Count for Christmas #9
How the Jews longed for another
national hero who would out who
would throw out the hated Roman
legions and set up a Jewish kingdom
again If only God would send his promised
King to bring them freedom. Other in the
were more concerned about justice and
obedience to God's anointed King but
they looked for a just and good ruler
rather than a great warrior.
Zechariah was a priest and
he and his wife Elizabeth prayed
that God would send a king like that.