Luke 1:67-80 (ESV)
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with theHoly Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hasvisited and redeemed his people 69 and hasraised up a horn of salvation for us in thehouse of his servant David, 70 as he spoke bythe mouth of his holy prophets from of old,71 that we should be saved from our enemiesand from the hand of all who hate us; 72 to
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show the mercy promised to our fathers andto remember his holy covenant, 73 the oaththat he swore to our father Abraham, to grantus 74 that we, being delivered from the hand ofour enemies, might serve him without fear,75 in holiness and righteousness before him allour days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet ofthe Most High; for you will go before the Lord
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to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge ofsalvation to his people in the forgiveness oftheir sins, 78 because of the tender mercy ofour God, whereby the sunrise shall visit usfrom on high 79 to give light to those who sit indarkness and in the shadow of death, to guideour feet into the way of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong inspirit, and he was in the wilderness until theday of his public appearance to Israel.
Psalm 132:11-12; 17-18 (ESV)
The LORD swore to David a sure oath fromwhich he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body I will set on yourthrone.
12 If your sons keep my covenant and mytestimonies that I shall teach them,their sons also forever shall sit on yourthrone.”
17 There I will make a horn to sprout for
Psalm 132:11-12; 17-18 (ESV)
David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but onhim his crown will shine.”
Numbers 23:21-22(ESV)
The LORD their God is with them, and the shoutof a king is among them.
God brings them out of Egypt and is for themlike the horns of the wild ox.
Numbers 24:8 (ESV)
God brings him out of Egypt and is for him likethe horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up thenations, his adversaries, and shall break theirbones in pieces and pierce them through withhis arrows.
Numbers 24:8 (ESV)
8 Now in putting everything in subjection tohim, he left nothing outside his control. Atpresent, we do not yet see everything insubjection to him. 9 But we see him who for alittle while was made lower than the angels,namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honorbecause of the suffering of death, so that bythe grace of God he might taste death foreveryone…
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh
Numbers 24:8 (ESV)
and blood, he himself likewise partook of thesame things, that through death he mightdestroy the one who has the power of death,that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those whothrough fear of death were subject to lifelongslavery.