Advent: Missing the point

Read Luke 1:1-25

It’s fascinating to me. Zechariah is told at least three amazing things:

1. 1. He and his elderly wife are going to have a baby boy.
2. 2. His son is going to bring people back to the Lord.
3. 3. His son is going to prepare people for the Messiah – meaning the Messiah is coming soon!

Zechariah seems to hear only one of these – you are going to have a baby. Instead of saying “Wow the Messiah is coming.” Which really is the big news, he focuses on the long odds pregnancy of his wife.

The Messiah coming is the big news, and yet he misses it. I wonder how often we do that.