Baby John (the Baptist) An angel said to Zachariah Your wife will have a son He’ll help the people to prepare For God’s Most Holy One. His wife Elizabeth was old Childless and forlorn. Zach didn’t believe so lost his voice ‘Til after John was born. Read this account for yourself in Luke 1:5-25 Zachariah was chosen by lot to burn incense inside the part of the temple known as the Sanctuary of the Lord when the angel Gabriel appeared to give him a message from God. Gabriel
John 1:6-9 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. John, one of Jesus’ Twelve Disciples, wrote this passage about John the Baptist. It identifies who sent him (God), gives his name and his God-given purpose in life: to bear witness to the light that was to come – Jesus Christ. John is very emphatic with the use of the word light using it several times in
Luke 7:24-29 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Background for this passage: John the Baptist was imprisoned because he dared to confront the king in his sin. (see Luke 3) In his apparent discouragement he sent some of his disciples to ask Jesus if He was truly the Messiah. Jesus’ questions concerning John were rhetorical, designed to lead the thinking of the people. He was
Luke 3:1-20 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Better yet, read it in more than one translation. Read this passage over and over to keep from missing the details. God speaks to our hearts through His Word if we will dwell there. I can only touch on a few highlights here. As had been recorded in Isaiah hundreds of years earlier, John’s place in history