In the Word: Luke 1:70-80 - "What Christmas Meant To Zacharias".

Luke 1:70-80 New International Version 70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),71 salvation from our enemies    and from the hand of all who hate us—72 to show mercy to our ancestors    and to remember his holy covenant,73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,    and to enable us to serve him without fear75     in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation    through the forgiveness of their sins,78 because of the tender mercy of our God,    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven79 to shine on those living in darkness    and in the shadow of death,to guide our feet into the path of peace.” 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit[a]; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.