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Twas the night before Easter and all through the land,
The demons were celebrating their bold crucifixion plan.
The Disciples were hiding, all huddled in fear,
Nervously won'dring if their end was near.
The children at bedtime were still asking "Why,
Such a sweet, gentle man had been sentenced to die?"
With moms getting ready to join dads in bed,
They tried to explain why Jesus was dead.

When down in the grave there arose such a clatter,
Old Satan was pacing, screaming, "What is the matter?"
He found the Death Angel and asked for the keys,
But they had been taken and his prisoner released.
And that's not all that to his wondering eyes would appear,
That his kingdom was conquered became frighteningly clear.

More deadly than serpents Christ's enemies came,
But He pointed and shouted and called them by name.
"Now Sickness, now Sin, Death, Poverty and Pain,
You are defeated! Don't you come back again!
To the Bottomless Pit, to the lake filled with fire,
Satan, you're headed, you thief and you liar."

Christ was dressed all in white from His head to His feet,
He had roundly defeated this master of deceit.
The sins of the world Jesus bore on His back,
Now He looks like the Champion, who's just spoiled their attack.
He sprang to His throne, to His enemies bade farewell,
And away He departed, leaving death and sin in hell.
But He would exclaim as they saw He'd survived.
Today's Easter! I'm not dead, I'm alive.

"The Night Before Easter"
Donald M. Frazier, Ph.D.
Houston, TX Copyright 2002

Reader Comments

What a wonderful poem! Praise God He is alive! Thank you for sharing.

God is good all the time & all the time God is good. 

Elaine Harcourt

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