Birth of Christ (forerunner announced)
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 1 Chronicles 24:10
This priestly course, set up in David's day, is the one Zacharias served in when the angel Gabriel told him that his son John would prepare the way for the Lord. A quiet thread from David's temple organization to the Nativity story.
A readingEchoAn echo of Hima messenger speaking for Him
- alluded to by Luke 1:5 — Zacharias 'of the course of Abia' (Abijah).