The birth and naming of John the Baptist and the prophecy of Zecharias
When God’s people get away from the Lord, they begin to give Him the leftovers. Their service to God becomes a weariness to them.
These chapters look prophetically to the day of the Lord. This will be a day when God will come in wrath and will judge the wicked. However, all is not lost. Those who fear the Lord will be remembered and will be spared. To them, the Sun of righteousness will rise will healing and will care for them as calves that are brought up in the stall. In closing, they are told to look backward to the law of Moses and forward to the coming of Elijah as the herald of the day of the Lord and the Messianic Kingdom to follow.
Elijah had just enjoyed one of the greatest victories in the Bible record. He follows it up with a great defeat.
This lesson deals with the death of Moses and the end of his work on the earth. Joshua will lead the Israelites into the land of Canaan. Moses will only get to see the land before he dies.
