Luke 1:17

The Prediction Of John The Baptist's Birth

¹⁶ And he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared." ¹⁸ Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

Be Ready

Before God

Coming of the Lord

In the Spirit

Righteous One

To the Lord

Turn the Hearts of the Fathers

Turned to the Lord

Way of Righteousness

Will of God

Elias

Elijah

Luke

Messiah

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

Luke 1:76

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

John 3:28

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

Matthew 17:11-12

He answered, "Elijah does come and will get everything ready.

Mark 9:11-13

Then they asked Him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

John 1:21-30

So they asked him again, "What are you then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course, I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

Matthew 3:4

This very John had his clothing made of camel's hair, and wore a leather belt around his waist; his food was dried locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 3:7-12

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Matthew 14:4

for John had said to him, "It is not right for you to have her as wife."

Matthew 21:29-32

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

Luke 1:16

And he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:7-14

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

John 1:13

who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

John 1:34

I did see it; and my testimony is that He is the Son of God."

Acts 10:33

So at once I sent for you, and you have been kind enough to come. So now we are all here in God's presence to listen to anything that the Lord has commanded you to say."

Romans 9:23

so as to make known the riches of His glory for the objects of His mercy, whom He prepared in ages past to share His glory --

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have a share in the kingdom of God? Stop being misled; people who are sexually immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or guilty of unnatural sexual vice

Colossians 1:12

and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light.

2 Timothy 2:21

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be an instrument for honorable uses, consecrated, useful for the Master, and ready for any good service.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.

2 Peter 3:11-14

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, I repeat, you must continue to live in union with Him, so that if He is unveiled, we may have unshaken confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame when He comes.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.