{"id":2001,"date":"2021-12-26T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T16:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2021-12-26T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T16:44:08","slug":"the-coming-of-christmas-the-arrival-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2001","title":{"rendered":"The Coming of Christmas: The Arrival  (revisited)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-26-21.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-26-21.mp3\">The Arrival (revisited)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-26-21.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke 2:1-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke 2:7a And she gave birth to her firstborn son<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke 2:7b and <strong>wrapped him in swaddling cloths<\/strong> and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> The swaddling cloths hinted at  his humanity.   <br> The swaddling cloths pointed to his purpose.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Luke 2:7b and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and<strong> laid him in a manger<\/strong>, because there was no place for them in the inn.<br> Luke 2:8-12 <br> Matthew 2:6 <br> Isaiah 40:10-12  <br>Jesus wrapped and laying a manger was powerful picture of God\u2019s plan of salvation.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke 2:7b and[wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, <strong>because there was no place for them <\/strong>in the inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus was born into very humble beginnings with less than ideal circumstances.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make room for Jesus, both in your heart and in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 2:1-7 Luke 2:7a And she gave birth to her firstborn son Luke 2:7b and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. The swaddling cloths hinted at his humanity. The swaddling cloths pointed to his purpose. Luke 2:7b and wrapped him &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2001\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Coming of Christmas: The Arrival  (revisited)<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-coming-of-christmas","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","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=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/2007"}],"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=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}