Here i am once again
discouraged and deranged
feeling the water and the pain
looking out in the rain.
Finding anything but rest,
my soul wonders and doubts
if i can ever withstand the test
and will ever find happiness
Old habits,new ones,
die hard, never some.
At times i even wish i could
leave it all behind and run.
I'm alone, all alone
all i do is mope and moan.
when past years come to mind
all i can do is look back and groan.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Dear Departed
The silence of empathy
Words spoken in a hush,
Smiles and words of pity
and gentle cheering up
Death reigns, the supreme fear
it engulfs us in a moment
spirits and hearts of terror we wear
memories of you torments...
Like a weed, after feeling
the winds of life wither away,
no more memories of making'
of your cheerfulness, it dies away.
Words spoken in a hush,
Smiles and words of pity
and gentle cheering up
Death reigns, the supreme fear
it engulfs us in a moment
spirits and hearts of terror we wear
memories of you torments...
Like a weed, after feeling
the winds of life wither away,
no more memories of making'
of your cheerfulness, it dies away.
LOVE IT IS NOT...
Love it is not but a passing fancy,
Do consider your feelings with intelligence.
True to you and myself i'd rather be
And cast out the imagined affection.
Together we will be out of tune
I cant belong to you later or soon.
For we both differ like the sun & moon
Make pretense at love, a sordid boon.
When i meet my destined paramour
Who will be my knight in shinning armor
then we will see life through together
Even if tempest round us will gather.
You will soon meet one in whom you delight,
Then dissension and trouble will never be a plight.
and you surely will not let her out of sight.
for she'll be yours to protect with all your might.
Do consider your feelings with intelligence.
True to you and myself i'd rather be
And cast out the imagined affection.
Together we will be out of tune
I cant belong to you later or soon.
For we both differ like the sun & moon
Make pretense at love, a sordid boon.
When i meet my destined paramour
Who will be my knight in shinning armor
then we will see life through together
Even if tempest round us will gather.
You will soon meet one in whom you delight,
Then dissension and trouble will never be a plight.
and you surely will not let her out of sight.
for she'll be yours to protect with all your might.
KANDY
The rowers raft across a river, like dancers
like rowers who triumphed a race
The train rumbles across the bridge. The sky
lights,dim at dusk,the jungle dressed green.
The wakeful eyes,lit;it's strangers
lifted above the horizon,above temple tooth.
The tattered jungle,shuddering appropriation
a single man's decree,robbing freedom.
No more,the city once a haven,
alleys congested,amidst a lake serene...
A plateau of great hallmarks, a heritage,
a palace, o tower of colored glass,a cemetery...
silent,where stones lie,each stone,
and indicator for a man.
like rowers who triumphed a race
The train rumbles across the bridge. The sky
lights,dim at dusk,the jungle dressed green.
The wakeful eyes,lit;it's strangers
lifted above the horizon,above temple tooth.
The tattered jungle,shuddering appropriation
a single man's decree,robbing freedom.
No more,the city once a haven,
alleys congested,amidst a lake serene...
A plateau of great hallmarks, a heritage,
a palace, o tower of colored glass,a cemetery...
silent,where stones lie,each stone,
and indicator for a man.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Examining why jews reject jesus to be the messiah and prophecies that prove jesus christ of nazareth is indeed the true messiah.
We as Christians believe that Jesus christ is the messiah ,the promised saviour of the jews and the whole world. God loves the Jewish people and they,out of whole mankind, were given a promise; which is little known of today. God promised both Abraham and his grandson, Jacob saying," I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee." When we look at history we can see how this promise is at work. God cursed them who cursed Israel and blessed those who blessed Israel.The bible records that Jesus was rejected by his own people.John 1: 11 tells us that " He came unto his own, and his own received his not." The messiah came to earth and shed his preciouse blood to take away the sins of the world. He arose from the dead and was seen by over 500 witnesses as recorded in 1Corinthiand 15: 6. If a jew believes that Jesus is the messiah then he is a jew no more for he then becomes a Christian. Christ in the new testement claimed to be equal to God. (Matthew 10:40/Matthew11:27/Jhon10:30/Jhon15:23)
Christ also claimed the rigts of god(Luke 7.48/Mark 5:41&42/Jhon 5:22-27/Mark1:27)
The scriptures of Matthew 5:17 f f /Matthew12:16/Luke sums up Jesus' claims about his deity.24:27
* Why did the Jews Reject the True Messiah Jesus? .
