Zechariah's Prophecy
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2nd Sunday of Advent
2nd Sunday of Advent
Zechariah’s Prophecy
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 1:
Intro
Zechariah and Elizabeth
who are they?
They are older
Zechariah is a priest
Elizabeth is somehow related to Mary, Cousin, could be an aunt,
Zechariah is made mute and more than likely also made deaf by the angel for his unbelief. His unbelief however did not stop the power of the prophecy.
He would remain silent until the boy was to be named and circumcised 8 days after his birth (according to ).
On that day Zechariah names the boy John and offers these words found in the first chapter of Luke
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:68
68-75 —> aren’t even about John they are words about Jesus.
Zechariah praises God because he knows the Messiah is coming. He also knows this Messiah is not his son.
76-79
76 —> child, not son. Our relationship to God is more important than our relationship to anyone on earth.
77 —> Salvation is being made possible. We need it for the forgiveness of our sins.
“Forgiveness is not so much the remission of penalty as the restoration of relationship.”
78—> light brings hope. Darkness can not overcome the light no matter how hard it tries.
Peace is not just freedom from worry or troubles. This peace in Hebrew is God bringing about our highest good. God allows us through the work of Christ to walk in ALL the ways that bring life, and no longer the ways that bring death.