Ann Nadge, a poet I know, has distilled some of the posts from this blog into poetry. She has used my words verbatim, captured the essence of the post, and moulded it into a poet's vision. This is the fourth of more to be published over the course of the year.
This poem consists of verbatim fragments from an original post on 27 April, 2008.
The Resurrection of Jesus
The resurrection of Jesus
is a unique event,
without precedent in history.
The resurrection of Jesus
is not to be justified
by historical precedent,
as though to be ordered to the past
to gain credibility.
It is the other way round –
In the Christian scheme of things
History is ordered
to the resurrected Jesus.
The resurrection of Jesus
is the future come to meet us.
The resurrection of Jesus
is God's action in breaking us out
of the cul-de-sac of history,
why faith in the resurrected Christ
is liberating.
