As part of the final words of the Old Testament, Malachi penned, “Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes” (4:5). When Luke wrote his Gospel, more than 400 years had passed since Malachi’s time without a word of prophecy or any sign of a prophet of God. But the long darkness was about to experience sunrise. As we continue our study of the Gospel According to Luke, this Sunday we will look at Luke 1:5-25 and foretelling of The Birth of John the Baptist.