Finally, after 400 years of silence from heaven, God sends the angel Gabriel to bring his good news to a priest named Zacharias, who is offering incense in the Temple of God in Jerusalem. When God last spoke to the people of Israel through His prophet Malachi, He told them: “Behold, I will send you …
The book of Luke opens with the story of the faithful priest, Zacharias, and his wife Elizabeth. We are told that Elizabeth is barren, a great sorrow for them. And we are also told that they have been diligently following their God and obeying all the laws He had given to Moses. They, like the …
Last words. We tend to take them seriously. Whether we are talking about death, or just about not seeing someone for a long time, we usually think carefully about what words we are going to leave with someone. Well, the prophet Malachi recorded some of the last words God spoke to the nation of Israel …