{"id":3671,"date":"2012-12-13T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2012-12-12T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:57:07","slug":"jesus-christ-branch-from-jesses-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/jesus-christ-branch-from-jesses-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Christ: Branch from Jesse&#8217;s Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,<br \/>\nand a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.<br \/>\nAnd the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,<br \/>\nthe Spirit of wisdom and understanding,<br \/>\nthe Spirit of counsel and might,<br \/>\nthe Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.<br \/>\nAnd his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.<br \/>\nHe shall not judge by what his eyes see,<br \/>\nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,<br \/>\nbut with righteousness he shall judge the poor,<br \/>\nand decide with equity for the meek of the earth;<br \/>\nand he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,<br \/>\nand with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.<br \/>\nRighteousness shall be the belt of his waist,<br \/>\nand faithfulness the belt of his loins.<br \/>\nThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb,<br \/>\nand the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,<br \/>\nand the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;<br \/>\nand a little child shall lead them.<br \/>\nThe cow and the bear shall graze;<br \/>\ntheir young shall lie down together;<br \/>\nand the lion shall eat straw like the ox.<br \/>\nThe nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,<br \/>\nand the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder&#8217;s den.<br \/>\nThey shall not hurt or destroy<br \/>\nin all my holy mountain;<br \/>\nfor the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD<br \/>\nas the waters cover the sea.<br \/>\nIn that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples\u2014of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.<br \/>\n(Isaiah 11:1-10 ESV)<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/jesus-christ-branch-from-jesses-roots\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,<br \/> and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.<br \/> And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,<br \/> the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,<br \/> the Spirit of counsel and might,<br \/> the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of 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