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Zechariah and Elizabeth

Children were regarded as the most wonderful gift from God, and everybody looked forward to having children, also to have someone to carry on the family name. If they didn't, it was a public disgrace and they were very sad. We come across this fact again and again throughout the Old Testament. We know it from the story of Abraham and Sarah. | Bible Study with Merrill Mow Zechariah and Elizabeth Luke 1 5-23 39 1 Copyrights Please share a link to this e-book with your friends. Feel free to post and share links to this ebook or you may e-mail or print this book in its entirety or in part but please do not alter it in any way and please do not post or offer copies of this e-book for download on websites other than the ones listed below or through another internet-based download service. if you wish to make multiple hard copies for wider distribution or to reprint portions in a newsletter or periodical please observe the following restrictions You may not reproduce it for commercial gain. You must include this credit line Copyright 2011 by The Plough Publishing House. Used with permission. This e-book is a publication of The Plough Publishing House Rifton NY 12471 USA www.plough.com and Robertsbridge East Sussex TN32 5DR UK www.ploughbooks.co.uk . Copyright 2011 by Plough Publishing House Rifton NY 12471 USA 2 Zechariah and Elizabeth Bible Study with Merrill Mow The story of Zechariah and Elizabeth that is told in Luke 1 523 is about God s preparation for the coming of Jesus. The first part gives the setting of the story starting with Herod the Great. Now this man Herod as you know was a very wicked king. He reigned the territory of Judea from the year 37 BC until the year 4 AD. He was an Edomite which means that he was not one of the descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel but rather he was from the land of Edom. There are quite a few Herods. The Herod whom Jesus was sent to by Pilate was the son of this Herod the Great. So we start in Luke Chapter 1 verse 5 In the days of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah of the division of Abijah and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth. You remember that Moses had a brother and the brother s name was Aaron and they were both great grandsons of Levi. So the people who descended from Moses and Aaron and they were all .