God’s Mercy
Herman Hoeksema examines God's attribute of mercy as an essential aspect of His holiness, drawing on careful exegetical analysis of Old Testament Hebrew terminology (hesed and rachamim) and their Greek and Latin translations. Through detailed linguistic comparison across multiple biblical versions and languages, Hoeksema develops a theological understanding of divine mercy rooted in Scripture and the Reformed theological tradition.
Herman Hoeksema The attribute of the mercy of God may be considered an aspect of His holiness. The Holy One is consecrated to Himself and centered in Himself as the only good. But even as the good is also beautiful and graceful, so He who is in Himself the only good and the fountain of all good, is also the absolutely blessed, and wills to be the most blessed one, as well as to reveal Himself as blessed in blessing His creatures. This is God’s mercy. The term most frequently employed in the...