Analysis of Apostle and High Priest



You who share heavenly calling,
Consider Jesus the High Priest;
The One who stops you from falling,
And will be preparing the feast.

Apostle of a profession,
Who was faithful and appointed;
The One for our confession,
Purifying of the anointed.

Moses was faithful in His house,
But Jesus counted worthy more;
Being faithful He will espouse,
Anoint you and making you pure.

Much more glory as the builder,
Make a house with more honor;
A refuge for the bewilder,
Place of worship for the fawner.

For every house that had been built,
The builder of all things is God;
Relieving people of their guilt,
Attending to honor and laud.

Moses was a faithful servant,
Proven of things spoken later;
A faith that was pure and fervent,
Only Jesus as one greater.

Christ is faithful being the Son,
We hold fast to a confidence;
Boasting a hope of what was done,
With a faith as our defense.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXX FFFE GXGX HFHF CXCX F
Poetic Form
Metre 11110010 01010011 01111110 01101001 01010010 11100010 01110010 10010010 10110011 11010101 10101101 01101011 11101010 1011110 01010010 1110101 110011111 01011111 01010111 01011001 10101010 10111010 01111010 10101110 11101001 11110100 10011111 10111001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 924
Words 197
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Jesus Greater Than Moses Hebrews 3:1-6

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Written on June 14, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on June 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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