Zacharias and Elisabeth were a couple who had prayed for children yet Elisabeth was barren. Yet, one day when the couple was stricken with many years, an angel of the Lord cam to Zacharias and told him that his wife would have a child. Zacharias did not believe that it was something that was possible, but when the Lord has a plan, He will find a way. The Lord caused Zacharias to be made dumb until the day his new son would be born. As the day came for his son to be born, he and his wife knew that the name they should call him was John.  They knew that he was destined to bu part of a greater purpose. That he would be called a prophet of the highest. Also that he would go before the face of the Lord and prepare his ways. They knew he would be one who would give light, even to the darkest places. They knew John could would be a force for good.