LONGINUS;
THEY SAY HIS NAME WAS LONGINUS
IF THEY KNEW HIS NAME AT ALL
IF HE EXISTED AT ALL
THE NAME MEANS SPEAR
HE WAS NOTED FOR PIERCING CHRIST’S SIDE
WITH A SPEAR
HIS DECLARATION OF FAITH
AT CHRIST’S DEATH
NOW THE CENTURION WAS A MAN OF DEATH
SOLDIERS DO NOT EXIST FOR PEACE
BUT FOR THE KEEPING OF PEACE
OFTEN BY BRUTAL METHODS
TO THEM THE END JUSTIFIED THE MEANS
TO THEM DYING WELL
HAD AN ALMOST MYSTICAL MEANING
TO THEM CHRIST HAD DIED WELL
THEY WERE USED TO THE CONDEMNED
CURSING AND SWEARING
PLEADING FOR MERCY
CRYING FOR THEIR MOTHER
BUT NOT CHRIST
THAT
WITH THE EARTHQUAKE
THE OMINOUS
BOILING DARKENING SKY
RAGING WIND
THAT RIPPED THE TEMPLE VEIL
PROMPTS HIS AWESTRUCK CRY
TRULY
THIS WAS A SON OF GOD
FRANK A VOLLMER
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