the_content not displaying

I’m hoping someone can help here. I’ve got a template for my homepage and for some reason, when I add a custom code snippet the get_content hook does not work. Can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong semantically? Here is the code:

<?php<br />
/**<br />
 * Template Name: Home Page Template<br />
 *<br />
 * A custom page template without sidebar.<br />
 *<br />
 * The "Template Name:" bit above allows this to be selectable<br />
 * from a dropdown menu on the edit page screen.<br />
 *<br />
 * @package WordPress<br />
 * @subpackage purepress<br />
 * @since purepress 1.0<br />
 */</p>
<p>get_header();</p>
<p>	$slider_on  = ot_get_option( 'slider_on' );<br />
	$slider_type =  ot_get_option( 'incr_slider_home' );</p>
<p>	if ($slider_type == "flex") {<br />
		$slides = ot_get_option( 'mainslider', array() );<br />
		if ( $slider_on == 'yes' && !empty( $slides )) {<br />
			get_template_part('slider');<br />
		}<br />
	} </p>
<p>	if ($slider_type == "revolution") {<br />
		if ( $slider_on == 'yes') {<br />
			putRevSlider(ot_get_option( 'incr_revo_slider' ));<br />
		}</p>
<p>	}</p>
<p> while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?><br />
	<!-- 960 Container --><br />
	<div class="container" style="margin-top: 20px;"><br />
    <h2></h2><br />
<p></p><br />
<div class="sixteen columns"><br />
		<h4 class="headline"></h4><br />
	</div><br />
<?php<br />
  $args=array(<br />
  'orderby' =>'parent',<br />
  'order' =>'asc',<br />
  'post_type' =>'page',<br />
  'post__in' => array(28,26,175,34),<br />
   );<br />
   $page_query = new WP_Query($args); ?></p>
<p><?php while ($page_query->have_posts()) : $page_query->the_post(); ?><br />
  <div class="four columns"><br />
<div class="item-img"><br />
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?><br />
</div><br />
<div class="portfolio-item-meta"><br />
<h5><a>"><?php the_title();?></a></h5><br />
<?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<p><a>">Learn More</a></p>
<p></div><br />
</div></p>
<p><?php endwhile;  ?></p>
<p>	<div <?php post_class('post home'); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" ><br />
			<?php the_content() ?><br />
	</div><br />
	<!-- Post --><br />
<?php endwhile; // End the loop. Whew.  ?></p>
<p><?php get_footer(); ?><br />