{"id":3471,"date":"2013-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/and-she-named-the-child-ichabod-saying-the-glory-has-departed-from-israel-1-samuel-421-esv\/"},"modified":"2013-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T00:00:00","slug":"and-she-named-the-child-ichabod-saying-the-glory-has-departed-from-israel-1-samuel-421-esv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/and-she-named-the-child-ichabod-saying-the-glory-has-departed-from-israel-1-samuel-421-esv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;And she named the child Ichabod, saying, &#8216;The glory has departed from Israel!'&#8221; (1 Samuel 4:21 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After she heard that her husband was killed and the ark was captured by the Philistines, the daughter-in-law of Eli went into labor. With her last breath she named her newborn son &#8220;Ichabod,&#8221; meaning &#8220;no glory,&#8221; and died. The ark represented God&#8217;s presence and glory. How could Israel be the people of God without His presence? Yet today, many may as well have &#8220;Ichabod&#8221; written over their doors, for they practice a form of religion, but God&#8217;s Spirit is not present. Before I preach every Sunday, I pray, &#8220;God, if you don&#8217;t show up, nothing happens! Lord, be present. Show us your glory. Let Your Word speak to us afresh!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After she heard that her husband was killed and the ark was captured by the Philistines, the daughter-in-law of Eli went into labor. With her last breath she named her newborn son &#8220;Ichabod,&#8221; meaning &#8220;no glory,&#8221; and died. The ark represented God&#8217;s presence and glory. How could Israel be the people of God without His presence? Yet today, many may as well have &#8220;Ichabod&#8221; written over their doors, for they practice a form of religion, but God&#8217;s Spirit is not present. Before I preach every Sunday, I pray, &#8220;God, if you don&#8217;t show up, nothing happens! Lord, be present. Show us your glory. Let Your Word speak to us afresh!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1276],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1655],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3471","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-1-samuel","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-may-8"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}