To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."
      2. He blessed God for the work of preparation for this salvation, which was to be done by John Baptist (Luke 1:76; Luke 1:76): Thou child, though now but a child of eight days' old, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest. Jesus Christ is the Highest, for he is God over all, blessed for evermore (Romans 9:5), equal with the Father. John Baptist was his prophet, as Aaron was Moses's prophet (Exodus 7:1); what he said was as his mouth, what he did was as his harbinger. Prophecy had now long ceased, but in John it revived, as it had done in Samuel, who was born of an aged mother, as John was, after a long cessation. John's business was,