The Birth of John the Baptist

Once upon a very long time ago, there lived on this earth Zachariah and Elisabeth. They did all that was asked of them and lived righteously, but they could not have children. Zachariah was a temple worker and was in charge of burning the incense. While performing his temple duties, the angel Michael came and visited him. In this visit, it was revealed unto Zachariah that Elisabeth would bare a son and he would be named John. Well this was all too much for Zachariah to take in and he didn't quite believe the words that Michael said because they were both so far past the age of child baring. Well his disbelief caused him to become dumb until all the words of Michael came to pass. So, John the Baptist was a pretty remarkable individual. He came into this world to prepare the way for the Savior. That's a pretty intimidating calling in life, at least it would have been for me. I was thinking about what exactly that would require. To prepare others for the greatest blessing ever. To baptize the Savior Jesus Christ and many others. To give them knowledge of their salvations and their remission of sins. He was like the forerunner for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.