{"id":4646,"date":"2024-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/august-12\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:33:34","slug":"august-12","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"August 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Corinthians<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLike the early church, our corporate worship follows a 1 + 6 rather than 6 + 1 pattern, gathering on the week\u2019s first day, not the last (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2). Why? All the Gospel writers highlight that Jesus rose on Sunday (Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1), and by this they identify that Israel\u2019s hope of seeing the ultimate Sabbath restored was accomplished on that resurrection Lord\u2019s day (Rev. 1:10). On that first day of the week, light dawned into darkness, God initiated new creation, and God\u2019s kingdom in Christ was realized in a more substantive way than ever before. Sunday worship reflects that inaugurated nature of rest that we relish the remaining part of the week. It also nurtures within us hope for the day when our faith will become sight (2 Cor. 5:7) and when the rest we already taste will be completed through the removal of all evil, pain, and death at the glimpse of our Savior\u2019s face (Rev. 21:4; 22:3). As we presently delight in Sabbath rest every day of the week, we magnify Christ\u2019s curse-overcoming work, even as we continue to pray, &#8216;Your kingdom come &#8230; on earth as it is in heaven&#8217; (Matt. 6:10).\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4646","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}