Six New Beginnings (IP)

Vile violence spread and smothered good,                   (Genesis 6:5 - 8:22)

but then was drowned in global flood:

the rescued few began anew

to tend the earth (live as they should?).

Enslaved in Egypt, desperation,                                      (Exodus 3: 7-17 etc)

rescued out of harsh oppression:

a new beginning – God’s salvation

displayed to them and every nation.

Their Saviour later they ignored,                                      (2 Chronicles 36:15-23)

so conquest by Babylonian horde;

for 70 years, then, as foretold

returned again, their land restored

for new beginning – serve their Lord.

Messiah, Saviour, soon would come                               (Jeremiah 31:33; Luke 1:29)

– new saving covenant began,

a way was opened, access won,

available to everyone.

Those who receive, tell of its worth –                               (1 Peter 1:3-9 etc)

a new beginning, life, new birth,

with cleansing, pardon – from his death,

they’re strengthened for this life on earth.

New beginning still we wait –                                            (2 Peter 3:11-13 etc)

final one, at future date:

evil he’ll eradicate,

then eternal healthy state.

[This week's IP = “New Beginnings”]