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  “ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ” Luke 1 : 6 KJV History has shown that those who limit reigning to the possession of power, privileges and authority have always ended up being reigned over (or being ruined) by their possessions. For example, Pharaoh possessed the land of Egypt and the regulation of all its activities; but he ended up being reigned over by a sunset of these possessions - the Red Sea. Prior to this destructive end, many of Pharaoh’s subjects have had a wrong conception of the right reign in their relationships with Pharaoh. And by supposing “ And they were both right before Pharaoh, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of their lord blameless ” was the perfect definition of loyalty or uprightness, they ended up in the same Red Sea with Pharaoh. Whereas, the service lifestyle of Zechariah and Elizabeth has rather posited that right reign implies righteousness before God; no...

  ” And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years .“ Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The experience of Zachariah with the Angel teaches that unbelief usually grows in the channel of believer’s needs and the challenges of life. John and Elizabeth have no problem at all along their channel of consecration: ” And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless ”. Although they were defined by their childlessness, believers are not expected to restrict the performance of God along their childless channel. Just as John’s childless channel brought the touch of correction with its prevailing challenges and chaos, our childless channel in life is not designed to take anyone away from his channel of consecration. Sincerely, childless channel demands consistent feeding on the promise...