The Scroll Of Times

There have been Scrolls written,
From many centuries ago,
All down through the times.
On parchment paper we're told.

Words of the Heavenly Father,
Written by inspiration,
By those He chose to write them,
For His special occasions.

It is believed the Dead Sea Scrolls,
Searching for a stray goat gone astray,
Were found in jars by a young shepherd boy,
In a Judean desert cave.

There are Dead Sea Scrolls,
Believed to have been found in the land,
Of Masada, Ein Gedi, and Qumran,
Archaeological Sites of interest to man.

There were fragments from eleven caves,
The questions remain as to who and where,
Why were they placed in a cave?
Who placed them there?

There are all types of Scrolls.
Scrolls for birthdays, graduations and such,
But most are interested in,
Scrolls of Ancient History and Biblical Scrolls,
That reveal to us so much.

Shortly after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls,
The Scrolls and Qumran Ruin, established as indeed ancient,
From the time when Jesus of Nazareth lived,
And older than any other surviving manuscript.

What do they mean as to Judaism and Christianity,
Of what importance are they today?
Maybe to help us understand,
The importance about God's way.

There are tens of thousands of fragments,
Yet to be reconstructed,
Concerning perhaps the nature of the Qumran,
And more about their culture.

In the ancient Roman Village of Herculaneum,
Some mysterious Scrolls were found from centuries ago,
Buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Entombed in lava and ash, the Papyruses survived as told.

We'll never know of all the past,
Not In this lifetime we're in,
But much can be learned from Scrolls,
And how so many lived and how their life had been.

We'll know just what the Master opens up to us,
And someday we can know it all.
But until this life is over,
We'll be content until He makes that call.

Faye Reyenga © 8/29/2009
Faye Reyenga