Soldier/Priest
He felt the nails within his hand he'd known so well before
Those nails he'd driven many times in dozens even more
Who'd been condemned for crimes they'd done or accusations made
But this time it was truly wrong to kill this One Who prayed
For in Him he must crucify he saw no guilt at all
A talent he did cultivate as he would hear men call
Out to their gods for mercy for the things that they had done
But judging by His presence this was not a guilty One
But was indeed much purer than the holy men at hand
Much richer in His holiness than men could understand
Not in some worldly royalty or other earthly way
But like some kind of deity some way he could not say
For when condemned and criticized He would not speak one word
Not one complaint of suffering from His lips could be heard
He simply mentioned His great thirst of which there was no doubt
And when they offered gal for pain He chose to go without
Because as he would later learn indeed his thoughts were true
The deed that he performed that day that he was forced to do
Was one of Godly sacrifice as Jesus took his place
And he would see the grace of God upon his Saviour's face
For as he stood there watching as the Son of God did die
And heard the moans of anguish he did also hear Him cry
His work for man was finished as God laid on Him our sins
And as the Lamb was sacrificed His new work would begin
That for both Jew and Gentile for both rich and commoner
As great High Priest His own pure blood He now could minister
Before God's throne in heaven as this Roman soon would learn
From studying the scriptures with the few who there had turned
From leaning on tradition to exploring all Christ taught
Pursuing not the words of men but how the Saviour thought
When living here among us as a Man among all men
He showed by His Example how to overcome all sin
And make that preparation for His Kingdom up above
The one He purchased by His death by hanging there in love
The Lamb of God's great Sacrifice nailed to a wooden cross
By hands that knew not what they'd done by God to save the lost
Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:24-39