Luke 1:67-79 English Standard Version
Zechariah’s Prophecy
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; 72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
The child being prophesied over is John the Baptist, Zechariah’s son. What John does in his life prepares the Lord’s way to redeem His people. John is the forerunner spirit spoken of by Isaiah.
Isaiah 40:3 English Standard Version (ESV) A voice cries:“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
What we often say to the lost is that they need to come to God but the message is to prepare a straight path for Christ to come to us.
We do not come to God, He comes to us.