{"id":7224,"date":"2018-11-15T09:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7224"},"modified":"2018-11-15T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:55:16","slug":"for-our-god-is-a-devouring-fire-hebrews-1229-nlt-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/for-our-god-is-a-devouring-fire-hebrews-1229-nlt-2","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;For our God is a devouring fire&#8221; (Hebrews 12:29 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"87avt\" data-offset-key=\"f7msr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f7msr-0-0\">THE GOD OF THE OLD IS THE GOD OF THE NEW<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"87avt\" data-offset-key=\"2q4f1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2q4f1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2q4f1-0-0\">The apostle quoted Moses, \u201cFor the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God&#8221; (Deut. 4:24), clearly showing that the God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New Testament. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The image of God as a devouring ( KJV &#8220;consuming&#8221;) fire is one that seeks to reveal the strictness of his justice, the purity of his holiness and the passion of his love for us. We may boldly approach him through Christ, our Great High Priest, yet we do so reminded of how Moses approached the mountain of God with fear and trembling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GOD OF THE OLD IS THE GOD OF THE NEW<br \/>\nThe apostle quoted Moses, \u201cFor the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God&#8221; (Deut. 4:24), clearly showing that the God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New Testament. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The image of God as a devouring ( KJV &#8220;consuming&#8221;) fire is one that seeks to reveal the strictness of his justice, the purity of his holiness and the passion of his love for us. We may boldly approach him through Christ, our Great High Priest, yet we do so reminded of how Moses approached the mountain of God with fear and trembling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1325],"scripture-chapter":[1345],"oyb_day":[1846],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7224","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-hebrews","scripture-chapter-1345","oyb_day-november-15"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7224","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=7224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}