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Covenant Mercy (2 of 4)
Series: Advent
Marion Clark
Luke 1:71-73
Introduction
Let's review what God's Word taught us last Sunday. God is a keeper of his promises. He is a covenant keeper. He promised to send a Redeemer to save his people, and he did. And because he kept his first promise, we can trust him to keep his other promise to send our Lord one final time. The Scripture we learned this from was Luke 1:67-70, the beginning of Zechariah's prophesy. This prophecy concerns the coming of the Messiah, for whom his son John will prepare the way. He next highlights the element of mercy that such a deliverance entails.
Text
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
The ''horn of salvation'' whom the Lord is raising will save his covenant people. From whom? Their enemies who hate them. This is one unfortunate constant for the Jews, that they always have more than their share of enemies. Rarely, since the Israelites entered the land of Canaan, were they in a position where they could feel secure from enemies. Zechariah's line could have been said at any time in Israel's history. For his time, he would have thought of the Romans but also Israel's neighbors.
Think of Israel as in the same circumstance as Yugoslavia when under communist dictatorship. Communism meant harsh control, but it also preserved peace. Once the authoritarian power was removed, the ethnic populations turned against each other. As hard as it may have been to be under the control of Rome, at least the empire preserved peace between old enemies. For the Jews, there certainly was more than one enemy.
Zechariah then refers to this deliverance as an act of mercy.
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham...
God is sending a Redeemer, not because the people have shown themselves to be worthy, but because their Lord is merciful. This appeal to G ...
Series: Advent
Marion Clark
Luke 1:71-73
Introduction
Let's review what God's Word taught us last Sunday. God is a keeper of his promises. He is a covenant keeper. He promised to send a Redeemer to save his people, and he did. And because he kept his first promise, we can trust him to keep his other promise to send our Lord one final time. The Scripture we learned this from was Luke 1:67-70, the beginning of Zechariah's prophesy. This prophecy concerns the coming of the Messiah, for whom his son John will prepare the way. He next highlights the element of mercy that such a deliverance entails.
Text
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
The ''horn of salvation'' whom the Lord is raising will save his covenant people. From whom? Their enemies who hate them. This is one unfortunate constant for the Jews, that they always have more than their share of enemies. Rarely, since the Israelites entered the land of Canaan, were they in a position where they could feel secure from enemies. Zechariah's line could have been said at any time in Israel's history. For his time, he would have thought of the Romans but also Israel's neighbors.
Think of Israel as in the same circumstance as Yugoslavia when under communist dictatorship. Communism meant harsh control, but it also preserved peace. Once the authoritarian power was removed, the ethnic populations turned against each other. As hard as it may have been to be under the control of Rome, at least the empire preserved peace between old enemies. For the Jews, there certainly was more than one enemy.
Zechariah then refers to this deliverance as an act of mercy.
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham...
God is sending a Redeemer, not because the people have shown themselves to be worthy, but because their Lord is merciful. This appeal to G ...
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