s’Up? (Poem)

Disasters, after disasters, it's only a warm-up.
To this ole world, God has promised a really bad shake-up! ¹
But before it happens, He designed for us a nice set-up.

I hope you’ll read on. Allow my rhyme your mind to stir-up.

What happened in Eden was satan’s second mess-up.
His attempted coup in Heaven caused a bad shake-up.
A third of God’s angels joined in, and badly acted up!
Other angels stepped up, and gave Heaven a good clean-up. 

Kicked out of Heaven, satan targeted Earth to mess-up! ²
He led another coup, this time all mankind to trip-up!
In Eden, he deceived Adam's wife, Eve to screw-up.

Ever since then, satan’s kingdom on earth is now set-up.

With time, punishment for our sins began to pile way up.
God had said, ‘The soul that sins shall die!’ ³
That shut us all up!

There was no way in Heaven or Earth for us to pay-up!

Then, to deliver God’s Grace, it was Jesus who stood-up!

God had promised a kinsman redeemer would show-up.

So with Christ on the cross, by charges that were
trumped-up,

satan thought he’d won against God’s ‘Eden heads-up’.⁴

But three days later, satan knew he had been ‘one-upped!’

Resurrected, Christ wrote for His Bride, The Church,
a pre-nup.
We ask Him to give our sin record a good ‘blood wash-up’.

By His Spirit, as Heaven’s citizens, he signed us up.

Then, with other saints, in the air with Him,
we’ll be caught-up! ⁵

For several years, this ole world will be badly smashed-up!

At tribulation’s end, Earth will get a good clean-up,

And on this refreshed Earth, Christ’s Kingdom will be set-up.

No longer ‘The Church’. Then we’ll be His
kings and priests lineup.

For a thousand years, His iron rod rule will not let-up.

The pride of tribulation survivors He’ll break-up!

And over the whole Earth, righteousness will be stirred-up.

Just think, all of this is part of His bridal pre-nup!

Friends,

Apart from Grace, punishment for your sins is pent-up.

One day, death’s knock on your door will signal
your time’s up!

For salvation through Christ, I hope you will now sign-up.
Ask Him to give your record a thorough blood wash-up.

The option is with devils to keep-up.

And with them, one day, to be rounded-up.

In the lake of fire they’ll be cast, but won’t burn-up. ⁶

With no way out, that will be …one awful lock-up!

To you, does it seem as if time is being sped-up??

That may well mean at Christ’s judgment bar,
you’ll soon show-up,

There will be no excuses or cover-ups.

Because…

Now you know the answer to the question,

s’Up?

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¹ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. (Revelation 16: 17-21)

² And He said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’ (Luke 10:18)

³ Genesis 2:17

⁴ ‘…And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed (Christ); He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.’ (Genesis 3:15)

⁵ 1 Thessalonians 4:17
⁶ The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever….The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:10, 13-15)