Jericho (1) Poem by Michael P. Johnson

God told Joshua, “Break the walls –Jos.6: 5
Jericho’s plagued with sin
Sound the trumpet and when it falls –Jos.6: 3,4,5,
Kill all that lives within –Jos.6: 21

This evil place shall none rebuild
This curse I speak today –Jos.6: 26
Who builds; will see his first son killed
The youngest, fade away”
Hiel = God lives
Yet Hiel; raise its walls once more
To son Abiram’s cost Abiram = Loftiness
Then with it’s gates, God’s wrath he saw –1Ki.16: 34
When young Segub was lost Segub = Elevated

Today; we all have built up walls
That Satan helps to build
They make us deaf when Jesus’ calls
Behind such walls, we’re killed

These walls are sin, the devil’s spore
The filth, he loves to give
They keep us from Salvation’s Door
From grace, God’s Way to live

We need to rid; ourselves of sin
No more to live a lie
So Satan has no place to win?
And make God’s children die?

Deceitful bricks, with stones of doubt
Cemented firm with lust
The strongest men can blow and shout
These; walls, won’t turn to dust

Nothing on earth can bring them down
With Satan at their core
To bring to fall our sinful town
Will take today much more…PTO…