Being honest and male ... the first thing that comes to mind about this part: Ouch. What a name, rolling hills of foreskins.
On a deeper meaning I love that God works with everyone. The characters of the bible are real people. Not supermen who can do anything. But, men in fear that are hiding. Prostitutes and their families. It points out that it isn't us. It is by God's power that anything is done.
It is the little sins in our lives that lead to the greatest falls. The sin of one leads to the death of many. By tragedy or by punishment. A father's sin will curse his children. Be it the sin of adultery or lust ... anger or neglect ... rage or hate. Our children suffer by our actions.
And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant usthat we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit usfrom on highto give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
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