"God's
Pitch...for Heaven's Sake"
or
("Tsunami Fault Line of the Heart")
"So make yourself an ark
of cypress wood---make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out."-
(Genesis 6:14)
It is interesting to note that in Genesis 6:14 the Hebrew word
translated "pitch" (kopher) does not only mean a tar-like
substance (bitumen)...a substance that would have sealed any cracks in Noah's
ark to help insure its seaworthiness and buoyancy. In fact, "kopher"
("pitch" ) carries with it additional meaning as well. According to
Strong's Concordance, "kopher" is a word that also signifies "redemption-price"
and "ransom". In fact, the root word from which "kopher" comes
means "to placate or cancel, appease, make atonement, cleanse, forgive, be
merciful, pardon...reconcile".
Indeed, when one enters The "ark" of the New Covenant (ie.,
God's Grace Covenant of Faith), the believer is covered, inside and out, by the
cleansing "pitch" of Christ's finished work. The ransom's paid, and the
"buoyancy" of eternal life, the Holy Spirit, is sealed in us.
* * * * *
"I myself admit that as soon as the Christian religion reveals the
principle that human nature is corrupt and separated from God, it opens our eyes
so that wherever we look we discover evidence of the truth of its teaching;
because nature is such that it bears witness everywhere to a lost God, both in
man and outside him, and a fallen nature." --Blaise Pascal
* * * * *
"How can we be saved?
All of us have become like one
who is unclean,
And all our righteous acts are
like filthy rags;
We all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like wind our sins sweep us away."
(Isaiah 64: 5b,6)
"God's Pitch...for
Heaven's Sake"
or
("Tsunami Fault Line of the Heart")
We can't deny the wave of evil
That broke upon this paradise...
Serpent strike...Tsunami venom,
From cosmic heart as cold as ice.
Killer wave that swept upon us
>From a fault line deep below;
Broken world in writhing labor*,
>From Rebellion long ago.
But another fault line's... Deeper,
Running straight through you and me;
We all sense the seismic wrenching
Racing through humanity.
Man denies this Fallen Nature...
(After all we're not blame!)
Denial's older than Methusselah...
Father Adam played The Game.
Adam's Pride way back in Eden,
Rocked the Spirit Richter Scale...
Then the Wave of Condemnation
Broke upon the Garden Vale.
Twisted genes of Adam's nature,
Now passed down through human stock;
Just like him we're all in hiding**...
Chips off the old Adamic Block.
Paradiso Interruptus...
Enter death upon the stage.
Naked truth most hard to swallow.
Lord, give us Grace to turn the page!
Yes, the wicked fissure fashioned
Long before the world began,
Spawned the deadly, dark destruction,
And all the suffering of man.
* * * * *
We've heard all the "likely stories"
Those philosophies of man...
What we need's True Revelation
From beyond time's broken hand.
Some have told us it's just "karma",
Others claim "It's Allah's will!"
"Just Illusion!"
Joking maya......
"Killer punchline", if you will.
Some say "Nothing really matters!"
All is meaningless, we hear...
Mother Nature's just "selecting"
Her Un-survivors for the year.....
They surmise there is No Purpose,
So accept the Tidal Wave!
Shrug it off....enjoy tomorrow!
'Tis only flesh in early grave...
* * * * *
Fable-pushers in denial,
Approach-Avoidance...Cover-up!
Useful Tales to soothe the Conscience...
But in the end... an Empty Cup.
* * * *
But the heart detects deception...
It knows the Poison Lies aren't true!
True God, we cry for Mercy!
Where's our lifeline back to You!?
In this whirlpool where we're swimming,
...Spinning faster all the time....
It's getting harder to tread water...
If You're there, Lord, give a Sign!
Speak the Truth into this madness...
Give us Grace to grasp The Word!
Lord, we need the Living Water,
Not the swirling swill we've heard!
"Likely stories" seem all wet, Lord.
Give us flesh and blood to touch....
Sinking Skeptics....
Doubting Thomas,
Reveal true Truth we crave so much!
* * * *
When the next tsunami rises,
Ought we heed what Noah knew?
Confess! Repent! And trust Him!
Noah's Ark: Foreshadowed Clue.
Friend, the water's getting higher!
The Wave of Death is closing in....
Lord, where's Noah when we need him?
The Weight of Sin warns we can't swim!
All we see here floating past us,
Is the "stuff" of life's debris...
Nothing here to bring Salvation.
Lord! Where's The ark of Deity!?
Where's the Rainbow?
Where's the Promise?
Where's the Joy...
And Blessing's door?
Where's the Peace on Earth...
And Good Will?
Lord, where's the Hope we're dying for?
* * * *
There's the Cross!...My friend!
Cling to it!
God's Provision in this Flood!
No more scoffing now at Noah!
Apply the pitch of Jesus' Blood.
God's true Ark was launched at Calv'ry,
And set sail on Easter Morn.
Grab the Cross before it passes;
The Temple Veil at last is torn.
Yes, the depth of God's Compassion
Is deeper than Tsunami's Wake;
And His Mercy's Everlasting...
Swim toward the Ark!
For Heaven's Sake!
"There is no tradition of
progress, but the whole human race has a tradition of the Fall. Amazingly
enough, indeed, the very dissemination of this idea is used against its
authenticity. Learned men literally say that this prehistoric calamity cannot be
true because every race of mankind remembers it. I cannot keep pace with these
paradoxes." --GK Chesterton
"The midnight hour is really our friend because it elicits from us the truth
of our selves. And truth is what Heaven is made of." --Peter Kreeft
"Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without
warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the
boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying 'Lord,
save us! We're going to drown!'
"He replied, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?' Then he got
up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
"The men were amazed and asked, 'What kind of man is this? Even the winds
and the waves obey him!' " (Matthew 8: 23-27)
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
*Romans 8:22
**Genesis 3:8
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