Seventh Day Baptist
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—Luke 1:67-80
by: Gabrielle Watt.
In yesterday’s passage, Zechariah began praising God when God gave him back his ability to speak. Zechariah certainly had plenty to praise God for. In this passage, which is in some versions titled “Zechariah’s Song,” we read that both praise and Holy Spirit inspired prophecy came from him. God was preparing a way of salvation through Jesus and Zechariah’s son, John, would be the one to guide God’s people and prepare the way for the Messiah. The Holy Spirit allowed Zechariah to see that what was happening was greater than God’s plan for just his family, but was actually the fulfillment of God’s plan for salvation for the world that had been prophesied since the Old Testament.
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