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THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie)
 (Second Edition)
 Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt
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 Includes all original and revised poetry and prose
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The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I  (1985)
The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991)
Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt
ISBN 0-8059-2988-6
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.c2.  A look ahead

You can not escape from the cosmic sea
Of endless delusion.
Humans are humans,
Ever full of confusion.
You try to find your way free,
But you look and remain lost.
Strive no further toward this endeavor,
For the time that you waste is of too much cost.
Unless that which you seek
Is the Kingdom of God;
Then ever strive further
With perpetual fervor
For then shall peace be added unto you.

Those who await the blessing of our Lord's return;  Say
Ye know that these trials shall come to pass
On the eve of that gracious day.
These tests must we for long endure, alas
That we should deserve the love of our Lord.

There shall be an
Increase in wars
That will smite the land;
And rumors of wars
Will not withstand the test of the sand.
There shall be an increase in extreme materialism
As sinners pray for their release;
Jesus will deliver unto them
Their deserved Peace.
There shall be a widespread
Departure from the faith.
A vindication on the spiritually dead;
Increasing the omnipotent fury of God's wrath.
A global peak of lawlessness will transpire.
An increase in man's travel and knowledge,
As he strive to Descend even Higher.
As never has there been seen before,
There shall be an increase in demonic activity;
The worldly devil-matrix will form
In man's vacant lot of absent humility.
There shall be a unification of the world
As mankind's reclamation draws ever nigh.
And Christians again Vanguard our Herald
As wizened prophets continue to scry.
Finally, at the dawn of our salvation,
There shall be an absence of worthy dynamic leadership
And they will ready our race to that Nation
With the hand of Jesus guiding that Hallowed Ship.
Thus will be His return and the beginning and the end.

Blessed be all those who worship Jesus
And wallow in His Word.
For they shall be in the company of angels,
Not before of unheard.
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