Dennis Spilchuk Poet Enclosed Rhyme

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The Church of All Nations

The Church of All Nations

Therein at Mount Olivet in Jerusalem,
Where eight aged, gnarled olive trees are pressed for oil,
People of faith the world over come to accoil
And pray for mercy in atonement for their transgressions.

And worship the Lord in the Church of All Nations,
Located in the Garden of Gethsemane,
Across the Brook Kidron, o’er the Rock of Agony,
Where Christ did sweat blood, praying to God in heaven.

Under the twelve-domed roof basilica structure,
Light filters through purplish alabaster windows
On believers at the altar making vows,
And Christians at Mass of all denominations.

Where years earlier on an infamous spring night
(Before the church was built and the olive trees planted),
Jesus prayed while his disciples slept and was betrayed
By a kiss on the cheek by Judas Iscariot.

Then falsely arrested for blasphemy against God
By a crowd sent from the Sanhedrin to hunt him down.
Peter drew his sword and was rebuked by the Lord
In scripture fulfillment as the mob took Christ away.

Then all forsook Him and fled (even one naked
Whose linen cloth was torn from his body as he ran).
Peter followed at a distance and remembered Him saying,
“Before the cock crows, thrice you shall deny me.”

In this world of commerce, it’s easy to dismiss
God the Father and God Incarnate unblemished.
Those olive trees attest to Jesus’s existence,
The Trinity, and His promise of forgiveness.
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References:
Matthew 26.
Mark 14.
Luke22.
John 13: 31-38 and John 18.

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