{"id":2415,"date":"2020-12-29T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glorycbcdevotion.home.blog\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:06:06","slug":"2020-12-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/devotion-2019_2021\/2020-12-29\/","title":{"rendered":"2020-12-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaiah 9:1-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book of Isaiah is full of contrast with multi-fold messages. From Chapter 8, we learn that the result of our wrongdoings is things getting worse fast and furiously (Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz).&nbsp; But in the first part of Chapter 9 (v1-7), we are given the message about the first and the most precious Christmas gift (Immanuel).&nbsp; Handel made a great masterpiece out of these glorious verses, when the choir sang, it made my heart rejoice! It\u2019s been a few days after Christmas and all the gifts were unwrapped and the commercial spirit of Christmas subsided. Is this great news of the Savior and the first ever Christmas gift still the music to our ears? Lord, may we find the true peace in you, no matter what circumstances we are in, whatever is ahead of us. May we enjoy Immanuel, you word, your son, and your spirit is with us always!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the theme of redemption and judgment, Isaiah 9:8-21 is about the wrath of God. The phrase&nbsp; \u2018his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised\u2019 repeated in v12, v17, and v21 to emphasize the multitude of men\u2019s sin and the severity of the punishment. How can they escape?&nbsp; &#8211; Return to the Lord and seek Him only (v13). As the new year approaches and the three \u2018Re\u2019 words (Return\/Rebuild\/Redevelop) are shared with us as the theme for the work of GCBC in 2021, may the Lord help us to be resolved to follow Him and seek Him only!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;- Ivy Lin<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 9:1-21 Book of Isaiah is full of contrast with m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion-2019_2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4205,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions\/4205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}