"I have five brethren.... if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he [Abraham] said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead" (Luke 16:28-31).
How strange it is in this our day
That men can be persuaded
By those who cast the truth away
With lies they have paraded.
In spite of all the evidence
That prophecy provides,
The world's willful ignorance
Still stubbornly abides.
Yet soon it shall no longer be
That souls have not believed,
For no one in eternity
Is anymore deceived.
We shudder at the end that came
That Christ our Lord conveyed
To one tormented in the flame
Who hopelessly then prayed.
If one were risen from the dead
And to his brethren sent,
He thought they'd hear what he had said,
And promptly would repent.
Yet if they weren't persuaded through
The prophets that God gave,
They wouldn't count the message true,
Though one rose from the grave.
O Lord, we thank You for Your Word
Through prophets' inspiration,
Confirming faith when we had heard
By Your profound persuasion!
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