Shibboleth
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 KJV
A Sonnet
The Lord had shaped Adam from common dust
Then he blew the breath of life into him
And showered him with blessings to the brim
For He’s benevolent gracious and just
Regrettably, man strayed and met his end
The Book says, the wages of sin is death
So, when he died, with his very last breath
To the Giver, the breath of life ascends
It’s written, not an outworn shibboleth
The eternal truth from the living Word
Till He comes; and angels’ trumpets are heard
Bones, ashes; the dead stays beneath the earth
But the faithful no need to be forlorn
For the just shall arise that blessed morn
05-19-2024
© Vic Evora
17 The dead praise not the LORD,
Neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD
From this time forth and for evermore.
Psalm 115:17-18
“Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or the wheel broken at the well. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 NKJV
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