{"id":1489,"date":"2018-03-31T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T07:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2018-04-26T13:51:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:51:55","slug":"double-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"Double Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you see them?<\/p>\n<p>Look up at just right angle and you will see high on the Hill of Calvary there is a set of double doors created just for us. \u00a0The lintel and center post is covered in the blood of our Passover Lamb, our sweet and precious Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>His Cross holds these doors\u00a0open for us&#8230; and through this opening He calls to us, beckoning for us to come, come in and see!<\/p>\n<p>RUN\u00a0my friends, run\u00a0to His Cross, run through the doors while He holds them open for us!<\/p>\n<p>John 14:6<br \/>\n<em>Jesus said to him, \u201cI am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Isaiah 45:1-4<br \/>\n<em>Thus says the L<span id=\"yui-gen107\" class=\"yhwh\">ORD<\/span> to His anointed,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held\u2014<br \/>\n<\/em><em>To subdue nations before him<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And loose the armor of kings,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>To open before him the double doors,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>So that the gates will not be shut:<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u2018I will go before you<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And make the crooked\u00a0places straight;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I will break in pieces the gates of bronze<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And cut the bars of iron.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I will give you the treasures of darkness<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And hidden riches of secret places,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>That you may know that I, the L<span class=\"yhwh\">ORD<\/span>,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Who call you by your name,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Am the God of Israel.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>For Jacob My servant\u2019s sake,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And Israel My elect,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I have even called you by your name;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I have named you, though you have not known Me&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Matthew 25:1-13<br \/>\n<em><span class=\"text Matt-25-1\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cThen the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span>who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NLT-23984\" class=\"text Matt-25-2\"><span class=\"woj\">Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-NLT-23985\" class=\"text Matt-25-3\"><span class=\"woj\">The five who were foolish didn\u2019t take enough olive oil for their lamps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-NLT-23986\" class=\"text Matt-25-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup><span class=\"woj\">but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NLT-23987\" class=\"text Matt-25-5\"><span class=\"woj\">When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23988\" class=\"text Matt-25-6\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cAt midnight they were roused by the shout, \u2018Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23989\" class=\"text Matt-25-7\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cAll the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NLT-23990\" class=\"text Matt-25-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup><span class=\"woj\">Then the five foolish ones asked the others, \u2018Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23991\" class=\"text Matt-25-9\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cBut the others replied, \u2018We don\u2019t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23992\" class=\"text Matt-25-10\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cBut while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-NLT-23993\" class=\"text Matt-25-11\"><span class=\"woj\">Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, \u2018Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23994\" class=\"text Matt-25-12\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cBut he called back, \u2018Believe me, I don\u2019t know you!\u2019<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"en-NLT-23995\" class=\"text Matt-25-13\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cSo you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you see them? Look up at just right angle and you will see high on the Hill of Calvary there is a set of double doors created just for us. \u00a0The lintel and center post is covered in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=1489\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,130,2046,123,1600,1289],"tags":[2180,54,952,2188,1883,2175,67,65,2183,162,2187,2174,2173,980,2190,92,2179,1453,2176,1503,303,2171,2172,15,2193,2178,55,475,297,2185,2186,53,12,356,2181,2189,51,10,2177,2184,276,2182,2192,2191,52,16],"ppma_author":[2854],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-humility","category-mercy","category-prayer","category-seek","category-sorrow-2","tag-angle","tag-best","tag-blood","tag-bridesmaids","tag-calls-to-us","tag-calvary","tag-christ","tag-cross","tag-cyrus","tag-door","tag-door-was-locked","tag-double-door","tag-double-doors","tag-father","tag-for-you-do-not-know-the-day-of-or-hour-of-my-return","tag-god","tag-he-calls-us-by-name","tag-high-on-a-hill","tag-hill-of-calvary","tag-holy-spirit","tag-isaiah","tag-isaiah-45","tag-isaiah-451-4","tag-jesus","tag-keep-watch","tag-lamb","tag-life","tag-look-up","tag-lord","tag-matthew-25","tag-matthew-251-13","tag-my","tag-my-best-life","tag-new","tag-new-perspective","tag-oil","tag-our","tag-our-best-life","tag-passover","tag-right-hand","tag-run","tag-run-in","tag-so-you-too-must-keep-watch","tag-you-must-keep-watch","tag-your","tag-your-best-life"],"authors":[{"term_id":2854,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sbernadac","display_name":"Sarah Bernadac","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6f6fd27725929c335efc2f3f617d947991447401cb02a573de4c068d7361377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}