{"id":1176,"date":"2023-12-24T01:39:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2023-12-24T01:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T01:40:02","slug":"advent-viii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1176","title":{"rendered":"Advent VIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">But the angel said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;&nbsp;for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is&nbsp;Christ the Lord.&nbsp; ( Luke 2:10-11, NASB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The night Jesus was born, a legion of angels descended upon some shepherds nearby to Bethlehem.&nbsp; They had an announcement:&nbsp; &#8220;I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.&#8221;&nbsp; This was indeed good news, and of great joy!&nbsp; The shepherds knew that God had promised them their Messiah.&nbsp; Israel had long awaited for the Christ to come to the earth.&nbsp; They quickly gathered, then went to Bethlehem to see the Baby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The shepherds left their flocks to worship the Spotless Lamb of God!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The shepherds went to worship the Good Shepherd!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">These lowly servants hurried to worship at the feet of the King of Israel!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We must also bow in worship to our King!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Merry Christmas to you all and your families!\u00a0 God rest ye merry!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_2388-Medium.jpeg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_2388-Medium.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_2388-Medium.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christmas 2023.\u00a0 &#8220;I AM smiling!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bethlehem Morning\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZc1cFp6XA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Worship :&nbsp; &#8220;Bethlehem Morning,&#8221; by Sandi Patty&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mannheim Steamroller - Stille Nacht (Silent Night) [Audio]\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/weGoTt3ZjGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Worship:&nbsp; &#8220;Stille Nacht, &#8221; by Mannheim Steamroller&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Point of Grace &quot;Gloria (The King Has Come)&quot; | Official Music Video\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qj1lkGUZobc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Worship:&nbsp; &#8220;Gloria (The King Has Come)&#8221; by Point of Grace&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But the angel said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;&nbsp;for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is&nbsp;Christ the Lord.&nbsp; ( Luke 2:10-11, NASB) The night Jesus was born, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1176\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advent VIII&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,3,48,27,5,57,73,36,10],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-advent","tag-als","tag-christmas","tag-faith","tag-hope","tag-jesus","tag-love","tag-salvation","tag-terminal-illness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}