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NOTE: As has become my annual practice, starting last week and for the three subsequent weeks, i will be posting a total of four short stories surrounding the incarnational birth of Jesus. The stories are my Christmas gift to you. They are fictional first-person accounts of the prophecies and events surrounding the advent of Jesus. Some of the characters and details contained therein are fictional, but you will find the truth they convey to be very REAL! My prayer is that through the stories you are reminded of the Good News of Advent this Christmas season. To that end, let’s look at the account through the eyes of four different eyewitnesses:
Gabriel – the angel (December 1)
Zechariah – the priest (This week - December 8)
Elizabeth – the cousin (December 15)
Anna – the prophetess (December 22)
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I am Zechariah, a priest of the tribe of Levi from the line of Abijah and Aaron….