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  • Lamedh

    Lamedh

    Psalm 119

     יְהֹוָה

    English Standard Version (ESV)

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Lamedh

    89 Forever, O Lord, your word
    is firmly fixed in the heavens.
    90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
    you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

    Try to wrap your small mind around this:

    GOD

    LORD, JEHOVAH, THE EXISTING ONE, THE “I AM” – all Names of God, holy and separated from the sin of man.

    YHWH –  יְהֹוָה

    Or, perhaps in terms of place, consider that the volume of just the earth where we stand is about 108.321 to the 10th power (I forget how many zeros that adds) cubic meters ( 1 cubic meter = 39″x 39″ x 39″).

    Perhaps, by comparison, you might consider that a casket of 87″L x 32″W x 29″H is less than 81,000 square inches.

    This section of Psalm 119 in the KJV (first published in 1611) begins:

    “LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”

    If we cannot grasp the size of the earth or the distance of the light, certainly we fail to grasp even the smallest dimension of the LORD and eternity.

    Thy word is settled in heaven.

    thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

    91 By your appointment they stand this day,
    for all things are your servants.
    92 If your law had not been my delight,
    I would have perished in my affliction.
    93 I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have given me life.

    Compared to the LORD; compared to all eternity: our biggest of problems and short time are a small thing. Yet in our humility we ask the Lord to save us, because we are His.

    94 I am yours; save me,
    for I have sought your precepts.
    95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your testimonies.
    96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

    Has the command of God not created the heavens and the earth and mankind? Is the LORD our God not the Father of all perfection and Christ Jesus our redemption from the sin and destruction of disobedience?

  • Kaph

    Kaph

    What does it mean to be saved? (What is salvation?)

     The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,

    And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death

    Light has dawned.” – Matthew 4:16 NKJV (quoting Isaiah 9:2)

    Luke 3:6 KJV And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

    Psalm 119

    English Standard Version (ESV)

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Kaph

    81 My soul longs for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.
    82 My eyes long for your promise;
    I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

    The word salvation occurs 164 times in the KJV of the Bible. Do you realize the importance of your salvation in Christ Jesus?

    In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) salvation of God is hoped for and anticipated in the Person of the Messiah. It is a time of darkness and sin into which Jesus was born as a Son of Man in a manger in Bethlehem and sacrificed for our sins on a Cross in Jerusalem. Jesus IS our salvation.

    A thousand years before Christ, when David and Solomon ruled as Kings of Israel, the Law of God and His statutes were the present hope of Israel. The true hope of Israel was born in Christ Jesus, prophesied and predicted in the Psalms and by many Prophets during and following the fall of the earthly Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

    83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
    84 How long must your servant endure?
    When will you judge those who persecute me?

    85 The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;
    they do not live according to your law.
    86 All your commandments are sure;
    they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
    87 They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.

    88 In your steadfast love give me life,
    that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

    Even unbelievers know a portion of salvation:

    John 3:16-19

    16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 

    He has not saved our life for ourselves, but for His own glory.

    Jesus IS Lord and Savior.

    Into the world is born a Messiah, prophesied by John the Baptist, prophesied by his father, Zechariah, the high priest of God:

    Luke 1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
    77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    in the forgiveness of their sins,
    78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
    79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

  • He

    He

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    He

    33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
    and I will keep it to the end.
    34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
    and observe it with my whole heart.
    35 Lead me in the path of your commandments,
    for I delight in it.
    36 Incline my heart to your testimonies,
    and not to selfish gain!

    “Teach me…” is more than instruction only. It is plea to Jehovah to point in the right direction.

    Point by way of statutes, law, commandments and testimonies.

    Let me, O God, NOT be selfish!

    37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
    and give me life in your ways.

    ‘Turn away mine eyes from vanity,’ states the King James Version.

    Could that mean such things as: facebook, cell phones, endless hours of television and the numerous games and movies of entertainment?

    Let the Spirit and the Word of God convict each of us!

    38 Confirm to your servant your promise,
    that you may be feared.
    39 Turn away the reproach that I dread,
    for your rules are good.
    40 Behold, I long for your precepts;
    in your righteousness give me life!

    Do you long for the precepts of God, lived for us in the life of Christ Jesus?

    OR do these other desires of your flesh point the arrow of your soul in a path downward of heaven?