To Show Mercy

Signorelli, birth of st. john the baptist
Signorelli, Birth of St. John the Baptist

Exodus 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

 

Luke 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

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

 

Firstborn

Christ Pantocrator Deesis mosaic Hagia Sophia

Psalm 89:27  Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

 

Colossians 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

 

I Will Be His Father, He Will Be My Son

Accademia - The Annunciation - Veronese
The Annunciation – Veronese

1 Chronicles 17:13 (KJV) I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

 

Hebrews 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?