{"id":141986,"date":"2025-12-19T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141986"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:35:19","slug":"from-the-morning-scripture-readings-1192","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141986","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Scripture Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints; and they sang a new song, saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWorthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals,<br>\nfor thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God<br>\nfrom every tribe and tongue and people and nation,<br>\nand hast made them a kingdom and priests to our God,<br>\nand they shall reign on earth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, \u201cWorthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!\u201d\u009d And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all therein, saying, \u201cTo him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!\u201d\u009d And the four living creatures said, \u201cAmen!\u201d and the elders fell down and worshiped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Revelation 5:6-14<\/p><\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glen Orchy, Scottish Highlands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rj1jcViNCk\">pic.twitter.com\/rj1jcViNCk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; YorkshireLass (@MaureenPlatts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaureenPlatts\/status\/2001701594682007961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141986\">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":[574,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advent","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141986","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=141986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142006,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141986\/revisions\/142006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}