THE SON OF MAN

And so I walk now by His side
And in His person do abide
To then, in turn, take from the Son
This food and feed the hungry one.

These fishes few; this loaf so small,
In some strange way are food for all
Who leap with joy to see the day
Of the Son of Man come in full array.

This Bread I find is a Body so changed
With all of its atoms so rearranged
That corruption has fled, has found no place,
In this Body raised up for the human race.

I eat and I find that to me it is life,
I too am changed and am raised above strife;
With joy I partake and wait for the time
When all who shall come this new Life shall find.

I drink of the wine of this kingdom renewed
And find in my bloodstream evil being subdued;
Then I think of the mount where with Jesus men feared
When the Kingdom of God in its splendor appeared;

When the veil was turned back and the glory then shown
As the Kingdom of God to man was made known;
A foretaste of Glory to come among men
On the day when the Son shall come back again.

And then, as I muse, my being is thrilled
And I see before me these things being fulfilled;
And heaven and earth now sing a new song
For redemption has come; to Him now we belong.