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Merrill Mow (1928-1987) had a fascination and a love for Bible history, nurtured by his parents and stimulated by his professors at seminary in the late 1940s. Towards the end of his life Merrill began using his knowledge to inspire classes of elementary school students with weekly Bible study. This is an excerpt from one such class held in 1983 in which he explains the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth and how God used them for the preparation of the coming of His Son.
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...They were both righteous people before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless. They were really devout people; they loved God, old Zechariah and Elizabeth. When Jesus grew up and came into the temple, he overturned the tables of the moneylenders in the temple and was very angry because of what was going on. But this man Zechariah was not like those that had to be driven out at the cleansing of the temple. He loved God and he looked for the coming of the Messiah.
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years. Now in all ancient and oriental societies, and especially in Bible times, it was considered to be a terrible, terrible calamity for a couple to be unable to have children. Children were regarded as the most wonderful gift from God, and everybody looked forward to having children, also to have someone to carry on the family name. If they didn't, it was a public disgrace and they were very sad...
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