The Throne of His Father David

Detail, Apse Mosaic, St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy (46020766322)

Psalm 132:11  The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

 

Luke 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

 

Acts 2:30  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

 

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A House of Prayer

William Hole Jesus Casts Out The Money Changers

Psalm 118:26  Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

 

Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

 

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Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of The Lord

Belfast St George's Church Sanctuary Painting by Alexander Gibbs “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest.” 2018 08 24

Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons

Psalm 118:26  Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

 

Matthew 21:9  And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

 

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