Leaves of Prophecy

by Matt Harris

Leaves of Prophecy travels back several millennia to visit prophecies that Scripture foretold about the end times. It then explores how they relate to us now. The book is an extension of a poem by the same title found in my first book, Poems On Some Parables Of Christ (p. 37). Many centuries before the birth of Jesus, Scripture recorded over 300 Messianic prophecies. In the first century, when Jesus walked the earth, He fulfilled every one of them. In addition, the Bible contains more than twice as many prophecies that pertain to His Second Coming. Consequently, because Jesus fulfilled every Messianic prophecy written about Him at His First Coming, He will certainly come again to fulfill every prophecy Scripture predicts regarding His Second Coming. For Jesus Himself said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away" (Matthew 24:35).As for the structure of the book, it consists of one epic poem written in a form known as a pantoum. I used this particular framework to write in because its style best conveys the apocalyptic themes of the book. It contains 2,400 lines, which are separated into ten equal parts. Its lines are divided into four-line stanzas called quatrains. Throughout the poem the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeat themselves as the first and third lines in the subsequent stanza. The repetition of lines help to reinforce the importance of what Scripture is telling us about our world today and gives the poem an echo-like quality that provides the background music for this composition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692463763
• ISBN13: 9780692463765
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Matt Harris
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"