{"id":33021,"date":"2015-12-25T12:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=33021"},"modified":"2015-12-25T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T13:18:38","slug":"rejoice-o-mystical-rod-of-jesse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/rejoice-o-mystical-rod-of-jesse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice, O mystical rod of Jesse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Rejoice, O mystical rod which blossomed the unfading Flower.&#8221;<br \/>\n(excerpt from the Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Jesse-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33022 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Jesse-Tree-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Tree\" width=\"378\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Jesse-Tree-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Jesse-Tree.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a>The genealogy of Jesus is very interesting and impressive for a variety of reasons. The Gospel of Saint Luke traces Jesus&#8217; ancestry back from Joseph to Adam to show His connection to the inception of humanity; the Gospel of\u00a0Saint\u00a0Matthew begins his genealogy with Abraham \u2013the Father of the Hebrew Nation\u2013 and moves f<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">orward, linking Him to the kingly line\u00a0of David. Both strains of lineage demonstrate, therefore, that Jesus is the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecies because He is a direct descendent of King David, the rightful heir to be the new &#8220;King of Israel.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This, too, was prophesied by Isaiah who proclaimed that, &#8220;There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him&#8221; (Is. 11:1-2); Jesse is\u00a0the father of King David.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">God fulfills His promise. The icon presented here depicts \u00a0mystical &#8220;root&#8221; often depicts the Virgin Mary in the center of a vine of the historic forefathers presents to the world the blossomed Fruit or Flower, Jesus, seated upon her throne-like lap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, is a time to contemplate the <em>Promise made Flesh<\/em> in the birth of our Lord and Savior! For it is &#8220;Jesus who brought the fire of the Spirit, which takes away the desire for the things that are here, and removes us to another love&#8221; (Saint John Chrysostom).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Rejoice, O mystical rod which blossomed the unfading Flower.&#8221; (excerpt from the Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos) The genealogy of Jesus is very interesting and impressive for a variety of reasons. The Gospel of Saint Luke traces Jesus&#8217; ancestry back from Joseph to Adam to show His connection to the inception of humanity; the Gospel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/rejoice-o-mystical-rod-of-jesse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rejoice, O mystical rod of Jesse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1875,32135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33023,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33021\/revisions\/33023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}