{"id":520,"date":"2018-12-25T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/?p=520"},"modified":"2019-01-02T13:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:24:16","slug":"the-reason-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/the-reason-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reason for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;The people who walked in darkness<br \/>\nhave seen a great light;<br \/>\nthose who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,<br \/>\non them has light shone.<br \/>\nYou have multiplied the nation;<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nyou have increased its joy;<br \/>\nthey rejoice before you<br \/>\nas with joy at the harvest,<br \/>\nas they are glad when they divide the spoil.<br \/>\nFor the yoke of his burden,<br \/>\nand the staff for his shoulder,<br \/>\nthe rod of his oppressor,<br \/>\nyou have broken as on the day of Midian.<br \/>\nFor every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult<br \/>\nand every garment rolled in blood<br \/>\nwill be burned as fuel for the fire.<br \/>\nFor to us a child is born,<br \/>\nto us a son is given;<br \/>\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,<br \/>\nand his name shall be called<br \/>\nWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,<br \/>\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<br \/>\nOf the increase of his government and of peace<br \/>\nthere will be no end,<br \/>\non the throne of David and over his kingdom,<br \/>\nto establish it and to uphold it<br \/>\nwith justice and with righteousness<br \/>\nfrom this time forth and forevermore.<br \/>\nThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<h3>(Isaiah 9:2-7 ESV)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Merry Christmas!!<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Love,<\/p>\n<p><em>Redemption Ministries<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-522\" src=\"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/18-12-25-10-00-49-154_deco-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/18-12-25-10-00-49-154_deco-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/18-12-25-10-00-49-154_deco-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/18-12-25-10-00-49-154_deco-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/the-reason-for-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Reason for Christmas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}