Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 1:76-80
by: Victoria Shephard.
Zacharias finished his praise by talking about what John would do. But even in this praise, Jesus still took center stage. John would be called a prophet and would "go on before the Lord to prepare his ways" (v. 76), but the rest of the prophesy was about what Jesus would do after John prepared the way. In this we see the preeminence Jesus will always have over John, and an echo of John's words-spoken over 30 years later-"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).