How did Zechariah tell Elizabeth?
Read the passage we’ve been looking at in this Christmas Lights study here. We can only imagine the conversation when Zechariah arrived home: “What happened to you, honey?” Elizabeth asks, frightened. Zechariah motions reassurance to her. He finds a scrap of paper and begins to write the story of what has just happened to him for his wife to read. “I wasn’t even in the Holy of Holies where God has been known to speak to priests in days past. No, I was just burning incense in the Holy Place. “As you know, honey, the incense represents prayers of God’s people. My heart was heavy because I knew how much having a baby would mean to us, and especially to you. I was asking the Lord in earnest to give us a son. “Then, even as I spoke, an angel appeared by the altar of incense, and dear, the angel told me that my prayer had been heard. He said that you are going to have a baby and his name will be John.” “A baby boy! Oh, Zechariah…can you imagine it! A little one in our home at our age.
