{"id":10181,"date":"2022-06-14T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-revelation-22\/"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:23:58","slug":"devotional-on-revelation-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-revelation-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16424\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16424\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P9259765.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; Grand Canyon, AZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the curtain falls<\/p>\n<p>Revelation 22: \u201cCome!\u201d say the Spirit and the Bride.<\/p>\n<p>The final scene is that of a river flowing with the Water of Life and a tree called \u201cthe Tree of Life.\u201d There\u2019s the Throne of God surrounded by his worshipers. Righteousness reigns\u2026holiness everywhere. John is told to publish his vision, making it available to all who will read. Then, Jesus, the star of this whole story speaks, in effect, putting his signature on the entire vision. Now, we hear a word that&#8217;s both an invitation to all and a mission for the Church. There\u2019s the invitation to \u201ccome and drink\u2026freely of the Water of Life.\u201d There\u2019s also a commission for the Church, the Bride of Christ, to join the Spirit in echoing the invitation to the entire human race, offering this Water of Life to all who will come. What we receive we offer to others. Now, as the curtain is falling, Jesus speaks again, assuring us of his return. From the audience John answers for all of us: \u201cYes, Come, Master Jesus!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take Away: Jesus is coming back. This is our hope. Proclaiming this truth is our mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the curtain falls Revelation 22: \u201cCome!\u201d say the Spirit and the Bride. The final scene is that of a river flowing with the Water of Life and a tree called \u201cthe Tree of Life.\u201d There\u2019s the Throne of God surrounded by his worshipers. Righteousness reigns\u2026holiness everywhere. John is told to publish his vision, making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1528,1428],"tags":[1380,320,604,678,959],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16426,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181\/revisions\/16426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}