HEBREWS 2

What is man? – that old Adam,

Fushionless as tiller and guard –

And the son of man...? – One

Who has sown and reaped; One

Who is securer and protector:

The true Adam.

But we see Jesus – faith grasping

More than a true report – and the splendour

Of the accompaniments of royalty,

Because the Lord His God delighted

In Him, – crowned with glory

And honour: the true Solomon.

Once the warrior led God's people

To an earthly inheritance, having

Suffered along with them: One now,

The leader of our salvation, leads

The “many sons to glory” -

The true Joshua.

Now the One who makes reconciliation,

And the Head of the priestly family,

Glad of our association with Him,

Having taken His place with them,

Merciful and faithful High Priest

Is the true Aaron.

A prophet the He would be like

Shepherded His people from bondage,

Having declared Jehovah's name:

Now He declares the fuller light

– The Father's name – to His brethren

As the true Moses.

If someone who had known the shadow

Of death, and the brightness of regality,

Was the sweet psalmist of Israel,

Who but Christ, who invaded death,

And dwells now in God's light, could sing

As the true David?

The father of all who believe traversed

The land where his seed would dwell. The Lord,

Expressing, “I will trust in him”, journeyed

That the children God gave Him should be

Wonders too, dwelling in faith's demesne,

Is the true Abraham.

30/12/12