Wine of the Word

Wine of the Word.

(A Christ poem from lines in the New Testament)

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In the beginning was the Word,

but the darkness has not understood it.

The seed is the Word of God;

the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

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The farmer sows the Word,

the seed sprouts and grows;

I am the true vine,

I have a baptism to undergo.

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My Father is the gardener,

the field is the world;

the harvesters are angels;

the Word of life is heard.

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The harvest has come,

hear the Word, retain it;

persevering produces a crop,

born of water and Spirit.

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The Word became flesh among us;

every good tree bears good fruit;

I will not drink the fruit of vine again,

until I drink it in the kingdom anew.

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(John 1:1, John 1:5, Luke 8:11, John 3:6.

Mark 4:14, Mark 4:27, John 15:1, Luke 12:50.

John 15:1, Matt 13:38, Matt 13:39, 1John 1:1.

Mark 4:29, Luke 8:15, John 3:5.

John 1:4, Matt 7:17, Mark 14:25) 

"The angel swung his sickle on the earth,
gathered its grapes and threw them into
the great wine-press of God's wrath." Rev 14:19
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