UBF Daily Bread

HE HAS RAISED A HORN OF SALVATION

Passage: Luke 1:57~80

Key verse: 69

The Birth of John the Baptist

⁵⁷When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

⁵⁹On the eighth day they came to circumcise^(A) the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, ⁶⁰but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”^(B)

⁶¹They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

⁶²Then they made signs^(C) to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. ⁶³He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”^(D) ⁶⁴Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak,^(E) praising God. ⁶⁵All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea^(F) people were talking about all these things. ⁶⁶Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.^(G)

Zechariah’s Song

⁶⁷His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit^(H) and prophesied:^(I)

⁶⁸“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(J)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(K)
⁶⁹He has raised up a horn^[a]^(L) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(M)
⁷⁰(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(N)
⁷¹salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷²to show mercy to our ancestors^(O)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(P)
⁷³    the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(Q)
⁷⁴to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(R) without fear^(S)
⁷⁵    in holiness and righteousness^(T) before him all our days.

⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(U) of the Most High;^(V)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(W)
⁷⁷to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(X)
⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(Y) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(Z)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(AA)

⁸⁰And the child grew and became strong in spirit^[b];^(AB) and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

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Footnotes

Luke 1:69 Horn here symbolizes a strong king.
Luke 1:80 Or in the Spirit

Elizabeth gave birth to a son. On the eighth day when she had to name her child, she said she will name her son John. The neighbors wondered aloud because there was no such name among her relatives. They asked Zechariah, and he wrote on a tablet, “His name is John.” Immediately, his mouth was opened. Everyone wondered, “What then is this child going to be?”

Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesized. He praised God for raising a Horn of salvation in the house of David. He also prophesied that his son John will prepare the way for the Savior.

God has raised a horn of salvation for us. Through Jesus, God rescues us from the hand of our enemies and enable us to serve him without fear.

Jesus saves us through the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus shines on those living in darkness and guides our feet into the path of peace. Thank God and praise God for sending us Savior Jesus! Thank God for rescuing us from the hand of our enemy Satan. May God continue to help us to serve him without fear.

Prayer: Thank God for sending us Jesus, who is our horn of salvation!

One Word: One word: Horn of Salvation, Jesus!