The Night Before Judgment
^{by Martha K. Miller
© June 29, 2003
(derived from the poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" --or "A Visit from St. Nicholas"-- by Clement Clarke Moore)}

'Twas the night before Judgment, when all through God's house
not a person was stirring 'cept one weary, faithful "mouse".
The oil lamps weren't trimmed, nor had they any oil to spare
but they thought the Master should supply it when He comes there.

The congregation was nestled all snug in their pews
While visions of prosperity kept their minds amused.
And the choir in their robes and the pastor in his suit
had all become well-seasoned "Bless Me Club" recruits.

When in the eastern sky a sound just like thunder
never woke the sleeping church out of their oblivious slumber.
Outside of the window, He flew by like a flash,
Caused the ground to shutter, as He gave His trumpet a blast.

His countenance was brighter than the sun on new fallen snow.
His tongue, like a sword, pierced the Earth below.
His eyes were ablaze and His robe was dipped in blood
The armies of heaven poured after Him, overtaking the Earth like a flood.

Upon a white horse He did ride
conquering the Earth with every stride.
All who witnessed this magnificent scene
burst into tears and fell to their knees.

More rapid than lightning His army came
As he shouted a war cry and called each by name.
"Now Peter, Now Stephen! Now David and Moses!
Come Isaac! Come Jacob! Come Adam and Joseph!
From this present age to the time before the fall
Come mighty warriors! Come one, come all!"

As eagles, that above the storm do fly,
they mounted their wings and flew toward the sky.
So up past the mountains far above the plains
they flew toward the one who called them by name.

And then in a twinkling He entered the church
with the congregation seated and the pastor at his perch.
As He dawned the platform and looked around
Everyone was unfit; there were no soldiers to be found.

They were dressed in their finest from their head to their foot.
Their clothes were neatly pressed, with no traces of soot.
Their hands and necks glistened with diamonds and gold,
And they looked proper and polite, but their hearts were cold.

Their faces were fixed toward the prize of their god, money.
Their bodies were fat from consuming too much milk and honey.
They had forgotten the poor, and the many lost souls
And their hearts were tainted, black as coal.

His eyes scanned the room to and fro, shouting his war cry once again
hoping to find one, but it seemed to fall upon the ears of deaf men.
Until from the corner of His Father's house
He heard the response of the weary "mouse".

"I am but a mouse, small and weak. But I have heard your cry to war.
Though I be weary and tired from all my struggles, I will fight with you, my Lord."
With the mouse standing firm and sincere, the Master marveled at what he heard.
Then with a smile, the Master gave the weary mouse the word.

"Come unto me you who are weary, and I will give you rest.
I know your works, faithful servant, for you have done your best."
With these words, He took the mouse in His hand
taking him out of the church built on golden sand.

He mounted his horse, and as he lifted his sword,
he gave his troops the order to move forward.
As they drew closer to the final battle, He did cry,
"Glory be to God, the true King and the Most High!"

Personal Notes from the Book of Revelaton

Read the book of Revelation (chapters 2 & 3) where he addresses the seven churches and finds fault in all but one of them. Then read what he says good about them and decide if you are in that kind of church. Remember those churches who don't repent of these things get their "candlestick" removed.

1. Ephesus -- Left its first love (like most churches caught up in themselves and the prosperity movement).

2. Smyrna -- no fault mentioned, but a lot of suffering. The best of the 7. (No church, I know of, like that here in America.)

3. Pergamos -- have members who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel (in other words, politicians, Hollywood, & "faith" teachers.), to eat things sacrificed unto idols (the world's philosophies and principals), and to commit fornication (sex outside marriage, adultery, etc.). Also, hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans (idol worshippers, licentious, feministic/lesbian, and deny that God is the creator of the world, but other powers created the world--eg. evolution, big bang theory... etc.)

4. Thyatira -- Suffered Jezebel who called herself a prophetess (Eg. psychics, false prophets) to teach and seduce people to commit fornication & adultery and eat things sacrificed to idols (we are commiting adultery on God by listening to, obeying or "eating" the doctrines of the world). (Going on in today's church because of a lax view of divorce and remarriage--it's sin and Jesus said remarriage was adultery, period, end of argument. Also, the modern idolatry doctrine of the "Bless Me Club" and "keeping up with the Osbornes"--it's no longer the Joneses....lol. But the worst idolatry of all is the worship of the "Christian Celebrities.").

5. Sardis -- Has a name that they are alive but are really dead (sounds like a lot of the charismatic churches.) and works not perfect before God (definitely sounds like many churches today).

6. Philadelphia -- Has little strength. They aren't the worst, but are told to hang on to what they have--love.

7. Laodiceans-- Neither cold nor hot. Say they are rich but are really poor (kinda like in my poem). The worst of the 7.

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Jesus in the clouds was created with Paint Shop Pro and Hero Machine by Martha K. Miller.
The horse is a modifed image of a flying horse that I don't remember where I obtained.
My apologies, but I'm uncertain where I obtained the glowing cross and the sparkling stars images.