Created in the garden
Man and woman there were made
All food save one was theirs to eat.
Their freedom they betrayed.
Realizing they were naked,
The couple hid in shame
They were no longer innocent
And they began to blame.
Excuses they were making
For why they disobeyed;
God sacrificed a lamb for them
To cover sin that day
Later in God’s story
A righteous man was found
A promise that his seed would spread
And o’r the world abound
The father of the faithful bore
A son from up above.
A gift that was beyond compare
He showered him with love.
Then Yahweh spoke commanding him
To test this old man’s faith
And offer up his only son
His sacrifice to make.
The father took his gift from God
Received when he was old,
Along with wood to start a fire
He did as he was told.
The boy who walked beside him
Questioned him that day;
Where is the lamb for sacrifice?
What could his father say?
Again, as God has always done
He gave a substitute.
A ram caught in the bushes
The child was then removed.
As prophets were enabled
To speak the words of God
One spoke of yet another Lamb
Who on this earth would trod.
He would not be a handsome sheep,
His appearance not stand out.
People’s gaze would not be on Him
As He traveled all about.
This sheep was born in Bethlehem
Unrecognized by most
The Lamb of God had come to earth
Of Him God loved to boast!
They brought Him to the highest court
The rulers there declared
This Man has blasphemed God Himself
The apostles then were scared.
As they mocked and beat Him in the courts
He did not say a word
The Lamb was led to slaughter
As soldiers held their swords.
Upon a tree they hung Him
His nakedness displayed
God did not spare His only Son
But let Him die that day!
His blood spilled down upon the cross
On the altar He lay splayed
His life for mine was given
He forgave me there that day.
Oh, Lamb of God, my Savior
Death could have been the end
In those three days my life was changed
When You rose to life again.
Transgression in the garden
Was covered there with skin.
You made provision even there
A sacrifice for sin.
You asked the earthly father
To give as You would give.
Having faith in Your provision
Of the Lamb so all could live.
Patricia S. Warren
2018
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