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Luke 1:5 CEB
[5] During the rule of King Herod of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. 
His wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron. 
Luke 1:5 CEB
Zechariah is a priest in the line of Abijah, who was a King of the nothern tribes for 2 years (2 Chronicles 12).
Elizabeth was a direct descendent of Aaron.
Aaron, the brother of Moses, who spoke for Moses when he couldn't, who was called up the mountain with him to receive the 10 Commandments from God. And Aaron who was in the middle of the "golden calf" betrayal.
Here he is again mentioned as part of the greatest redemption story of all. 
Do you see the redemptive strand here generations later?
Our God didn't abandon Aaron, but tied him into Jesus's story.
He doesn't abandon us either.
The redemptive strands keep being woven and we're included. 
You're included.
That is the story of Christmas - God's redemptive strands showing up as a person.
And we're all included.
#advent
#Christmas 
#redemptivestrands
#GodsLoveisEnough

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