And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him …
Luke 1:76
Zechariah cried,
“The crier has come”.
Not with a baby cry,
but the booming voice
of a herald,
a proclaimer,
… a final prophet
of the old covenant.
His John
would shout and convict,
baptise and point,
and guide to one to come
soon.
Zechariah’s child
was the path smoother,
the way maker
and light shiner.
He would
lose his head
but gain his life
as the promises
he proclaimed
came true.
Travels from Ur 