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Brief explanation of the poem. From eternity past to future everlasting Your love and glory know no bound World's contrast with its shadow casting Hides a place where a treasure is found Contrast between the perfection of God and the imperfection of the fallen world. Shadow hiding a place...

From eternity past to future everlasting Your love and glory know no bound World's contrast with its shadow casting Hides a place where a treasure is found You did once dwell in temple made of stone Giving hope to hardness of human heart That humble temples of lowly flesh and bone May also see...

Finnish Christian hymns arranged in metal: There's also this concept of "Metallimessu" where they are actually played during church services: While I like good Christian metal, I don't personally feel the need to have it played in a church. But I'm not really against it either.

I guess it's clear enough to many or most people who might be reading this, but Matthew 3:13-4:11 (and some parallel passages) is the New Testament basis for this poem. So it starts from the baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan and continues with the devil trying to tempt Jesus in the...

The land of eternal promises in mind The new Joshua has finally arrived In accord with the will of the Father In baptism crossing Jordan's water All of God's people summed up to one Heart weighing but not as stone New Moses revisits the wilderness Carrying heavy demand of righteousness The...

I've only seen some short clips and pictures. Seems very distasteful. In some ways, it's not terribly surprising. The part that surprised me a bit was people in cages with fire anywhere nearby. I can't be the only one who made a connection between that and ISIS. I doubt that it was their actual...

I'm not sure if I also thought of this at some point while writing the poem, but it just occurred to me that one could also understand that line extremely literally if it's taken as illustrating the folly of false religion by the example of what the Aztecs did (literally ripped out a beating...

Sure, not a problem. :) I guess I may just as well explain the other parts of the poem too, as it isn't that long, and often I even understand my own word choices better when I have to explain them at a conceptual level rather than just at the level of intuition, so perhaps this is more of an...

Often it's hard to define the meaning very exactly as the word choices may be influenced by a multiplicity of things, but by "Heart and conscience give in to division" I think I just mean all kinds of situations where the heart as symbolizing the source of emotions and affections comes into...

I'm not sure I understood that.

Now that I look back at this poem, this part in particular contains a rather graphic violent image. The idea is that in rejecting the true God and trying to put something else in God's place in their hearts, people end up damaging themselves. I admit that I somewhat consciously don't limit...

I especially like this part. Great image.

Marvel the madness of the human quest The drive to banish their creator Heart and conscience give in to division Chest ripped open for a cheap impostor They fortify the temple crest Against its true and rightful dweller Trading true prophet's vision For fate's frivolous fortuneteller Running...

It was about 95% complete before, and your poem here motivated me to finish it, so I posted it in this thread based on your earlier poem: https://christianchat.com/christian-poems-poetry/i-am-a-beggar.208580/

I used your poem as the starting point for this one: Truly I am a beggar With my badly tattered clothes Which I cannot make clean I find myself doing That which your holiness loathes As I crumble under the weight of being In your mercy you chose To save me from law's harshness Not to despair...

Certainly won't cringe. This is very good! I can actually return the favor as I have something similar done with one of your poems.

Behold the perfect Heavenly Image Now partaking of dust of earth From beginning to finish To recapitulate the first Water to Adam's thirst The seed of eternal decrees In time grew from earth's soil Binding the strong man to take his spoil Hope found itself afresh In the Word now become flesh...

Yes, I'm from Finland, so Finnish is my 1st language. I think I'll check it out.

Is it good? I haven't watched a single episode yet, but perhaps I should. At least I'd have the advantage of knowing the original language.

I haven't watched anything for a few months. The last entire season of a series that I watched was Dexter: New Blood.