That Crowd (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Five days after joy Christ on the road entering the city of David loud hosannas on their lips Changed dramatically ...
Five days after joy Christ on the road entering the city of David loud hosannas on their lips Changed dramatically ...
The crowd like sheep mindlessly following the exhortations of the leaders stirring them to shout Not hosannahs, praises to the ...
Appeasing the crowd giving red meat to the mob returning the criminal sending the innocent to death Returning evil for ...
In the square, the courtyard standing in Jerusalem Christ facing Pilate What would we have done standing there in that ...
Not the common people the ones who had cried Hosannah who had laid their cloaks, the palms when he had ...
Where were the hosannahs that rang out five days before there before Pilate the crowd calling for his blood Christ, ...
The people, whipped up by the leaders shouting for his blood that he would be crucified Choosing Barabbas offering revolution ...
Evil stalking, a presence in the courtyard of power that fateful morning Christ judged, convicted whipped and beaten wearing a ...
Flames fanned by the leaders maybe a few palms greased coins to instigate the crowd to frenzy crying for his ...
The three in the seat of power paths for each of our lives of power, of corruption, of servanthood Like ...
Both of them "sons of the father" their names parallel but such different paths The revolutionary insurrectionist trying to overthrow ...
Before Rome changing the world through violence with love The shackles of the prisoners offered the way of the world ...
The lessons of this scripture deep, layered meaning Each of them bearing with the name savior Each of them marked ...
A fitting sky this morning the story continuing not bright and sunny like yesterday The sky dark and foreboding clouds ...
Choosing Jesus the Christ, the messiah the son of the living God Him will I follow leaving my possessions turning ...
Following Jesus, Mary's holy son Turning like Paul returning like the prodigal coming to the cross Following Jesus his way ...
The righteous, the leaders in the things that he said their power crumbling as the people came to believe Arousing ...
Barabbas and Jesus standing before Caesar Pilate only the proxy representing Roman power the crowd, the mob shouting "give us ...
To put this World down, like a Bundle -- And walk steady, away, Requires Energy -- possibly Agony -- 'Tis ...
ON WHICH THE JEWS WERE FORCED TO ATTEND AN ANNUAL CHRISTIAN SERMON IN ROME. [``Now was come about Holy-Cross Day, ...
Oft seems the Time a market-town Where many merchant-spirits meet Who up and down and up and down Cry out ...
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