The Return Of Light

Come, ye heavenly choirs! Make haste to sing
Holy hymns to the Lamb, whose Kingly throne
Soars next to the Father's; He became King
When death, sin, and grave were all overthrown!
Sing jubilant of paradise restored;
For the traitor's* failure Jesus to convince
That divine pow'r human needs afford,**
Refusing with the devil words to mince!***
Praise Him Who left His eminent glory
To struggle with men in earth's muck and mire;
Of all sagas, His the eopic story;
Of heroes, no greater can men admire!
Darkest night shrouded earth, at Adam's fall,
The light returned, when sweet Jesus stood tall!

*Lucifer **satisfied ***bandy

Satan tried to tempt Jesus at His weakest mortal moment---after He had fasted 40 days in the wilderness. It was essential for Jesus to remain sinless all His life. Had He succumbed to the devil's temptations to make bread out of rocks, or cast Himself recklessly off the roof of the temple, inciting angels to save Him from injury, it would have been sinful; He would not have been eligible to fill the place of innocence required to take our sins upon Himself. He had to be our example: To show that it is possible for a man to overcome the temptations that attack us all; thus, He was limited to the same capabilities possessed by any man.

Further, when He died by being crucified though innocent, He overcame the grave, coming out alive on the third day; thus, He is also the example to us that it is possible to live again after death. If God has the power to bring Jesus back to life, He has to power to bring all who have died back to life. Jesus is our greatest hope, for all men yearn to live forever. Any of us can, by changing our normal human tendency to love our friends and hate our enemies, to loving both friends and enemies. If we believe in Him, and that He was resurrected, and love like He taught us to love, we will not only live again, we will also live in heaven with Him forever!