ISAAC

As God’s provision, the true Jehovah-jireh,

No angel’s voice could interrupt His dying,

No mitigation could ease His sacrificing:

He had to bear God’s judgment in its direness

And enter death to conquer it entirely.

So God secured for Him, the greater Isaac,

A heavenly bride appropriately highborn,

Agile for Him for so God was desirous,

Led by the Spirit and consequently lively.

Christ has a Bride, companion and admirer

In the broad place won safely from man’s violence

Where constantly she loves and magnifies Him.