CONFESSION OF CHRIST A few following, learning, practicing – willing to be identified with Jesus They heard what people said, watched what Jesus did – and chose. John the Baptist, calling a nation to repent – Or the Messiah, from heaven He was sent? Elijah, the great prophet, challenged a nation on a mount – Or the Messiah, our Lord Jesus – His blood a cleansing fount? Isaiah, the intellectual, seeing down through the coming ages – Or the Messiah, the lad Jesus, confounding learned sages? Jonah, the evangelist, like one risen from the dead – Or the Messiah, the Church’s risen glorious Head? Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, seeing a nation’s darkness loom – Or the Messiah, the Man of sorrows, who rose up from the tomb? Daniel the wise seer, with predictions past and future – Or the Messiah, the Creator in control of the universe and nature? Malachi, the last, with a final word from God – Or the Messiah, Sun of Righteousness, fulfilling all God’s Word?
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