When sincerely asked, this question is a good one for there have been false messiahs in jewish history. Among the most prominant were Bar Kochba and Shabbetai Zevi. Bar Kochba led a revolt against Rome in the year 132-135 C. E. During this revolt, one of the most famous figures in jewish history , Rabbi Akiva, proclaimed him to be "King Messiah". Unfotunately Bar Kochba, Akiva and thousands of other Jews were killed in 135C.E. Betar Shabbetai Zevi,on the other hand, was a self proclaimed messiah, who flourished in 17th centuary Europe. He was arrested in 1666 by the Sultan of Turkey. Shabbetai Zevi converted to Islam rather than face death.
The idea of a messiah for jewish people is one that is found throughout the Hebrew Bible. There the identification of messiah is given. The Bible tells of messiah's ethinic background, place of birth, the frame of his arrival. Other identifying characteristics too are given in the scriptures. These credentials enable us to identify the messiah, and to recognise imposters. The question is that if these credentials are so clear, why do most Jewish people fail to believe in Jesus as the true messiah and why do they easily fall in to deception and believe in flase Messiahs like Bar Kochba and Shabbetal Zevi?
To understand this, one must realize that by the time Jesus appeared on the scene, the Messianic hope had become greatly politicized in the minds of the people. They were seeking deliverence from the tyranny of Rome. Although the Scripture spoke both of the sufferings and of the victories of the Messiah, the victorious aspect had become uppermost in the minds of the common people becouse of Roman domination. This "lopsided" view of the Messiah has stuck with Jewish people,and the politicization of the Messianic hope has continued. Thus the hope of a political rather than a spiritual Messiah contributed to the acceptance of people such as Bar Kochba and Shabbetai Zevi. This is not to say that all Jewish people rejected the claims of Jesus. Far from that being the case, all the firstfollowers of Jesus were Jews. In fact, the rabbis of that time period were well aware that many Messianic prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus. The Talmudic rabbis concurred that Isaiah 53 speaks of the Messiah. By medieval times the pressure from those who applied the prophecy of Isaiah 53 to Jesus was so great that a Jew call Rashi, a great medieval Jewish Biblical scholar, reinterpreted the chapter and said it referred not to Jesus as the messiah but to the nation of Israel. This interpretation is maintained up to this day by many Jewish scholars. Here are some of many of the Old Testament scriptures that speaks of the Messiah, all of which were fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
1. Messiah was to be born at Bethlehem: Micah 5: 1
2. Messiah would be from the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:10
3. Messiah would present himself by riding on an ass: Zechariah 9:9
4. Messiah would be tortured to death: Psalm 22
5. Messiah would arrive before the destruction of the Second Temple: Daniel 9:24-27
We as Christians believe that Jesus christ is the messiah ,the promised saviour of the jews and the whole world. God loves the Jewish people and they,out of whole mankind, were given a promise; which is little known of today. God promised both Abraham and his grandson, Jacob saying," I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee." When we look at history we can see how this promise is at work. God cursed them who cursed Israel and blessed those who blessed Israel.The bible records that Jesus was rejected by his own people.John 1: 11 tells us that " He came unto his own, and his own received his not." The messiah came to earth and shed his preciouse blood to take away the sins of the world. He arose from the dead and was seen by over 500 witnesses as recorded in 1Corinthiand 15: 6. If a jew believes that Jesus is the messiah then he is a jew no more for he then becomes a Christian. Christ in the new testement claimed to be equal to God. (Matthew 10:40/Matthew11:27/Jhon10:30/Jhon15:23)
Christ also claimed the rigts of god(Luke 7.48/Mark 5:41&42/Jhon 5:22-27/Mark1:27)
The scriptures of Matthew 5:17 f f /Matthew12:16/Luke sums up Jesus' claims about his deity.24:27
* Why did the Jews Reject the True Messiah Jesus? .
