02-20-2025, 11:51 PM
Hello notch-
Your (riddle) poem made me do a bit of digging to come up with the link, below. I hope that readers will examine ithe link, as it provides necessary context:
https://www.wycliffe.org/blog/posts/unli...-matthew-1
The beginning of the gospl according to Matthew lists tha 14 generations leading to the birth of Jesus. In that genealogy only four women are mentioned.. Those four women are destined to bend the arc of history (whether one is a 'believer' or not.) as they lead to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Yours is an interesting subject for a poem, and requires that the reader either has knowledge of Matthew 1, or is curious enough to dig deeper.
The last stanza is what made me curious enough:
... the four women
mentioned by Saint Matthew
before the Ever-Virgin.
I appreciate that you present this poem without proselytizing- very subtle.
...Mark
Your (riddle) poem made me do a bit of digging to come up with the link, below. I hope that readers will examine ithe link, as it provides necessary context:
https://www.wycliffe.org/blog/posts/unli...-matthew-1
The beginning of the gospl according to Matthew lists tha 14 generations leading to the birth of Jesus. In that genealogy only four women are mentioned.. Those four women are destined to bend the arc of history (whether one is a 'believer' or not.) as they lead to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Yours is an interesting subject for a poem, and requires that the reader either has knowledge of Matthew 1, or is curious enough to dig deeper.
The last stanza is what made me curious enough:
... the four women
mentioned by Saint Matthew
before the Ever-Virgin.
I appreciate that you present this poem without proselytizing- very subtle.
...Mark