SUNRISE IN THE CITY II

"I'll tell you how the sun rose--one ribbon at a time."

Emily Dickinson

His father, Zechariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

"Praise to the Lord, the God of Isael,
for he has come and has redeemed his people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us.
in the house of his servant David.........

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,
to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness
of their sins,
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven......."

Zechariah's Song upon the birth of his son, John the Baptist....Luke 1:67 -78 (a reference to the coming of the Messiah - NIV textnote)