Good morning. We are now ready to start Luke. Luke also has
some passages that are
almost identical to Matthew and Mark. He says that many had
compiled accounts of the things
that had happened, and that they had been handed down to
them by those from the beginning
who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Luke
investigated everything carefully and
wrote them down. Since Luke was a physician, he was ideal
for the task. There was a priest
named Zacharias with a wife named Elizabeth from the
daughters of Aaron. Since he was a
priest, he too was a direct descendant of Aaron. That meant
that both of John the Baptist’s
parents were direct descendants of Aaron the original high
priest. That meant that if John the
Baptist had followed in his father‘s footsteps, he would’ve
also been a priest and possibly one
of the chief priests (Who were the ones who condemned Jesus
to death. He may even have
saved Jesus from crucifixion, which is not what God wanted.)
Elizabeth was barren and they
were both old. Zacharias had been chosen by lot to enter the
temple of the Lord and burn
incense. This is just one of the many things that had to
come together at just the right time for
things to work out the way God wanted. An Angel appears to
him, standing to the right of the
altar of incense. The angel tells him to not be afraid for
“your petition has been heard, and your
wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him
the name John”. They were both old,
so it is unlikely that he was still petitioning for her to
have a child. That means don’t give up just
because your prayer has not been answered when you wanted it
to be. It wasn’t the right time
for them to have this child. Everything had to be just
right. It was also a sign to Mary, which we
will get to later. Father thank You that all of our prayers
are answered at the right moment. Help
the reader to keep trusting in You to answer his/her
prayers.
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