John the Baptist
A small cell in a dungeon was to be his last farewell
This soldier in God's army who had served his Captain well
Who long before conception had been prophesied of old
And down through many ages Jewish children had been told
Would be the voice of warning to prepare the world for Him
Who was to come Messiah sent from God to honor them
Who were prepared and waiting when the Prince of Life would come
To bring the restoration back to what they had come from
But just as their Messiah would be later killed by them
Through Romans as their proxies on the cross not built for Him
So John the greatest prophet would be silenced in the night
Beheaded for a kingdom that was soon to lose the Light
That to them was entrusted when from Egypt they did go
Out for the preparation for the glory God would show
Through them His chosen people that His glory all might see
If Israel of promise were to be what they must be
And share the gospel learned there of the Saviour Who would come
Fulfilling as God's Sacrifice His purpose as God's Son
In being born a Baby next to cattle in a stall
The glory of the universe as God would give His all
But back to John the Baptist this great man of history
Whose only great desire was the Lamb of God to see
And share the words of warning that the Lord had shared with Him
To His misguided people that had lost His Way in them
It's sad to think that only for a few months did he share
The message of the Saviour coming soon to meet them there
Before his life was taken for the warning that he gave
To those who stopped to listen God was trying hard to save
But just like John the Baptist there's a people yet today
Who are elect and chosen to prepare the narrow Way
For those who stop and listen and are wanting Christ to come
In glory to receive them to the Kingdom that He's from
Who will be asked to suffer that rejection that he felt
As in that darkened dungeon in his loneliness he knelt
But just like John they too will rise to meet their Lord on high
When Christ returns in glory to receive them in the sky
Matthew 14:1-11; 11:11; Mark 1:1-9
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