{"id":12224,"date":"2024-07-22T10:08:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2024-07-28T12:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:35:33","slug":"the-wedding-feast-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/07\/the-wedding-feast-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SERIES: The Lamb Wins!!<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TITLE: The Wedding Feast<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scripture: Rev. 19:1-21<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0 THE SPOTLESS BRIDE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAfter this\u201d refers to chapter 18 and the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>destruction of Babylon<\/strong><\/span>). What does John hear next? (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Praise the Lord!<\/strong><\/span>) which literally means (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hallelujah!<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Why the praise?<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Because God\u2019s judgments are (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>true and just<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>Because He judged the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>great prostitute<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>Because of the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ultimate defeat<\/strong><\/span>) that will come.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cOne day all of the man-made isms that have such a grip on many cultures of the world-classism, racism, materialism, consumerism, egoism, hedonism, humanism-will no longer rule the day.\u201d (Guthrie-p.203)<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>II. THE WARRIOR GROOM <br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How is the bridegroom depicted?<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>He is called (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Faithful and True<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>His eyes were like (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>flames of fire<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>The many crowns indicate (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>legitimate authority<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>A name written on Him that (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>no one can understand<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>The name (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Word of God<\/strong><\/span>) reminds of His role in creation, as well as His providence and work.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEXT WEEK: THEME: Run with the Horses<br \/>SERIES: The Lamb Wins!!<br \/>TITLE: The Millennium is not a Roller Coaster<br \/>SCRIPTURE: Rev. 20:1-15<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: The Lamb Wins!! TITLE: The Wedding Feast Scripture: Rev. 19:1-21 I.\u00a0 THE SPOTLESS BRIDE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cAfter this\u201d refers to chapter 18 and the (destruction of Babylon). What does John hear next? (Praise the Lord!) which literally means (Hallelujah!) Why the praise? Because &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/07\/the-wedding-feast-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12253,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions\/12253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}