The Scroll of Israel: A Lyrical Poem of Promise, Warning, and Hope
By Marguerite Grace
I. THE PROMISE
In the land where Abram stood by night,
God called with fire, not voice of fright.
“From Egypt’s stream to Euphrates grand,
To thee I give this sacred land.”
(Genesis 15:18, KJV)
Twelve tribes from Jacob’s line would rise—
Levi’s law and Judah’s prize.
Dan and Gad on hill and plain,
Benjamin in Saul’s domain.
(Genesis 17:8, Joshua 21:43, KJV)
II. THE LAND DIVIDED, LOVE FORGOT
But hearts grew cold, their worship strayed,
To idols dumb, the people prayed.
So east they went, by sword expelled,
The land they’d lost, the law they held.
(Leviticus 26:38, 43, KJV)
Yet even then, the prophets wrote,
Of fig trees ripe and hope remote—
Of one day soon when leaves would show,
That time had come for truth to grow.
(Matthew 24:32–34, KJV)
III. THE SIGNS TO COME
Now signs abound, the sky grows grim—
The lights go out, the saints grow dim.
“Knowledge shall increase,” it’s said,
And men will run as fears are fed.
(Daniel 12:4, KJV)
Wars will rise, and nations rage,
Famines shake the dying age.
(Matthew 24:6–7, KJV)
False prophets preach, their numbers grow,
Love turns cold, and sin does flow.
(Matthew 24:11–12, KJV)
The Gospel preached from shore to shore,
Then cometh end and time no more.
(Matthew 24:14, KJV)
Scoffers mock and truth they stain,
As in the days of Lot and rain.
(2 Peter 3:3, Matthew 24:37, Luke 17:28–30, KJV)
The moon turns red, the sun grows black,
And heaven’s host begins attack.
(Luke 21:25, Matthew 24:29, KJV)
IV. THE WAR OF ALL
To Megiddo’s plain, they march to fight,
Where swords meet fire and wrong meets right.
(Revelation 16:16, KJV)
Jerusalem, they seek to tear,
But Christ shall land and split the air.
(Zechariah 14:2–4, KJV)
Upon white horse He rides again,
And stops the rage of godless men.
(Revelation 19:11–15, KJV)
The beast is thrown, the false one too—
To fire’s end, both bid adieu.
(Revelation 19:20, KJV)
V. THE BURIED WORD
Yet in the hills and caves concealed,
Are Bibles set for truth revealed.
For tribulation’s seekers lost,
To find God’s Word at any cost.
(Psalm 119:11, KJV)
VI. THE WAY TO LIFE
But greater still than every sign,
Is Christ who paid your debt and mine.
“All have sinned,” the Scripture rings,
And death, it says, is what sin brings.
(Romans 3:23, 6:23, KJV)
But God showed love, and Christ did die,
To lift the curse, to draw us nigh.
(Romans 5:8, KJV)
Confess Him Lord, believe He lives,
And He’ll forgive, and He forgives.
(Romans 10:9, 13, KJV)
VII. THE CALL
So now, dear soul, the scroll is shown,
The hour near, the signs full grown.
The fig tree stirs, the sky grows red—
Come now to Christ, be raised from dead.
Choose the Savior, take the key,
Escape the wrath, and be set free.
Written by Marguerite Grace
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