{"id":117563,"date":"2022-12-25T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117563"},"modified":"2022-12-25T10:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T15:51:48","slug":"more-music-for-christmas-jesus-christ-the-apple-tree-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117563","title":{"rendered":"More Music for Christmas&#8211;Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SixnHKwyrjI\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Ever since I first heard it, my favorite Christmas song&#8211;KSH.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics&#8211;The tree of life my soul hath seen,<br \/>\nLaden with fruit, and always green:<br \/>\nThe trees of nature fruitless be<br \/>\nCompared with Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>His beauty doth all things excel:<br \/>\nBy faith I know, but ne&#8217;er can tell<br \/>\nThe glory which I now can see<br \/>\nIn Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>For happiness I long have sought,<br \/>\nAnd pleasure dearly I have bought:<br \/>\nI missed of all; but now I see<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis found in Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m weary with my former toil,<br \/>\nHere I will sit and rest awhile:<br \/>\nUnder the shadow I will be<br \/>\nof Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,<br \/>\nIt keeps my dying faith alive;<br \/>\nWhich makes my soul in haste to be<br \/>\nWith Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Messiah came as the Apple Tree from heaven to redeem the trees of the field (people). Tall trees (proud people) who reject Him will be brought low. But the Messiah will exalt the humble who trust Him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleTree?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AppleTree<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MerryChristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MerryChristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeopleAsTrees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeopleAsTrees<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MWwUR1LwuR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MWwUR1LwuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wade Burleson (@Wade_Burleson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wade_Burleson\/status\/1607021829809659906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I first heard it, my favorite Christmas song&#8211;KSH. Lyrics&#8211;The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit, and always green: The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ the apple tree. His beauty doth all<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117563\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,162,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-christology","category-liturgy-music-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117565,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117563\/revisions\/117565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}