{"id":2665,"date":"2010-12-10T08:39:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2010-12-11T08:44:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T12:44:55","slug":"christmas-reading-december-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2665","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Reading: December 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2623\" title=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Reading: Matthew 1:22-23, Isaiah 7:10-15, John 1:14 (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 1:22-23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>22<\/strong> All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:<\/p>\n<p><strong>23<\/strong> Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isaiah 7:10-15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,11 Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.13 And he said, Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.15 He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 1:14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14<\/strong> And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More prophecy fulfilled from the God who keeps His promises!<\/li>\n<li>Do I live in such a way that displays that I understand the concept of Immanuel (God with us)?<\/li>\n<li>When the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, Jesus spanned the bridge of the great divide that sin caused between humans and Holy God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Reading: Matthew 1:22-23, Isaiah 7:10-15, John 1:14 (English Standard Version) Matthew 1:22-23 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us). Isaiah 7:10-15 10 Again the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}