9- And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
- Q- What were these functions? Where is this God? Why wait for his turn? How to understand this sentence to which he was called.The priesthood rule was what? In what Temple did he enter? What is this Perfume?
R- Since God is in us, He is the very life that animates us, our body is His House, His Temple or his Church, and then (the body) can be described as a tomb as well, depending on how we treat it. Then all we do, should be, to please that God of whom we are a spark that our body is his abode.
The Tour of his class means that he was ready to learn to meditate after adopting the principles of pure life, which consists in respecting life in all its forms, refraining from eating the flesh of other living beings, not to drink alcohol, in order to keep one’s, in fact, to control all our senses, to know what to look with his eyes and to hear with his ears, that our mouth refrain from saying nothing or to repeat that do not reflect the truth, which could cause any scandal (woe to the one by whom the scandal comes) is one of those injunctions that Zachariah respected. The other senses that represent the openings in the outer world should not be used to disrupt the interior of the temple peace. his body could be called Temple by his exemplary conduct. And the Perfume was the result of all the virtues he had obtained from the sacrifices he had made, which consisted of closing new doors of the body, 2 eyes, 2 ears 2 nostrils, the mouth and the 2 lower openings to open the door or inner eye to realize his God.(So if your eye is unique, your whole body will be illuminated.) Do not say things in the air, you have to practice them. Without a perfect Master like Abia, he could not have managed to keep his integrity to have the grace of seeing the appearance of the Angel Gabriel in his inner temple.
We will return with the continuation that will be presented to you in several parts since it will require a new awareness and understanding. This is what Christ said: that those who have eyes to see see, and those who have ears to hear, hear.
10- According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
11- And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Multitude of people means: all the thoughts that assail us and wait to invade us again if we had not burned them all during meditation. It’s like the 3 friends of Job.
12- And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
13- And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
One must know what to expect when the mind and body are purified, not to be shaken at that time, as was the case of Zechariah in verse 12 otherwise, why meditate?
14- But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Thanks to his preparation and the sacrifices he had agreed to make, a noble mission had been entrusted to him. God’s ways are impenetrable.
15. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.**** and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the womb of his mother ******** I would like to draw your attention to this sentence which is the key of this whole chapter. ****
16. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb
17. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.