“to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,”
Luke 1:72
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Connection with the rainbow covenant
Zechariah sang this at the birth of his son. The word "remember" echoes zakar, the Hebrew verb for God remembering His covenant after the flood, now moving toward Jesus. Hebrews names the peace the rainbow first pictured: "the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus" (Hebrews 13:20).
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Zechariah sang this over his newborn son, praising God for remembering the oath He swore to Abraham (Luke 1:73). Moses had prayed the same oath back to God at Sinai. It was remembered, repeated and prayed back for generations, and God kept it in Christ.
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