Musing: Riddles

Riddle 1:

Indwelling a man, and he, dwelling therein,

Must be slain by him to rise alive again.

 

Solution:

A man both dwells in his Flesh, and it in him,

But it’s not the Body, but its Evil within,

That must by the Sword be slain,

If he, the man, would Live again.

 

Riddle 2:

This one, both loved by God and judged by Him,

Is ruled unlawful by Devil and Sin:

A snare to Saints, though living therein.

 

Solution:

God so loved the World, He sent His Son to die

For those of the World, to raise them on High.

Yet be warned! The World, its Pride, its Lust,

Is ruled by its Prince, though we tread on its dust.