Make America Great - Anything but this.

Make America Great – Anything but this…

We are all broken
We live in the land of misfit toys
We live in darkness, not always in caves
But the light by which we live is dingy

All our leaders are fools
And if not fools, then devils they be
Lies once whispered in secret are now
Proclaimed as Gospel Truths of
Making the Fallen Great Again

Even the richest child eats porridge polluted
With plastic beads and toxic dreams
The waters are heavy and leaden
And destroy the minds of the innocent Unknowing

It is time for the Great Visitation
We need Angels singing and
Descending for another place less desolate
We are no longer the Captains of our fate
As that ship sailed so long ago as to be forgotten
And now, only the myths of madmen – or something even worse

Where can we run
Where can we hide
That we are not there
To meet us
Our sins cling to us
Like wet satin
And they eat away at us
Demanding repentance

The reckoning is coming
Judgment Day is near
What can we do to atone
For 400 years?
How can we be forgiven by
The women and children raped
And used for evil desires?

How can we stand tall again?
When their wailing accusations
Drown out our meager excuses?

No Justice
No Peace
No Justice
No Peace

Beware of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
They are not interested in your protestations of greatness
They ride only for Truth
And Justice
And Revenge

dg

7/6/2011

 

Revelation 6 

New Living Translation

The Lamb Breaks the First Six Seals

As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”  I looked up and saw a white horse standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.

When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, “Come!”  Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.

When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.  And I heard a voice from among the four living beings say, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day’s pay. And don’t waste the olive oil and wine.”

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!”  I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave. These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals.

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony.  They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”  Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters—their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred—had joined them.

I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.  Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.  The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.  And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.  For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

https://biblehub.com/nlt/revelation/6.htm

 

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