{"id":4344,"date":"2009-05-30T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T01:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/200\/?p=18"},"modified":"2009-05-30T21:28:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T01:28:57","slug":"micah-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/2009\/05\/30\/micah-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah 5:2"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting”
\n — Micah 5:2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Lord Jesus had goings forth for his people as their representative
\nbefore the throne, long before they appeared upon the stage of time. It
\nwas “from everlasting” that he signed the compact with his Father, that
\nhe would pay blood for blood, suffering for suffering, agony for agony,
\nand death for death, in the behalf of his people; it was “from
\neverlasting” that he gave himself up without a murmuring word. That
\nfrom the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he might sweat great
\ndrops of blood, that he might be spit upon, pierced, mocked, rent
\nasunder, and crushed beneath the pains of death. His goings forth as
\nour Surety were from everlasting. Pause, my soul, and wonder! Thou hast
\ngoings forth in the person of Jesus “from everlasting.” Not only when
\nthou wast born into the world did Christ love thee, but his delights
\nwere with the sons of men before there were any sons of men. Often did
\nhe think of them; from everlasting to everlasting he had set his
\naffection upon them. What! my soul, has he been so long about thy
\nsalvation, and will not he accomplish it? Has he from everlasting been
\ngoing forth to save me, and will he lose me now? What! Has he carried
\nme in his hand, as his precious jewel, and will he now let me slip from
\nbetween his fingers? Did he choose me before the mountains were brought
\nforth, or the channels of the deep were digged, and will he reject me
\nnow? Impossible! I am sure he would not have loved me so long if he had
\nnot been a changeless Lover. If he could grow weary of me, he would
\nhave been tired of me long before now. If he had not loved me with a
\nlove as deep as hell, and as strong as death, he would have turned from
\nme long ago. Oh, joy above all joys, to know that I am his everlasting
\nand inalienable inheritance, given to him by his Father or ever the
\nearth was! Everlasting love shall be the pillow for my head this night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” — Micah 5:2 The Lord Jesus had goings forth for his people as their representative before the throne, long before they appeared upon the stage of time. It was “from everlasting” that he signed the compact with his Father, that he would pay blood for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}