DAILY, WEEKEND, AND HOLIDAY INTERNET EVANGELIZE TO THE WORLD MINISTRY

Angelic Announcement Excerpt As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer,  an angel  appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament ( Gen  16:10–11 ;  17:15–19 ;  18:10–15 ;  25:23 ;  Judg 13:3–21 ). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent ( Lk  1:29–30 ;  1:65 ;  2:9 ;  5:8–10 ,  26 ;  7:16 ;  8:37 ;  9:34 ) and is taken back by this surprising development.  More Bock, Darrell L.  Luke . Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Angelic Announcement Excerpt As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer,  an angel  appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament ( Gen  16:10–11 ; 17:15–19 ;  18:10–15 ;  25:23 ;  Judg 13:3–21 ). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent ( Lk  1:29–30 ;  1:65 ;  2:9 ;  5:8–10 ,  26 ;  7:16 ;  8:37 ;  9:34 ) and is taken back by this surprising development.  ore Bock, Darrell L.  Luke . Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Angelic Announcement Excerpt As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer,  an angel  appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament ( Gen 16:10–11;  17:15–19 ;  18:10–15 ;  25:23 ; Judg 13:3–21 ). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent ( Lk  1:29–30 ;  1:65 ; 2:9 ;  5:8–10 ,  26 ;  7:16 ;  8:37 ;  9:34 ) and is taken back by this surprising development.  Bock, Darrell L.  Luke . Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Angelic Announcement Excerpt As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer, an angel appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament ( Gen 16:10–11; 17:15–19 ; 18:10–15 ; 25:23 ; Judg 13:3–21). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent ( Lk 1:29–30 ; 1:65 ; 2:9 ; 5:8–10 , 26 ; 7:16 ; 8:37 ; 9:34 ) and is taken back by this surprising development. Bock, Darrell L. Luke. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Angelic Announcement Excerpt As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer, an angel appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament ( Gen 16:10–11 ; 17:15–19 ; 18:10–15 ; 25:23 ; Judg 13:3–21 ). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent ( Lk 1:29–30 ; 1:65 ; 2:9 ; 5:8–10 , 26 ; 7:16 ; 8:37 ; 9:34 ) and is taken back by this surprising development. Bock, Darrell L. Luke. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Angelic Announcement The angelic announcement proceeds in stages: the child’s name ( v. 13 ), the response to the child ( v. 14 ), the position and character of the child ( v. 15 ) and the mission of the child ( vv. 16–17 ) . Zechariah’s prayer is being answered. Since he had given up believing that God would give him a child ( v. 18 ), his prayer has probably been focused on the nation’s hope, especially since much of the angel’s message focuses on this point. Nonetheless, the child will also fulfill the personal desire of Zechariah and Elizabeth, being a cause of joy and delight for them and for many in the nation. So God is tackling two requests at once, one national and the other personal , a prayer that had long since been abandoned and all but forgotten. Sometimes God’s answers to prayer come in surprising ways after a long time . The child will be named John . When God names a child , that child is especially significant in God’s plan ( Gen 16:8, 11; 17:19; 1 Kin...