{"id":3802,"date":"2025-04-07T06:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2025-04-07T07:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:23:51","slug":"the-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/04\/07\/the-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Sentencing<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Like to Imagine
\nThe Most Reverend
\nJonathan Edwards,
\nGone Home
\nto Stand before
\nHis Maker,<\/p>\n

Who has Prepared for Him
\na Theater,
\nFormed from The Reverend\u2019s
\nOwn Imagination,
\na Courtroom with
\na White Throne Called
\nJudgment.<\/p>\n

Our Maker Sits
\nOn The Throne,
\nScowling,
\nthen Speaks:<\/p>\n

\u201cSir, on July 14, 1741,
\nin Enfield, Connecticut,
\nYou Preached that
\nI Am an Angry God,
\nand Hold All Mankind
\nIn My Hands,
\nPrepared to Drop Them
\ninto a Hell of Burning Demons.<\/p>\n

Forever.<\/p>\n

Unless an Innocent
\nis Sacrificed and
\nBlood Is Shed.<\/p>\n

Sir, Nothing Could Be
\nFurther from
\nThe Truth.<\/p>\n

Stand,
\nTo Be Judged
\nand Sentenced.\u201d<\/p>\n

As He Stands,
\nThe Courtroom Vanishes.<\/p>\n

Angels Clad In Light\u2028
\nLift and Carry Him
\nTo Stand Before
\nThe Maker,<\/p>\n

Who Smiles,
\nThen Pulls Him Close,
\nan Embrace
\nFirm In Its
\nGentleness,
\nSpilling Adoration
\nInto His Every Pore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Forgive Your
\nChildish Judgments.
\nThere Is No Sentencing.<\/p>\n

Only My Love.<\/p>\n

Now Go,
\nand Sin No More.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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