Welcome to the Daily Grace podcast. I'm Shelby. And I'm Crystal. We are a part of the content team here at the Daily Grace Co. And our mission is to equip disciples in the Word.

And every Tuesday, we share what we're learning from Scripture with you right here on the podcast, because we believe that deep Bible study, sound doctrine, and rich theology are not just for the seminary student or pastor, but are accessible for all believers.

So whether you listen on the go or sitting down with pen and paper in hand, we hope these conversations will teach you something new about God and His Word, and to remind you that the gospel changes everything.

Welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast.

My name is Crystal, and during the month of December, we will be focusing on the four

main themes of Advent, which are hope, peace, joy, and love.

The word Advent means coming or arrival, and it is the four-week season leading up to Christmas that helps us to focus on Jesus'

first coming and also helps us look forward to a second.

Each of these episodes will focus on the memory verse and theme of our Advent study here

at the Daily Grace Code called Just as He promised.

And our goal with these shorter-length episodes is to encourage you by reminding you of why we celebrate Advent in the first place and to dive deeper into who God is.

Today we are highlighting the theme of peace.

Throughout our episode today, we will see how God brought peace to the Israelites and how He promises us peace today. Our main passage comes from

Luke 1, verse 78 and 79. It says this, because of God's merciful compassion, the dawn from

on high will visit us to shine on those who live in darkness in the shadow of death, to guide our

feet into the way of peace.

Last week, we talked about how the Israelites needed hope, but they also desperately needed peace.

Throughout the Old Testament, there are descriptions of bloody battles, tension within tribes,

judgment due to unrepentant sin, people being exiled, and so much more.

Life was often anything but peaceful for God's people.

But fortunately, God promised to bring them peace through a Savior.

Our verses today are part of yet another prophecy this time through Zechariah.

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