The eagle flies above.

Above His followers
and . . . His enemies!
Untouched and untainted,
Jesus ever moved in heaven's divine winds
and not earth's common low roads.

Indwelt by His Father,
Jesus rose above
all the madness of the earth:
the mania of human ambition and
the insanity of man's hatred.
 
John reveals incidents of Jesus'
illusive power,
His immunity as One who
could not be cornered, coerced or killed!
Nor would He be exalted and enthroned.
Humanity could not capture Him
for any agenda.
 
The ambitions of the excited
presumed to name His position,
crown Him king on earth,
and accomplish this by audacious force!
Against His will!
(John 6:15)

From the fantasy of the people's
desire for an earthly king to
serve them . . .
He simply left.

He calmly "withdrew" not in fight
or explanation, but
by His God: transcendent,
untouchable, unchainable.
And . . .
utterly without ambition.

He soared . . .
and that, above even his own humanity.

He who lived in heavenly places above
every plot of man,
mounted in supremacy
above all dominions and
could not be tempted with
human flattery for erecting
meaningless thrones on specks of dirt.

Humanity does not make Jesus king
who was born God
eons before ever
He was born an earthman.

The simple common people
crown Him king for their selfish supply.
The pompous religious kill Him
as the imposter-king!

Crown Him or kill Him!
Never will we let Him just be . . . God.

So they took up stones to throw at Him,
but Jesus, by mixing with the crowd,
concealed Himself and went
out of the temple (enclosure).
John 8:59

From schemes of the murderers
Jesus never saved His life.
He rested in the Father's will
and simply went His tranquil way.
(John 7:1, 30; 8:20)

The eagle soars above his own enemies.

He is without predator in
the skies of his familiar dominion.
Above the highest points of earth,
unattached to,
unencumbered by . . . earth,
the eagle lands where he wishes and
leaves with soaring ease.

Jesus, though hounded by Satan,
was never, ever subject to him.

Always He bested those sent by His enemy,
confounded them and escaped them.
Even His crucifixion occurred solely by His consent
and was no successful trick of
the Evil One.

"You would have no authority over Me,
unless it had been given you from above . . . ."
John 19:11 NASB

Before His accusers, His silence was regal.
His murderers could provoke no fight.
His calmness reigned through beatings,
scorn and shamings . . .
except for that one
terrible moment of His
Father's withdrawal.

The Eagle life of divine empowering
had left Him . . . .

Copyright © 2002 Martha Kilpatrick