1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedxscot mcknighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/xscot-mcknightAdvent: Zechariah and Elizabeth 4 - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AjC1c4TrXS"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2005/11/advent-zechariah-and-elizabeth-3.html">Advent: Zechariah and Elizabeth 4</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2005/11/advent-zechariah-and-elizabeth-3.html/embed#?secret=AjC1c4TrXS" width="600" height="338" title="“Advent: Zechariah and Elizabeth 4” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="AjC1c4TrXS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Christmas meant Liberation Praise: Luke 1:68-75 Like many of his day, no one perhaps more than the pious priests, Zechariah longed for the day when the Roman occupation of the Land of Israel would end. Some scholars today are nervous about overdoing the Roman “occupation” of the Land, but Rome ruled the entire Roman empire…