A Theory of Heaven and Hell 2
Jesus talks of heaven I am sure
I am less sure all that’s writ is what he said
But I am most sure of what I infer
Heaven is. And Abba is not dead
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Of angels I am less sure though it seems
They are like what I take our fate to be
Ones with whom Abba is unified
Who on occasion can with us abide
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Deep within I know I have been moved
By contact sensed although it is unproved
I know of one who sought me from the blue
I know what he enabled me to do
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That heaven is a realm seems past all doubt
If only in a mind that thinks it’s so
To pray to Abba is almost a little shout
And then there is the prayer we all should know
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It is the prayer that Jesus taught to all
The one that says the father’s holy name
Not God before whom all the world must fall
But Abba bearing love minus the blame
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The prayer says heaven is where Abba lives
The prayer suggests the purpose of all life
When we confess our wrongs Abba forgives
We are to build a world past hurt and strife
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We cannot credit such simplicity
And so we shrug at the word ‘heavenly’
Making the world thus is no aim of ours
We prefer principalities and powers
