The darkest day in all of mankind

and we call it “good?”

Well in the telling of the two trees,

therein lies why we should.

You see long ago, the Lord God presented life

through a tree, good for food, for man and his wife.

But there was one other tree that would bring forth a knowing

that of good, as well as evil, a seed that we’d lead on sowing.

Yet before this, man and woman, stood in glory and awe

and would walk in the cool of the day, with the One who made ALL.

But then, that tree…

it would have been you, it would have been me…

surely we would have eaten that fruit and planted that seed.

The one seed of sin, extended to all of humanity.

The very sin that leaves us chasing wind,

in greed and in vanity.

And over the course of generation after generation in time,

God would raise up a nation and a King from one line.

But this King would be crowned, not with gold and gemstones

but with thorns from a tree, torn through flesh and then bone.

And then nailed to a tree, this King would hang shamed,

for the sins of the world—this King remains blamed.

The darkest day in all of mankind,

and we call it “good.”

And the telling of the second tree…

is why we should.

You see ‘cause the first curse came through a tree

And it was because of me…

but the second curse placed on that King

was for ALL who believe.

And Paul, who would agree,

As he explains in Galatians 3,

the ancient verse that says “cursed is everyone hanged on the tree.”

So unless the curse is reversed,

it remains on you and me,

since relying on the law was the fruit forbidden on the first tree.

And while the fruit of the first tree,

bore the death of our glory,

the fruit of the King’s cross bore

well, that tree…

tells the rest of the story.