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                 Meet me at the Passage

Who Will Fill the Empty Room ?

2/2/2022

 
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One demon was cast out  [i]
the room then cleaned and scoured
next seven devils further came,
new occupancy ensured
 
The owner, glad the devils left,
And wishing to restore
all purity and order
had left it bare, without our Lord            
 
Ready-or-not, ordered-or-not,
an entrance empty still invites,
God would have chased those devils out
had his Spirit claimed that spot
 
                                                                   (2010s) 
 
[i]  Matt.  12: 43-45,   Jesus says:     
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person it roams through arid regions searching for rest but finds none.
Then it says, ‘I will return to my home from which I came.’  But upon returning, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order. 
Then it goes and brings back with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they move in and dwell there; and the last condition of that person is worse than the first. Thus it will be with this evil generation.”


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