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The Resurrection

It is not the case that Jesus ever physically rose from the dead, Only that he was spoken of as alive afterwards by his followers, Because his offer of medical treatment to the poor stood, the fed, As it was obvious that it was moral to validate such behaviours. John had seen a beggar with a bloody leg and attended quickly, But he was spat on by rich by-passers who would loose status; They would have to sacrifice the prestige of their visit specifically, That doctor’s visit just for them as part of life in the wealthy stratus. Because he had been Jesus’s best friend he looked up and replied, “Jesus is risen,” and that communicated his stalwartness and resilience, That Jesus’ principle was not going to go away as just one man’s tide, But that his friends and the apostles were set on continuing his brilliance. And Andrew who’d been a fisherman before he’d befriended Jesus, Knew all the kids of most of the other fishermen, and some were sick, And because Jesus had taught him medical practises as there was a fuss, Andrew made their children better in one and posited Jesus would stick. But their neighbours chided him and scoffed, obviating them as poor, Not entitled to a doctor’s time, and not entitled to free health care, So Andrew emphasised that these people were his friends, the lure, And that he was no scare but that he would himself by ignorance scare. The intelligensia of the time, or the prophets, had predicted Jesus resurrection, Not his actual one, but just as a euphemism for Jesus’ power after his death; When people said “I believe in Jesus!” or claimed that he was risen in dedication: They asserted it by their acts and so could claim the resurrection in a breath.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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