1:12,13
Not surprisingly Zechariah was afraid, a common reaction when seeing an angel! Equally common is for the angel to tell the person not to be afraid. God is awesome, and so are His angels, and there may be rare times in our lives when He gives us a glimpse of His awesomeness. In one sense we are right to be afraid, but in another there is no need for us to be so. The (super)natural order of things is that the dwelling of God is with men, and through Christ we have been justified so that this relationship can be restored. The Lord had heard Zechariah’s prayers for a son. Note that God both fulfills the desires of Zechariah and Elizabeth, and fulfills a much greater purpose, preparing the way for His Son. We can have complete confidence in God.
1:14
John would bring great joy and gladness to them, and his birth would bring a wider rejoicing. Of course, John’s life would not be easy, and he would eventually die for his faith. Since his parents were old they may well have been dead by that point. If this was the case then see God’s mercy in delaying them having a son, so they would not witness his death. Sometimes when God may seem to be “cruel” He is actually being very kind to us.
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