This poem may seem very depressing, but we must understand that, like with many spiritual words, the Bible's view of the Earth is different from our view of the Earth.   In the Bible, Earth represents the people who think only earthly and not heavenly, so the destruction presented in this poem is directed only to sinners. Once they are gone, the perfect world Christians seek can finally be created.

After receiving the news that his sons would rule his kingdom for centuries after his death, David took the time to thank God for what he did for himself and for his nation.

From being hunted down to having to live with his enemies, David went through a lot as a child of God. Thus, God promised the young man that the future of him and his descendants would be a lot better than he could ever imagine.

Welcome to Poems of Zion! Today, we will hear the tale of the Witch of Endor, and how her divination foretold the end of Saul's reign.

In this classic biblical parable, two men who live completely different lives see their worlds completely change when they end up in the grave.

A sinner may gain immense wealth and power, but as this poem shows, one day, they are sure to fall.

Furious with a righteous man's condemnation of her unlawful marriage, Herodias gets her revenge on her marriage's biggest critic...

As David continued the repatriation of the ark of God, he urged the Israelites to praise their creator and took the time to thank Yahweh for the protection he gave to Israel. Let's hear his glorious poem.

With everyone speaking one language, we could work as one and use our great intellect to achieve great things.  

However, we wasted our intelligence on a vanity project, and God had to make sure we didn't head down the wrong path...

Join Paul and Silas as they face psychics, earthquakes, and prison on their quest to preach the gospel.  Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons