Zacharias' doubt of the angel's message had much deeper dimensions to it.

Jesus spoke both of John the Baptist and Himself in this prophesy.

Hosea foretells the first coming, the resurrection and the return of the Lord Jesus Christ

The parallels between the earthly harvest and the Great Harvest.

God has caused us to be born again and here we see the means He uses and the purpose He has for us.

The Just shall live by faith, faith in Christ, faith that takes in all He has done. To look only to the cross is to miss half of what is necessary, its not enough that Jesus died and that he died for me.

In being born again, as in the first birth, we are passive as something outside of us brings it to pass.

James moves from trials to temptations showing God's part in each.

Once again James sets up a contrast- the first person he presents is the blessed man and how he handles trials.

Finding stability and what our earthly status tells us.