{"id":4211,"date":"2024-12-04T06:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2024-12-04T06:44:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:44:11","slug":"advent-alphabet-d-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4211","title":{"rendered":"Advent Alphabet (D)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/David.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DAVID<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Joseph, son of DAVID, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife&#8230;&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the biblical story of salvation unfolds we see Israel watching and waiting in times of darkness, faith-filled and courageous as the way head becomes clear, and jubilant as God&#8217;s promise unfolds. Each part of the journey has depended on Israel saying &#8216;yes&#8217; and trusting in God&#8217;s promise. They have stumbled and almost fallen many times. The choosing of David, from the insignificant town of Bethlehem, marks a turning point in the story. David is the youngest and is called from the fields to be anointed king by Samuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To David will be given the promise of a dynasty that will stand firm and a throne that will be secure forever. The covenant, which up until this point was conditional, now becomes unconditional. The history of promise converges now in David. It is from David&#8217;s line that a Messiah will be born.  Lineage matters a great deal in the story of our salvation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That promise to David now takes shape through the faith of Joseph, son of David. His faithful living of Torah and his courage in trusting the angel&#8217;s word are essential to God&#8217;s plan. Right before his eyes God&#8217;s dynasty will be secure in the form of a tiny child. God has used every step of Joseph&#8217;s journey to bring his promise to completion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you trace the path of God&#8217;s promise in your own life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Matthew 1:18-24, Dec 18th)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID &#8216;Joseph, son of DAVID, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife&#8230;&#8217; As the biblical story of salvation unfolds we see Israel watching and waiting in times of darkness, faith-filled and courageous as the way head becomes clear, and jubilant as God&#8217;s promise unfolds. Each part of the journey has depended &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advent Alphabet (D)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4230,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions\/4230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}