Just Three

Just three in the Bible

That are still alive,

Only three in the Bible

That continually strive.

I won’t say who they are

Not yet, anyway,

But highlight some in the Word

That have passed away.

Methuselah is the first

And I’m sure you know why,

He lived the longest

But guess what!  He died.

   

Noah is the next

In the nine hundred group,

Genesis chapter nine

Puts him third in this loop.

Seven made this number

But they all have died

And all, except for Noah,

Are located in chapter five.

We can have a discussion

On relatively young Enoch

That was translated

And died, he did not.

Or, perhaps Elijah,

That was carted away

And nobody has seen him since

That appointed day.

Rather, read verse 1 again

For the qualifications there,

There are two characteristics

In your mind you should bear.

Alive and continually strive:

These are the two

And of those that meet these,

There are only a few.

A few, in the strictest sense

Is what I mean

And not how we deem a few

Re the modern-day scene.

 

God, the Father, the Word

And the Holy Ghost,

These three are in heaven

With the angelic hosts.

These three in the beginning

And an eternity before

And when time has ended

They will close the door.

Just three alive

That continually strive

And in these three

Every born-again believer abides.

 

These three exist and co-exist

These three are co-eternal,

These three are co-essential

These three are supernal.

A tri-unity or The Trinity

As some to them refer,

And when I examine the Bible

I am forced to concur.

Stewart Russell © March 2020