Good News of Great Joy (Part 1)

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5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife

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from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

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8Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

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9according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn

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INCENSE. 10And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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11And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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12And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

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13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will

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bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

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15for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with

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the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,

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17and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the

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disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

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11And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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12And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

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13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard…

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6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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24After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying,

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25“Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

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5“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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6And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come

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and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”