“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has looked favorably on His people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a Mighty Savior for us in the House of His servant David!” – Luke 1:68-69
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Zechariah (Father of John the Baptist) Prophecy
Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has looked favorably on His people and redeemed
them. He has raised up a Mighty Savior for us in the House of His servant David, as He spoke
through the mouth of His Holy Prophets from of old, (See: Jeremiah 23:5-6; Daniel 9:21-24)
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. Thus He has
shown the mercy promised to our ancestors and has remembered His Holy Covenant, the oath
that he swore to our ancestor Abraham to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands 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 by the forgiveness of their
sins. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to
those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
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