1 Peter 1:18-20 New English Translation (NET Bible)

18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed—

not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ. 

20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

 

 

The Fall

 

Adam in the Garden, far before the Fall,

was completely natural, but never sinned.

It would be supernatural now

in a world turned deaf and blind.

Creativity was the right choice

in what otherwise had been.

 

The blessing hidden in the Fall

we do seldom notice.

Oh! Creature that I should have been

became family indeed.

Made by God and then changed

into family of the same.

Life itself unrestricted

embraced me in His Name.

 

Death is death and life is Life,

as in creation it appears different.

It is still the same you know

in the perspective of the old.

All things are new in Christ

does that make a difference?

One must die so one may live

that seems the main true goal.

 

The new Life is in Spirit, you know.

The body is just dying.

It started at its birth, you know,

after the first breath.

A dying life, a living death

is all I had to cling too.

Still I felt alive, you know

because I could take a breath.

 

My new Life is in Spirit, you know,

in the Holy Spirit of Life.

Representing God, you know.

is His Presence in my being.

The supernatural is with me, you know,

in peace and in power.

To never let go, you know

secured for Eternity.

 

A not created life, you know,

just molded by The Master.

Not made by human touch, you know,

but formed out of this world.

I am dead in Christ, you know,

living fully in His Presence,

to be here on earth, you know,

but not of this world.

 

Jan Wienen