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=== '''Key Names & Meanings''' === | |||
* '''Herod (Gk. "heroic")''' → Not heroic; rather, from Hebrew: '''ה (ignorant) + רד (dominion)''' → ''Ignorant dominion''. | |||
* '''Judaea (י-הוד)''' → ''God’s י splendor הוד''. | |||
* '''Zacharias / Zechariah (זכריה)''' → ''Jehovah remembers''. Also: '''זכר (clear water) + יה (God)''' → ''Clear water of God''. | |||
* '''Course of Abia''' → ''Day of "Jehovah is my Father," the "day of Christ."'' | |||
* '''Elizabeth''' → ''God has sworn.'' | |||
Together, '''Zacharias and Elizabeth''' mean: | |||
👉 ''"God remembers that He took an oath."'' | |||
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=== '''Incense (קטרת - qetoreth)''' === | |||
* '''ק (Qoph)''' → ''Resurrection of the Son of God''. | |||
* '''ר (Resh)''' → ''Revealed''. | |||
* '''קר (Qoph + Resh)''' → ''Precious: Resurrection (ק) revealed (ר)''. | |||
* '''ט (Tet)''' → ''Marriage / Teaching''. | |||
* '''ק(ט)ר (Qoph + Tet + Resh)''' → ''Precious because of the marriage (ט)''. | |||
* '''ת (Tav)''' → ''Completion & New Life''. | |||
👉 ''Incense represents the total devotion of the Son in completing the will of the Father by obtaining a bride.'' | |||
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=== '''Symbolism in John’s Birth''' === | |||
* '''"They were childless"''' → Symbolizes the barrenness of the world without the Word of God. | |||
* '''Their old age''' → Represents the long-awaited Savior. | |||
* '''Standing on the right''' → A spiritual message, not literal; a hidden mystery. | |||
* '''John (Yochanan)''' → ''Grace of God''. | |||
📜 '''His prayer is answered:''' | |||
As high priest, Zacharias' '''personal''' and '''corporate''' prayers are fulfilled—God grants '''grace''' to His people. | |||
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=== '''John as a Nazarite: A Living Prophecy''' === | |||
* '''Wine (Grace)''' & '''Strong Drink (Law)''' → ''John abstains from both because he represents the One who is the author of both.'' | |||
* '''Literal vs. Spiritual Nazarite''': | |||
** John is a '''literal''' Nazarite from birth—part of God’s "dinner theater" portraying Christ. | |||
** Jesus is a '''spiritual''' Nazarite. Matthew notes that Jesus was called a '''Nazarene''', fulfilling prophecy. | |||
** Luke includes John’s story to confirm that Jesus was the '''true fulfillment of the Nazarite vow'''. | |||
** The '''Nazarite vow = prophecy that He would be called a Nazarene''' → A '''cross-lingual pun''' from Hebrew to Greek. | |||
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=== '''John in the Spirit & Power of Elijah''' === | |||
* '''Elijah stopped the rain until he spoke''' → No '''water (word)''' until he spoke. | |||
* '''400 years of silence before John''' → No '''Word of God''' until John. | |||
* '''The world was desolate''' → No '''Word''' until John announced Jesus as the '''Lamb ("amar" אמר)'''. | |||
* '''"Amar" (אמר)''' → ''Means both "lamb" and "word"'', reinforcing John’s role as the herald of the '''Living Word'''. | |||
{{bl| The promise of the birth of John the Baptist }} | {{bl| The promise of the birth of John the Baptist }} | ||
Several passages in '''Genesis''' could have triggered '''Luke’s memory of the promise to Zacharias''', particularly those where '''God remembers His covenant''' or where '''a forerunner prepares the way for fulfillment'''—both key themes in '''JBJ'''. | Several passages in '''Genesis''' could have triggered '''Luke’s memory of the promise to Zacharias''', particularly those where '''God remembers His covenant''' or where '''a forerunner prepares the way for fulfillment'''—both key themes in '''JBJ'''. | ||
