Zechariah gave a beautiful prophecy of the Christ child. He reminds us that He came to rescue us so that “we might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.” A beautiful promise. A promise possible by grace. It is the grand end of the oath made to Abraham, freed from the fear of the inapproachable God to come to an approachable and loving Father, and freed from all fears so that we may be holy before Him in love.
“Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has remembered his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham, to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. Luke 1:72-75 (NRSV)
