IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME: ZACHARIAH AND ELIZABETH
If you would like to watch a video that includes the Advent Candle Lighting Service, prayers and the reading of the scripture as well as the message, please go to: https://youtu.be/bffNeFnDPFk Luke 1:5-25 Advent – something or someone is coming. Something or someone, in the fullness of time, when the time is right will show up. Advent is called the season of lights – a world waiting in darkness to see a great light. Light at the end of the tunnel – light symbolizing hope during a trying time. Hope, something we need right now to preserver. Zechariah and Elizabeth had given up hope, the hope of ever having a child. Infertility is painful enough, but in the culture of their time, barrenness was an indication that the woman had sinned. No wonder Luke emphasized to his original reading audience that both Zachariah, a priest, and his wife Elizabeth were righteous people. That also makes sense of Elizabeth’s declaration ...