On the River Jordan

On the River Jordan

He appeared to them

Cloaked in camel’s hair.

A good news message, he brought a gem,

To turnaround and escape despair.

They came from the City of Peace

And its greater region from afar,

A flood of people never cease

Drenching in the river looking up at the star.

Overwhelmed by his power

To forgive all their sin,

Quickly denied he being that flower,

But revealed the true Forgiver was kin.

“I prepare you for change through water,

I make way for Him who will come.

For you He will go to the slaughter,

The Son of the Father He is from.”

“He Who is to come is mightier than I.

But to the world He will become a scandal,

I unworthy to stoop down and untie,

The straps of His sandals.”

“I baptized Him in the Jordan,

An act in cosmic reverse.

Adornments of glory fell like a cordon,

The great heavenly blessing, not a curse.”