Flames of Destruction, Flames of Redemption - Poem
Earlier this week, I was re-watching the "Hasc 21" concert on 24six and came up to the part where Avraham Fried enters the stage. His opening song for his set that night was the legendary classic "No Jew Will Be Left Behind", which for those who know, is the title track of his very first album from 1981. While listening to the song, a thought came to me: We know that when the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed, how was it destroyed? It was burnt in a raging fire. When the Third Beis HaMikdash will come down from heaven (speedily in our days) it will descend in a glorious heavenly fire. Both in its destruction and its rebuilding it uses fire. One uses a raging, aggressive fire, the other one will use a warm, soothing, hopeful flame of life as it descends in glory and serenity. This got me thinking to create a poem where I try my best to bring this point forward. You will notice that I wrote it with twelve stanzas, (! that surprised me too) two stanzas each for every side, ...