{"id":2164,"date":"2023-12-24T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2023-12-26T05:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:07:28","slug":"a-light-has-dawned-what-will-the-day-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2164","title":{"rendered":"A light has dawned. What will the day be like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2163\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/adventChristmas2crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/adventChristmas2crop.jpg 361w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/adventChristmas2crop-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The people walking in darkness have seen a great light;<br \/>\non those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.<br \/>\nYou have enlarged the nation and increased their joy;<br \/>\nthey rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest,<br \/>\nas warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.<br \/>\n<strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For as in the day of Midian\u2019s defeat,<br \/>\nyou have shattered the yoke\u00a0that burdens them,<br \/>\nthe bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.<br \/>\nEvery warrior\u2019s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood<br \/>\nwill be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.<br \/>\n<strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,<br \/>\nand the government\u00a0will be on his shoulders.<br \/>\nAnd he will be called \u00a0Wonderful Counselor,\u00a0Mighty God,<br \/>\nEverlasting\u00a0Father,\u00a0Prince of Peace.<br \/>\nOf the greatness of his government\u00a0and peace there will be no end.<br \/>\nHe will reign\u00a0on David\u2019s throne and over his kingdom,<br \/>\nestablishing and upholding it with justice\u00a0and righteousness<br \/>\nfrom that time on and forever. Is. 9:2-7 NIV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0December 24, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people walking in darkness&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-thought-for-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2164"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}