{"id":1992,"date":"2021-12-05T07:59:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2021-12-26T09:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T15:13:58","slug":"the-coming-of-christmas-the-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=1992","title":{"rendered":"The Coming of Christmas: The PROMISE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-05-21.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a need for Christmas because we have a need for Christ, the Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PROMISE of Christmas was foreshadowed in scripture.<br>\nGenesis 3:15 <br>\nNumbers 21:7-9 <br>\nGenesis 22:10-13 <br>\nThe PROMISE of Christmas was foretold by prophets.<br>\nMicah 5:2 <br>\nIsaiah 7:14 <br>\nMatthew 1: 18-23  <br>\nIsaiah 9:6-7  <br>\nThe PROMISE of Christmas was\/would be fulfilled through Jesus.<br>\nIsaiah 53:1-8 <br>\nVideo: Jesus in OT scripture final<br>\nGod&#8217;s PROMISE of Christmas (Christ) was meant to give His people hope.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-05-21.mp3\">The Coming of Christmas: The Promise<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-05-21.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a need for Christmas because we have a need for Christ, the Savior. The PROMISE of Christmas was foreshadowed in scripture. Genesis 3:15 Numbers 21:7-9 Genesis 22:10-13 The PROMISE of Christmas was foretold by prophets. Micah 5:2 Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1: 18-23 Isaiah 9:6-7 The PROMISE of Christmas was\/would be fulfilled through Jesus. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=1992\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Coming of Christmas: The PROMISE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-coming-of-christmas","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}