{"id":5039,"date":"2014-10-01T09:45:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T16:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2014-10-01T09:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T16:46:19","slug":"saudi-arabia-millions-head-toward-mecca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5039","title":{"rendered":"SAUDI ARABIA: Millions Head toward Mecca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/prayercast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/prayercast.com\/\">Prayercast<\/a>, September 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Roughly three million people will descend on Mecca, Saudi Arabia from October 1-6 for the largest annual pilgrimage in the world: the Hajj. This journey is the life-long aspiration of one-fifth of the world\u2019s population, and, when accomplished, is the spiritual climax of their lives. Being the fifth pillar of Islam, this pilgrimage and its accompanying rituals are supposed to increase Muslims\u2019 chances to attain paradise and forgiveness. The Hajj represents an opportunity to be reborn.<\/p>\n<p>Millions will circle the Ka\u2019bah and perform countless rituals, seeking answers, assurance, and absolution from a god who cannot hear and will not answer. May Muslims on this year\u2019s Hajj encounter the Living God through his son Jesus Christ, and may countless masses be truly born again by the power of the cross.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/prayercast.com\/subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/prayercast.com\/subscribe.html\">Subscribe to updates from Prayercast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Download a <a href=\"http:\/\/pray-ap.info\/hajj\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/pray-ap.info\/hajj\">video and prayer materials<\/a> about the Hajj from Praying through the Arabian Peninsula, and see <a href=\"http:\/\/reporter.win1040.com\/?p=2307\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/reporter.win1040.com\/?p=2307\">ISIS Threatens Mecca<\/a> (WIN Reporter), <a href=\"http:\/\/xrdarabia.org\/2014\/09\/20\/taking-the-haj-to-heaven\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/xrdarabia.org\/2014\/09\/20\/taking-the-haj-to-heaven\/\">Taking the Hajj to Heaven<\/a> (Crossroads Arabia), and a story about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabworldmedia.org\/2014\/09\/the-saudi-magazine-on-air-now\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.arabworldmedia.org\/2014\/09\/the-saudi-magazine-on-air-now\/\">breakthroughs in Christian broadcasting in Saudi Arabia<\/a> (Arab World Media).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Prayercast, September 28, 2014 Roughly three million people will descend on Mecca, Saudi Arabia from October 1-6 for the largest annual pilgrimage in the world: the Hajj. This journey is the life-long aspiration of one-fifth of the world\u2019s population, and, when accomplished, is the spiritual climax of their lives. Being the fifth pillar of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5039\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SAUDI ARABIA: Millions Head toward Mecca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5040,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions\/5040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}