Glory Through Smoke: Creed Series – Tim Knipp (Matt. 19:28; Acts 3:21; 1 Cor. 15:20-25; 1 Kings 6:20; Rev. 21)

“I believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.”

Three billion heartbeats –

then silence.

What next?

A blank white void?

Eternal sleep

with dreams snaking and twitching

their tails

across the rim of

consciousness?

Jesus gave us

a preview

of coming attractions.

    Recycled worlds

           and a dazzling throne;

       restoration of destroyed treasure;

             inanimate bodies

                  re-ignited…

But first He will

annihilate all adversaries,

all forces who wage war

against His dominion.

Will it be the blink of an eye

or a sentient, ongoing drowsiness –

a child seeking sleep

against a parent’s pulse,

aware but comatose?

The mysterious

in-between.

Hang on to the hope

of final joy –

glimpse glory

through smoke

rising over scorched

justice.

Hang on, my child.

Let every heartbeat

throb its full measure

and carry you forward,

inching ever closer

to the final 

delirious

dance.