When sincerely asked, this question is a good one for there have been false messiahs in jewish history. Among the most prominant were Bar Kochba and Shabbetai Zevi. Bar Kochba led a revolt against Rome in the year 132-135 C. E. During this revolt, one of the most famous figures in jewish history , Rabbi Akiva, proclaimed him to be "King Messiah". Unfotunately Bar Kochba, Akiva and thousands of other Jews were killed in 135C.E. Betar Shabbetai Zevi,on the other hand, was a self proclaimed messiah, who flourished in 17th centuary Europe. He was arrested in 1666 by the Sultan of Turkey. Shabbetai Zevi converted to Islam rather than face death.
The idea of a messiah for jewish people is one that is found throughout the Hebrew Bible. There the identification of messiah is given. The Bible tells of messiah's ethinic background, place of birth, the frame of his arrival. Other identifying characteristics too are given in the scriptures. These credentials enable us to identify the messiah, and to recognise imposters. The question is that if these credentials are so clear, why do most Jewish people fail to believe in Jesus as the true messiah and why do they easily fall in to deception and believe in flase Messiahs like Bar Kochba and Shabbetal Zevi?
To understand this, one must realize that by the time Jesus appeared on the scene, the Messianic hope had become greatly politicized in the minds of the people. They were seeking deliverence from the tyranny of Rome. Although the Scripture spoke both of the sufferings and of the victories of the Messiah, the victorious aspect had become uppermost in the minds of the common people becouse of Roman domination. This "lopsided" view of the Messiah has stuck with Jewish people,and the politicization of the Messianic hope has continued. Thus the hope of a political rather than a spiritual Messiah contributed to the acceptance of people such as Bar Kochba and Shabbetai Zevi. This is not to say that all Jewish people rejected the claims of Jesus. Far from that being the case, all the firstfollowers of Jesus were Jews. In fact, the rabbis of that time period were well aware that many Messianic prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus. The Talmudic rabbis concurred that Isaiah 53 speaks of the Messiah. By medieval times the pressure from those who applied the prophecy of Isaiah 53 to Jesus was so great that a Jew call Rashi, a great medieval Jewish Biblical scholar, reinterpreted the chapter and said it referred not to Jesus as the messiah but to the nation of Israel. This interpretation is maintained up to this day by many Jewish scholars. Here are some of many of the Old Testament scriptures that speaks of the Messiah, all of which were fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
1. Messiah was to be born at Bethlehem: Micah 5: 1
2. Messiah would be from the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:10
3. Messiah would present himself by riding on an ass: Zechariah 9:9
4. Messiah would be tortured to death: Psalm 22
5. Messiah would arrive before the destruction of the Second Temple: Daniel 9:24-27
Stars
shooting stars falling free
knock me out of my train of thoughts
the grey miasma before my eyes
blinds me to myslef
needles ,i need,to keep me sedated
i lift my gaze
above the ground
beyond the far horizons
a shape so blurred a shape so dull
a shape i so deteseted
now come to me come to come to me
to take me
in your arms im falling asleep
like the dead in graveyards
shooting stars falling free
to remind me of my fragments
shades of grey
shades of gloom wrap me up so blithely
im still here falling down
awaiting for your needles
knock me out of my train of thoughts
the grey miasma before my eyes
blinds me to myslef
needles ,i need,to keep me sedated
i lift my gaze
above the ground
beyond the far horizons
a shape so blurred a shape so dull
a shape i so deteseted
now come to me come to come to me
to take me
in your arms im falling asleep
like the dead in graveyards
shooting stars falling free
to remind me of my fragments
shades of grey
shades of gloom wrap me up so blithely
im still here falling down
awaiting for your needles
Thank you for the sound advice you share,
i will try hard to be myself without fear,
i lost friends indeed but found three more true
better than shallow ones, i realised the found few.
It might surprise you that it was my own best friend,
in the name of friendship horrendous lies spread
never did it make me guess it was she who betrayed,
ruining my life in the process, my beauteous mate.
i will try hard to be myself without fear,
i lost friends indeed but found three more true
better than shallow ones, i realised the found few.
It might surprise you that it was my own best friend,
in the name of friendship horrendous lies spread
never did it make me guess it was she who betrayed,
ruining my life in the process, my beauteous mate.
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