Advent Reading #8

You, child, will go before the Lord...

Upon hearing the news that his son would be a prophet of the Most High Zechariah broke into a song of praise. “And you, child, will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins.”

Zechariah’s son, who would become known as John the Baptist was different. He dressed oddly, he spoke bo…