Christ, The True Vine

Christ, The True Vine

Read First: Genesis 1-3, Romans 5, I Corinthians 15, Revelation 21-22, Ephesians 1-2, Hebrews 11-12, Matthew 21, Genesis 5, Genesis 6-7, Genesis 12, James 2:19, Malachi 1:3, Romans 9, Psalm 1, Matthew 6, Matthew 13, Mark 4, Ezekiel 37, Matthew 23, Acts 13:48, Isaiah 11, I Peter 2:1-11, Matthew 16:6-12, Mark 8:15, Luke 12:1, John 6, John 10

In the beginning God created

A vineyard, beautiful, with no sin

In it, the first Adam to walk with God,

And represent the sons of men.

But in this garden planted by God

The first Adam failed and did rebel;

Brought to his sons hatred and death

Now with the devil, destined for hell.

But God who is rich in mercy 

Promised to send an obedient son

To crush the rebellion,

A true and better Adam would be the one


To restore the kingdom where the sons of God

Walk with their Creator

In perfect harmony and obedience

Perfectly and Perpetually in His favor

But now, cast out of the vineyard

Cherubim guard

The tree of life

From wicked men with hearts hard

They leave God’s kingdom

Dressed in garments of skins

An innocent lamb had been killed,

Blood required to cover their sins

To wait for the healing of the nations

With no more sin

No need for a lamp or light of the sun

The promised Son became for men

A new and better Adam

The water of life

The righteous branch of the vineyard

Reconciling His sons, with God no more strife.

God’s Enochs with Him walked

And waited for the promised day

God’s vineyard restored

Through the one who’d obey.

God’s Abels sacrificed

Knowing only blood could pay

For his sin and rebellion

A spotless lamb did slay.

God’s Noah’s were saved

Not by works but by grace;

The ark a shadow

Of the one whose face

Abraham sought,

Called away to a land

Though He’d worshiped false gods

By grace, now God’s friend.

This land a picture of Eden lost,

Flowing with milk and honey;

Better than earthly goods,

A heavenly country!

But in this promise the devils also believe

His children like Cain

Bring their sacrifices to God

And on others their sin blame

Destined to be like Esau and Pharaoh

A demonstration of God’s power

Carried away with the wind

Like dead grass with its flower

They seek an earthly kingdom

Making a name for their own

Laying up treasure on earth

For the seed has been sown


On ground not prepared

By the one who breaks stones

And breathes life into 

Hopeless dead bones

They reject the landowner’s son,

Thinking they do right,

Kill Him and his children

Not knowing their plight

That the kingdom of God

Will be taken from them

And given to babes

Whose fruit comes from the stem

Of Jesse, the promised Son

The branch whose roots will bear true fruit

Perfect obedience

Will come from this shoot

And be given to a people

Like the tax collector in the temple

And the thief on the cross

They cry, “It’s me Lord, the sinner”

True fruit then is faith

In the redemption of Jerusalem

Like Simeon and Anna

Who were looking for Him

With eyes of faith

By God given

To all who were appointed

To turn from the leaven

The Pharisee’s free-will choice

Of self-righteous hypocrisy

Though zealous for God

They had no eyes to see.

That only God’s sheep

Who eat Christ’s body and blood

Will be found and made alive by Him

Who does all things good

So indeed will the vineyard be restored

Better than Eden

By the blood of the perfect Adam

Has come the Kingdom of Heaven.