{"id":4710,"date":"2013-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/behold-i-am-coming-like-a-thief-blessed-is-the-one-who-stays-awake-keeping-his-garments-on-that-he-may-not-go-about-naked-and-be-seen-exposed-revelation-1615\/"},"modified":"2013-12-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T00:00:00","slug":"behold-i-am-coming-like-a-thief-blessed-is-the-one-who-stays-awake-keeping-his-garments-on-that-he-may-not-go-about-naked-and-be-seen-exposed-revelation-1615","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/behold-i-am-coming-like-a-thief-blessed-is-the-one-who-stays-awake-keeping-his-garments-on-that-he-may-not-go-about-naked-and-be-seen-exposed-revelation-1615","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBehold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!\u201d (Revelation 16:15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Advent&#8221; means &#8220;coming.&#8221; We remember that Christ has come and we prepare for His coming again. Just as He first came in the fulness of time (As a child is born in the 9th month), so His return will be after creation itself finishes its labor pains. A wise mother-to-be is already packed and ready for the water&#8217;s breaking. As the day approaches, her watching is all the more intense. Likewise, we are to be prepared for Christ&#8217;s sudden return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Advent&#8221; means &#8220;coming.&#8221; We remember that Christ has come and we prepare for His coming again. Just as He first came in the fulness of time (As a child is born in the 9th month), so His return will be after creation itself finishes its labor pains. A wise mother-to-be is already packed and ready for the water&#8217;s breaking. As the day approaches, her watching is all the more intense. Likewise, we are to be prepared for Christ&#8217;s sudden return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1333],"scripture-chapter":[1349],"oyb_day":[1886],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4710","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-revelation","scripture-chapter-1349","oyb_day-december-25"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4710","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=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}