Luke 1:72

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 1:72

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

Perform

And

Galatians 3:15

General references

Micah 7:20

Luke 1:54

Bible References

Perform

“He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,

And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,
And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.
And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”

Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.”

I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants.

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

From the standpoint of the gospel, the Jews [at present] are enemies [of God] for your sake [which is for your benefit], but from the standpoint of God’s choice [of the Jews as His people], they are still loved by Him for the sake of the fathers.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore [an oath] by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,

And

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.

then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham, and remember the land.

He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

He has given food to those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence];
He will remember His covenant forever.

“Then I passed by you [again] and looked on you; behold, you were maturing and at the time for love, and I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore [an oath] to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord God, “and you became Mine.”

Brothers and sisters, I speak in terms of human relations: even though a last will and testament is just a human covenant, yet when it has been signed and made legally binding, no one sets it aside or adds to it [modifying it in some way].

General references

You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old.

“He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,