(Synoptics: Luke 1:5-25)Luke’s orderly declaration of those things begins with the annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist. John will be the last of the Old Testament prophets and the first of the New.
Here is one who is faithfully continuing to carry out God’s service, according to the instructions given through God’s prophet. Although much was to change with the new covenant, God’s faithful people remained obedient to the word they had from the Lord and did what they were commanded to do with all their hearts. We too continue with the ordinances given us by Christ and we meet regularly for the Lord’s Supper, ‘until he comes’.