The True Light That Lights. Chapbook @ Parousia Reads

Poems are even better music if the words, the meaning and the sound are one.

These poems are songs composed in the ballad-like forms of older traditions— sung by court bards to welcome ancient Kings, —except here the Court is heaven and earth and –– the King is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords conveyed by all creation, flowers, plants and stars which participate in the Embassy.

Parousia signifies official visit, celebrated here with sonnets, quatrains, villanelles, and concrete poems, as an Embassy.

The True Light That Lights (Parousia Christian Poetry Chapbook No 7~ 2020 Series) is  titled from John 1.9. that was the true light that lights every one who comes into the world.

 Parousia signifies official visit, celebrated here with sonnets, quatrains, villanelles, and concrete poems, as an Embassy.

 Phōs in these affairs of light means a source of light and a radiance.  It stems from phao; luminousness and means to shed rays, to shine or to brighten up. "True," indicates it is the illumination of Light opposed to all imperfect representations.

‘Owr in Isaiah 18.4 means to be made luminous because activated by the divine nature. The herb-light is the luminescence of the resurrected body revived with the implanted divine nature.  Full discussion of these words and concepts occurs at Celestial Plant or Terrestrial Star. A Biblical Background to the Relation of Plants and Stars.-

Glossary---  The Light of Lights is not named verbatim in these poems but is shown in symbol and context to fill all in all whether we know it or not. As Colossians 1.17. says, He holds all things together.

Dayman refers to the Sun rising in our hearts of Luke 1:78 and II Peter 1.19, as well as Daysman, Our Judge,  Job Job 9:33,

LORD. This name is written on his robe and on his thigh, 'King of kings, and Lord of lords'" in Revelation 19:11-16 and everywhere.

Son of the Divine Wisdom. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him. ³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. I Cor 1: 28-30,

The Son, the Incarnate Redeemer sums them all. The exact phrase occurred in The Mennonite, 1990.

Lord Beauteous. “And now, our God, we are giving thanks to Thee, and giving praise to Thy beauteous name. I Chron. 29.13. Young’s Literal Translation

Gardener. Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him. John 20,15.

Lovely Plants. At the feeding of the five thousand they sat down in ranks like an herb garden. Mark 6.40. See here, p.12-13

Branch, His title is The Branch in Zechariah 3.8 and elsewhere.      

Tree. “If they do these things in a Green Tree what shall they do in a dry.” Luke 23.31. He shall be as a Tree planted by the rivers of water. Psalm 1.

First Begotten. “He shall be the first born among many children.” Romans 8.29 and “the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14.

Plant. “A tender plant, a root our of dry ground.” Isaiah 53.2

Love Lies Bleeding. Paul says he lives "by faith in the Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me," an atonement in which love lies bleeding, and the wounds are borne into the heart of God

Rose of Nazareth, Rose, the Rose of Sharon, the white lily (lowly, 2Co 8:9), answers to “white and ruddy” (So 5:10) Song of Solomon 2:1. Nazareth is the birthplace of Jesus.

Rain. the former and the latter rain, Hosea 6:3

The Great Solitude. He sets the solitary in families. Psalm 68.6.

Voice of Thunder. The voice of a great multitude and the voice of mighty thunder saying, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Revelation 19:6.

Form of a Man.  I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. Ezekiel 8.2

Thanks to editor Tola Ijalusi and Parousia Reads for this presentation.