A deep sorrow could be felt in the Upper
Room
Silent and unspoken it spoke of His doom
Jesus lifted the bread off the table and
gave it a tear
Around to the disciples he passed it to
share
“This is my body, it is broken for you"
By His death He is able to make all things
new.
Then he took the cup and said with a stare,
“This cup is for you,” and he passed it
with care.
“It is the sign of a new covenant by my
blood shed,”
He drank it with us as he lowered his
head
With a sense of wonder and awe we all
left the table
Off to Gethsemane, urging, “Pray while
you’re able”
Not long after he would be betrayed by a
kiss
A devising of Judas straight from the
abyss
They chained him and beat him and took
him by night
We disciples panicked and ran in a
cowardly flight
Soon they took him before the Council in
an unjust court
The verdict was pre-determined and the
trial was short
“Off to the Romans,” to make them do the
dirt
Spoke up Caiaphas the priest with his
torn apart shirt
At first Pilate wondered whether this
man justly should die
After all he knew the Council had
hatched some big lie
But he was convinced by a conniving word
by the Jews
“If you allow this King to live, Caesar
will hear of the news”
And off went Jesus up to the place where
he would hang
The wooden beams would shake with each
hammer bang
His first words were spoken while they
lifted him high
“Father, forgive them they know not,”
his merciful cry
Two criminals beside him both lashed out
with hate
Then one was deeply convicted as he
considered his fate
“I am here for my crimes, as painful the
terror
But this man has done no wrong; he is
without error”
He looked over to Jesus and asked with a
grave plea
“Jesus when you get to your throne, remember
me?”
Jesus next words are without equal in mercy
and grace,
“I tell you today in paradise we shall
meet face to face”
He breathed his last and his head hung
without movement
Taken down by the soldiers and to
Joseph’s entombment
We all hid for three days so we would
not the same fate bear,
It was the women who were visited by Him
and told not to fear
Soon we met Him ourselves straight from
that old tomb
He broke through death, and man’s
ultimate doom
Believe in the Lord Jesus and trust in
The Savior
Trust not in yourselves or your own good
behavior
After this comes the Holy Spirit whom
Jesus would send
Keeping us focused and faithful as we
await the glorious end.
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