I have included in this small work some poems from the New Testament which focus on the fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecies. Jesus is exalted as the great Servant of Jehovah who came in answer to every promise of God and in fulfilment of every Old Testament prophecy, to give Himself up to death as the atoning sacrifice God demanded to pay the debt for the sin of the world. All who believe in Him and receive Him as Saviour and obey Him as Lord are assured of the free gift of eternal life, not only in the eternity hereafter but in this present life as they follow Him and live through Him.
JOHN 1:1-14
Long before God made the heavens,
Long before the earth appeared,
In the bosom of the Father
Was the Christ, the living Word.
Wrapped in glory, clothed in splendour,
He reveals the Father’s grace;
Always with Him, great Creator,
Mirror
of the Father’s face.
There is nothing now existing,
Nothing that the Father planned,
Which was not by Him created,
That did not come from His hand.
He is light and life eternal
Shining through the darkest night;
He gives life to those who trust Him;
Darkness cannot quench the light.
God sent John to be a witness,
Pointing men to Christ, the Lamb,
But His own would not receive Him
Even though to them He came;
But to everyone who trusts Him
He gives pow’r to be God’s son,
Born of God by His own Spirit,
He gives life to every one.
And this Christ became a human,
Tabernacled here with men,
Grace and truth from God revealing,
Drawing them to Him again.
John, the voice the prophet spoke of,
Crying in the wilderness,
“Look, the Lamb of God has come now!
He’s the one that I confess.”
“He, the one who is far greater
Than I am, has come at last.
He existed long before me,
Even in the distant past.”
“I’m baptising you with water
That the Christ can be revealed:
There will be an open heaven.
He is by the Spirit sealed.”
“Coming like a dove from heaven,
Wrapping Him in mighty power:
Filling Him with God’s own glory,
Making ready for the hour.”