In a culture in which the act of naming was highly significant and naming a male child a most sacred and solemn task, Zechariah’s father had just given him a name that came with a history and a legacy. He would now journey through the rest of his days never forgetting what the Lord had done for his father, as well as his father’s (and the nation’s) hopes for the land and the Temple. He would always remember how his father had memorialized those intense longings and desires with his name. Growing