Where Multitudes Still Follow (and many turn away)

Matt.4:16-17&25The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of deathLight has dawned.”   From that time Jesus began to preach and to say,“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven []is at hand.”Great multitudes followed Him— It's been a gloomy stretch of weather here... The billows of snow from a little over week ago reducedin short order to puddles! We long for the great light of the sun after a long stretch of none,yet, this but a mild comparison to the light of the world that has already comeand eternally pierced the darkness of sin and death!Are you living in the joyful light/awareness of God's great love for you? *** Multitudes followed Him where a Great Light had dawnedIn the manger at Bethlehem, then Egypt and beyondThe One, prophets foretold of glory’s sufferingHad stepped to redemption’s threshold, the hope of man to bring …calling all to ‘repent, for God’s kingdom is near’Goodness and mercy’s covenant would pour in gory tearWhere faithful unto death the Lamb of God becameFor the believer’s dying breath, life only death can claim …and Jesus is the Name whereby mankind is savedNo minor prophet, He who came to conquer death’s dark graveWith a great light unfurled throughout eternityJesus, the Savior of the world can set death’s captive free The light that cannot dim still gleams unto this dayWhere multitudes still follow Him and many turn awayBut those who trust behold what bold doubters ignoreOf signs that prophets long foretold when time will be no more When the clouds will be seared, and every eye shall seeAnd look upon the One they pierced with their iniquityAnd the whole world will wail at the sight of I AMHis power and glory unveiled as all ‘behold The Lamb’ But lo, all who repent and died to self are savedTheir names are written on the hands that Calvary engravedBut oh, all who refused love’s grace and truth to claimAre released, by their choosing to Hellfire's unquenched flame © Janet Martin I kept veering from the last line,inadvertently trying to 'soften' itbut why?!!life/death is a Heaven or hell matter!there is no in between! P.S. it feels fantastic to be upright without a spinning head after a day in bed with the flu.My heart and prayers have been rekindled for those who spend day after day in bed!My sister-in-law (Karen) is in the hospital since last Thursday suffering from a twisted bowel. Please join me in praying for her healing andher and her family's encouragement!who is an invalid due to MS, and his family appreciated your continued prayers as well!