Track 2: Rock of Redemption

Lily Cathcart November 24, 2025 3 3

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Luke 1: 67-79 (NIVUK)

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David

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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),

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salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—

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to show mercy to our ancestors
    and to remember his holy covenant,

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    the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

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to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him without fear

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    in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

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to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,

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because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

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to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

I imagine Jesus walks, the dust clinging to his feet, with his guitar strung across his back, and his concept album beginning to take shape around him. The tracks are filling with a life of reading scripture and also with more recent experiences too, shared with friends and family. This track features guest vocals from Zechariah, a.k.a. John the Baptist’s Dad. Imagine Jesus dusting off a bootleg recording of Zechariah rocking out with his electric guitar, and sampling it in a new rock track for his album. 

If the first song was about letting God down then surely this tune would be looking forward to that moment of redemption, a feeling that uncle Zech knew well. The lyrics from Luke 1, cry out, overwhelmed with the feeling of being able to sing after so long being silent. The raw lyrics and punchy chords still fresh.

‘And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High’ sang Zech, closing his eyes and thinking of his baby son. The child he hadn’t believed would come. In my mind Jesus replays that old bootleg and lets his voice join in — singing through the sadness and managing to call out hope to those around them: the rising sun will come to us from heaven, to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

Prayer:

Dear God of those who have been silenced

Please hear our unspoken prayers

Be beside those whose quest hearts are sad

Be the voice of those who have been silenced unjustly

Amen