Part I

The place, Mount Moriah
The time, the darkest of night
The request was made
The decision has been taken
Separated, alone, he wrestled
At dawn the journey began
One heartbreaking step before the other
Only begotten son in tow
Three days he trods a beaten path up the mountain

The place, Mount Moriah
The time, the darkest of night
In the sheepfold, huddled together
Except for one lamb
Separated, alone, he wandered
At dawn the journey began
One unsure-footed step before the other
Blindly he trods an unknown path, through thickets, up the mountain

Part II

The stones of the altar have been stacked
The sticks and brambles have been laid
The stony place of sacrifice cushioned, made ready to receive
The sacrificial instrument has been sharpened
The binding cords have been secured
The fire stones have been selected
The sacrifice has surrendered, submitted, bounded, mounted
The knife raised in shaking hands in space suspended …

The thickets have grown thicker
Sticks and brambles blurred his path
Directed by a force unknown
He stumbled forward up the backside of Moriah mountain
To a place where the stones of an altar have been stacked
Where a sacrifice has surrendered, submitted, bounded, mounted
Where the sacrificial instrument raised in shaking hands, in space suspended
Caught in the thicket, he’s suspended …

In that moment of dual suspension
A voice thundered:
“Touch not your only begotten son
Look over yonder, there, see
A sacrificial lamb caught in the thicket for thee”

Part III

The place, Mount Golgatha
The time, the darkest of days
The decision has been taken
Separated, forsaken, alone He wrestled
At dawn the journey began
One back-breaking step before the other
Sacrificial instrument in tow
Dutifully he stumbled forward up Calvary’s mountain
Where a cross has been stacked
Where the sacrificial tools have been sharpened
Where the sacrifice has surrendered, submitted, bounded, mounted
To be nailed-up upon a cross, in space, He too, suspended …

When the voice of heaven thundered:
“It is finished”
And a terrified voice confessed:
“Truly He was the only begotten Son of God”
To be placed in a grave, three days enshroud

Part IV

Two only begotten sons
But only One begotten Son of God

Two went up the mountain
But only One went up Calvary’s Mountain

Two lambs
But only One Lamb slain from the world’s foundation

Jesus—the Son of God, the Sacrificial Lamb

After-word: This epic poem is a parallelism of the Abrahamic and the Messianic sacrifice experiences. Abraham’s would-be sacrifice of Isaac was a foreshadow of the crucifixion of Christ. The sacrifice of Christ was a symbolism of high sabbaths (John 19:31) as the complete story of salvation—that is, the work of Christ beginning with His death on the cross as the Passover Lamb and to end at His second coming.

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