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Luke 1: 5-17- Announcing a Miracle

Read Luke 1:   5- 17-   T his passage of scripture shows a miracle of God both in the announcing  the birth of John the Baptist and speaking to the coming of the Messiah. Verses 15,16, and 17 say this,  ‘ ” For  he w ill be great in the sight of the  Lord and  shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. (16) And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. (17) He will also go before Him in the sp irit and power of Elijah., ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children ’,  and the disobedient to the wisdom of  the  just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”’   God revealed to Zacharias His plan for Zacharias’ soon coming son. We also see  a special mention of the Holy Spirit being a constant companion of John the Baptist.  This whole scene is a miracle of God among the living.  I think I  need to be more ...