The Christ of Christmas; Zechariah’s Prophecy

And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on highto give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” - Luke 1:67-79

 

Zechariah had a very special point of view in the Christmas story. He was a high priest, the father of John the Baptist, and the uncle of Jesus, the Messiah—the Son of the Living God. God blessed Zechariah with the gift of prophesying what He was doing for the people of God: that He had raised up a horn of salvation... the Savior, Jesus. And you know, the Bible says that when we place our trust in Him that we’re adopted into the family of God. We are redeemed from the debt we owe from being sinners. 

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