From 074141d0c0b6ed05116ea2ca0c58c0b20629707a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:35:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Luke=201:5=E2=80=9317?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/bible_journal/luke_1:5-17.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_1:5-17.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_1:5-17.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_1:5-17.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce71b39 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_1:5-17.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 1:5–17" +date = "2022-10-16" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk1.5-17) + +Luke's account begins with a priest. This priest, Zechariah, and his wife +Elizabeth are blameless and upright before the Lord, and yet they have no +children. This is an important detail, because to first-century Jews this would +be a contradiction. But then Zechariah is chosen for a special priestly duty. +On this particular day, he is chosen at random to be the one to burn incense +before the Lord while everyone else prays outside the temple. While he is doing +this, an angel appears beside the incense altar and tells him he and his wife +will have a son in their old age. But he isn't just any child, but one that is +full of the Holy Spirit even before he is born. He will go forth and prepare +the people of Israel for the Lord who is coming into their midst. + +The angel mentions that John will come in the spirit and power of Elijah. +Today, when Jews celebrate Passover, they set an extra place for Elijah because +he is prophesied to come back at any point (_Mal 3:1, 4:5_), and they want to +be ready in case he comes to their house. However, the angel and, later, Jesus +identify John as the fulfillment of this prophecy. + +* * * + +We toss the dice or flip the coin, but You determine the outcome, O Lord. You +rule sovereignly over every detail of our lives.