF MEN. The water baptism of CHRIST was by John in river Jordan, a thunderous voice made the royal proclamation from the opened heaven “THIS IS MY SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED…..”. the declaration of CHRIST’S SONSHIP was made revealed to all at the scene.

CHRIST walked about doing good and preaching repentance to all and sundry. Soon the scribes and the pharisees conspired against HIM, they (scribes) and the Sanhedrins could not understand the message and the mission of CHRIST. Their human understanding could not comprehend the purpose of GOD’S LOVE IN HUMAN FLESH (CHRIST JESUS).

Despite the countless miracles wrought by CHRIST among the Jews and the gentiles, the hatred of the scribes for CHRIST kept increasing with unimaginable wrath and indignation in their hypocritical minds. Never would they have imagined that they were only fulfilling the scriptures as prophesized.

HE has the power in heaven and on earth, yet, HE submitted HIMSELF to be ridiculed of men. One of HIS own betrayed HIM, HE was arrested, tortured and humiliated in a gruesome manner, HIS accusers were held bent on seeing CHRIST being crucified. The scriptures was fulfilled as the crown of thorns was forced on HIS HEAD, HE was beaten with many stripes, HE was mocked and reviled, just for the redemption of humanity.

It betrayed the moral mind of man, to be held a SINLESS PRINCE, being led to be slaughtered as lamb. It was indeed the fulfillment of prophecy ” Behold the LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF MEN”. HE was led to Golgotha, HE was brutally nailed to the cross. It was an unbearable excruciating pain for HIM, yet HE was constrained by LOVE to die for the sin of men. HE was pierced with the sword,  yet HE will not stop praying for the callous mortal man.

Right on the cross HE still pardon the sinful but wise thief on the cross. What a measureless love that we betrayed. “FOR GOD SO LOVE THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM WILL NOT PERISH, BUT SHALL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE “.

HE gave up the ghost, heaven was unbearably quiet, it was an uneasy decision that CHRIST should be made the WORTHY SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD for the redemption of humanity. HIS BLOOD is efficacious in washing away the sin of man. No more killing and shedding the blood of bull, lamb or goat for the sin of man. The levitican order of sacrifice was abolished, CHRIST has died once for all. The only channel through which humanity can be saved is through CHRIST.

CHRIST DIED and resurrected the third day, HALLELUJAH! The work of our redemption was made perfect and completed. Heaven plunged into another round of jubilant moment, as the wall of partition (sin) between GOD and man was removed.

The earthly mission of CHRIST was completed, as HE commissioned all HIS disciples to propagate the gospel of love to all mankind from generation to generation.

In the eyes of many witnesses, HE ascended to heaven onto the glorious throne of an everlasting order. Men stood at Galilee gazing onto heaven as the cloud received CHRIST.

A great form of love, that a sinless man should die for a sinful generation. I still can’t fathom such height of love that GOD had for humanity.

From generation to generation, men still betrayed the love of GOD for humanity. Sins and pleasures of sin still hold many people captive at the corridor of GOD’S wrath

How then can man appropriate the sacrifice of CHRIST on the cross of Calvary, to be saved from sin?

Join me in the next episode, as we explore the path of redemption. Shalom!

It was a great fall in the garden, fall from grace, fall from hope, fall from life and fall through eternity for the unrepentant. Man was chased out of comfort into a world of chaos, bitterness and hatred, and on the part of the old dragon, he felt achieved for winning the soul of man to his own side. Honestly, it was an incalculable loss for humanity and for heaven because the soul of every man is so precious in the eyes of the MAKER of all flesh.

While the heaven was working out the modalities for a Sinless Sacrificial Lamb for atonement of sin in humanity, the Almighty made a provision for a temporary model of atonement among men, which only leveraged on the commitment of the willing and yielding men to the ways of Maker of all. The first of it kind was the sacrifice of Cain and Abel.

Though the sacrifice cannot wash off the endemic sinful nature of man, it was just a token of man’s obedience to God Almighty prior to the commissioning of the WORTHY LAMB OF GOD. Cain was rejected for lack of sincere commitment to the divine order, Abel his brother was accepted. Sin is a cankerworm that eats up the soul of every man under it’s influence, the horror of bitterness took hold of Cain, and the aftermath effect was the first case of murder in the entire history of man.

Periodic sacrifices of animals were unconventionally put in place to atone for the filthiness of man, all through the lifecycle of the patriarchs of old ( Enoch, Noah, and host of others).

The sin of men grew worst in the sight of the Almighty Maker, no one was found guiltless except for Noah and his household, despite the divine provision of periodic sacrifice, to temporarily atone for the sin of man. Flood came, the entire earth was sub-merged under the waters, only a family of eight survived the first known tsunami in the history of human existence. After the tsunami, Noah and his household continued in the offering of sacrifice, and procreation of humans continues as men replenish the earth, and the depravity of sin never stopped.

While still waiting for the appointed time for the revelation of the WORTHY LAMB, the mosaic era witnessed a levitican order of a more organized model of periodic atonement (though not perfect) for human sin, this was not without knowledge of the Almighty God. He gave the pattern the priests must follow to atone for the sin of man. The mosaic ordinance accounted for the use of animals such as lamb, goats, turtle-dove as worthy animals for atonement, all pointing at the advent of the WORTHY LAMB.

“Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin”. The blood of animals could not permanently make man clean, hence it offered temporal measure of cleaning for the chosen nation of Israel.

The compelling love of God for human kind is unfathomable, hence HE ordered a solemn moment in heaven for a long awaited agenda of restoration and reconciliation of man through the WORTHY LAMB to be fully accomplished.

Heaven was silent, no one could volunteered to die for the sin of men. Human race was at the verge of eternal damnation, when the second in the TRINITY stood up to serve as the SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD for the sin of men. The very SON OF THE MOST HIGH was ready to drink from the cup of suffering and excruciating pain of horrific death. HE made HIMSELF ready for the utmost price to be paid for the sin of men. There the work of our redemption became settled.

HE has to come in human flesh, HE has to come through a virgin. Prophecies of HIS birth began to rollout through the divine inspiration on the prophets of old. David (the Psalmist), Isaiah, Jeremiah and host of others proclaimed the birth, the name and the mission of THE WORTHY LAMB OF GOD.

HIS birth was herald prominently by Isaiah the prophet. Isaiah gave an accurate account of CHRIST CONCEPTION, BIRTH, MISION, DEATH, RESURRECTION AND REIGNS.

A compelling love of GOD through CHRIST to redeem mankind was established in heaven and was made manifest on earth.

The birth and the mission of the WORTHY LAMB OF GOD will be articulated in the next episode.

Stay tuned. Shalom!