Verse 71
‘Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us,’
And what was promised by the prophets was deliverance from their enemies, and from the hands of those who hated them. The idea and the words reflect Psalms 106:10. Like all in his day Zacharias saw the coming of the Messiah as very much involving the political freedom that would enable them to serve God fully. He would, of course, bring deliverance and freedom, but it would be in a different way that Zacharias was expecting. Men were still restricted in their thinking and thought very much in earthly terms.
In fact Luke’s Gospel will go on to reveal precisely what kind of deliverance this Messiah will bring. For the enemy from which His followers will be delivered is Satan, and sin, and evil. His kingship will not be of this world.
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