01.31. Excerpt7 - Judgment

Excerpt7 - Judgment

Yes, east is east and west is west,
But soon the twain shall meet,
For all roads north, east, west, and south
Shall join -- with pleas from every mouth --
At Christ’s great Judgment Seat.

It staggers the mind -- that ultimate day --
With earth’s proud empires swept away,
When billions rise from their weary bones
To mix with kings of the oldest thrones
And share with them eternal groans.

All human values will alter then
At the greatest judgment known to men.
Who have nothing now, can have something then,
Who have something now, may have nothing when
We stand at the judgment beyond our ken.

God will view the kings and the conquerors
Who ruled with pride over millions for years
And wrote their own vain history
In other men’s blood and sweat and tears.
Rulers they’ll be no longer then
With terrible power as kings,
But naked they’ll kneel at this judgment,
Awaiting all that it brings.

For the angels kept a record,
Unbiased the game was scored.
The angels patiently watched it
Without a critical word.
But when the books are opened
Before ten billion men,
And all is tried by God’s blazing eye,
Will the game be worth it then?