In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of
"They were even darker for Zechariah and Elizabeth because of personal grief. Although they loved God and walked in His ways, they were never able to have children, and now they were facing old age. Was God punishing them? No doubt the neighbors thought so—it’s the kind of thing people always say. And that would make life even darker.
But in the middle of this darkness, God was preparing to send light. He was about to send His own Son Jesus, the Light of the world, into the world as a human being. Jesus was coming to save us all through His suffering, death, and resurrection. And Zechariah and Elizabeth’s son would prepare the way for Him."
