{"id":4571,"date":"2012-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/dont-be-afraid-he-said-for-you-are-very-precious-to-god-peace-be-encouraged-be-strong-daniel-1019\/"},"modified":"2012-12-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T00:00:00","slug":"dont-be-afraid-he-said-for-you-are-very-precious-to-god-peace-be-encouraged-be-strong-daniel-1019","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/dont-be-afraid-he-said-for-you-are-very-precious-to-god-peace-be-encouraged-be-strong-daniel-1019","title":{"rendered":"\u201c&#8217;Don\u2019t be afraid,&#8217; he said, &#8216;for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!'&#8221; (Daniel 10:19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The One speaking to Daniel had a similar appearance and effect as Christ did on John in Rev. 1. When we encounter God&#8217;s holiness (His wholly otherness and righteousness), it causes fear. Yet, Christ says, &#8220;Fear not. For you are very precious to God.&#8221; What joy! This is the message of Christmas: &#8220;Peace. Fear not. Be encouraged.&#8221; For Christ has come and is coming again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The One speaking to Daniel had a similar appearance and effect as Christ did on John in Rev. 1. When we encounter God&#8217;s holiness (His wholly otherness and righteousness), it causes fear. Yet, Christ says, &#8220;Fear not. For you are very precious to God.&#8221; What joy! This is the message of Christmas: &#8220;Peace. Fear not. Be encouraged.&#8221; For Christ has come and is coming again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1294],"scripture-chapter":[1343],"oyb_day":[1863],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4571","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-daniel","scripture-chapter-1343","oyb_day-december-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4571","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=4571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}