Luke 1:18-20
This year we are covering the four Gospel Accounts together in chronological order.
In the previous post, we covered Luke 1:16-17. Here was the conclusion:
John's mission involved:
-being the spiritual Elijah that prepared the way of the Lord
-introducing the kingdom of heaven which included fathers being focused on the children and disobedient prideful people making progress towards good by grace.
Next, Zacharias talked to the angel...
Luke 1
"18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years."
(Genesis 15 documented a similar situation for Abram:
"3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.")
(Abram's response to hearing he would have a son in his old age was to believe...and it was credited to him as righteousness. However, Zacharias questioned it...Zacharias did not believe.)
"19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season."
(First, we see that the angel delivering the news was Gabriel. Gabriel was the angel that appeared to Daniel and gave Daniel the Greatest Prophecy in the Bible...the prophecy that predicted the time of the Messiah's being cut off and the completion of the Dispensation of the Law. So, it made sense that Gabriel would be involved in an event related to the prophecy he divulged to Daniel.)
(Second, because Zacharias did not believe Gabriel's words, Zacharias would not be able to speak until these things came to pass. The things Gabriel spoke of was the birth of his son and naming him John.)
CONCLUSION
Zacharias did not believe Gabriel. Consequently, Zacharias would not be able to speak until after his son was named John.
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In the previous post, we covered Luke 1:16-17. Here was the conclusion:
John's mission involved:
-being the spiritual Elijah that prepared the way of the Lord
-introducing the kingdom of heaven which included fathers being focused on the children and disobedient prideful people making progress towards good by grace.
Next, Zacharias talked to the angel...
Luke 1
"18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years."
(Genesis 15 documented a similar situation for Abram:
"3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.")
(Abram's response to hearing he would have a son in his old age was to believe...and it was credited to him as righteousness. However, Zacharias questioned it...Zacharias did not believe.)
"19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season."
(First, we see that the angel delivering the news was Gabriel. Gabriel was the angel that appeared to Daniel and gave Daniel the Greatest Prophecy in the Bible...the prophecy that predicted the time of the Messiah's being cut off and the completion of the Dispensation of the Law. So, it made sense that Gabriel would be involved in an event related to the prophecy he divulged to Daniel.)
(Second, because Zacharias did not believe Gabriel's words, Zacharias would not be able to speak until these things came to pass. The things Gabriel spoke of was the birth of his son and naming him John.)
CONCLUSION
Zacharias did not believe Gabriel. Consequently, Zacharias would not be able to speak until after his son was named John.
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