Flood

Have in you the same attitude
that is also in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:1-11

Like the wine from heaven's cup,
Christ now pours being out 
'til the world's abyss fills up—
Mercy ends the ancient drought.

He, the very form of God,
would not grasp at godliness.
No, he came to take the cross:
Heaven cast out from itself.

Still, his mercy still pours down,
river from an endless sea,
never to be emptied out:
Mercy in infinity.

When the seas are gathered in,
earth and heaven are renewed,
then—O, Mercy!—only then
shall he cease to pour in flood.

Then shall rivers clap their hands,
deafen earth with their uproar.
At his name, each knee shall bend,
every tongue confess him Lord.

Christ, who fell to earth for us,
who was lifted on the cross,
fills creation with his love,
shows to us the form of God.

Victoria Falls, Zambia By Someone35 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15702489