John’s name means God is favorable. The word that the angel came to speak, as “The Word of The Lord, “ to Zachariah was, that The Holy Spirit will come on him and anoint him to bring back The Favor of God to the sons of Israel. John’s anointing would also bring repentance, and return the focus on The Lord’s righteousness
Now in Iran there is a religious out burst. The people have been oppressed by men who rule with hatred and pride. They have done so since Adam and Eve. When you turn to The Lord for your help🙌🎼… the universe becomes topsy turbo! Paula
Luke 1:13-17:
“But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petitions were heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you must call his name John [God is favorable].
And you shall have joy and exultant delight, and many will rejoice over his birth,
For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit evenin and from his mother’s womb.
And he will turn back and cause to return many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,
And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which isthe knowledge and holy love of the will of God]—in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit,adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state].“
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