session 2
GOD PROMISES REDEMPTION
LUKE 1 :67-71
67 His father zachariah was filled with the holy spirit and prophesied
68 "praise be the lord, the God of israel,
because he has come and has redeemed his people.
69He has raised up a horn of. salvation for us in tje house of his servant david;
70 [as he said through his holy prophets of long ago]
80 salvation from our enemies and form the hand of all who hate us"
Discusion

much as the book of 1 samuel began with the story of the barren Hannah and her child samuel, the Book of luke opens with the story of an eldery priest, Zachariah, and his barren wife, Elizabeth, who was also were blessed with the special child.
One day as Zachariah was offering incense at the temple immn jerusalem, the angle Gabriel appeared to him and promised taht Elizabeth world bear a son. Gabriel also said their son world play a crucial role in God's plan tk redeem Israel
Zachariah was skeptical. As a penalty for his lack of faith, he was unable to speak until after his sons birth[Lk 1:1-22]
After their son was born, group of friends and neighbors visited Zachariah and Elizabeth to observe the ceremony of circumcision. against custom, Elizabeth declared their son world be named by writting it on a tablet.Then "he began to speak, praising God"[vs 64 NIV]
The friends were in awe. They saw that God was at work and that He had something special in store for john, but they didn't know what.zachariah , filled with the holy spirit, prophesied about what lay ahead
God was on the verge of blessing israel in a migthy way.Over the years, the prophet had told israel about tje messiah from the line of David who God world raise up to redeem israel. Tje messiah world delivwr israel from its enemies and john was going to be part of God's plan of redemption.