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Thy Word Is Settled Forever
"For ever, O LORD,
Thy word is settled in heaven."
Psalm 119:89
This is the central verse in the
longest chapter in the longest book in the Bible,
and it is surely one of the greatest verses in the
all of scripture. It conveys the amazing news that
the Word of God (which is the theme of the entire
119th Psalm) has existed from eternity past and
will continue to exist forever in to the future.
It was eternally settled in the mind of God before
the world was created, then gradually
inscripturated "at sundry times and in divers
manners |as God| spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets"
Hebrews 1:1.
Other
verses in this psalm likewise stress the eternal
validity of God's words: "The righteousness of Thy
testimonies is everlasting. . . . Concerning Thy
testimonies, I have known of old that Thou hast
founded them for ever. . . . Thy word is true from
the beginning: and every one of Thy righteous
judgments endureth for ever"
Psalm 119:144,
152, 160.
In the
Book of Isaiah appears a magnificent this claim:
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the
word of our God shall stand for ever"
Isaiah 40:8.
This contrast is expanded by the Apostle Peter:
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth
and abideth for ever"
1 Peter 1:23.
To
guarantee this great truth beyond any further
question, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself made the
following tremendous claim: "Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away"
Matthew 24:35.
"Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled"
Matthew 5:18.
The entire physical universe is
literally "passing away," heading inexorably
downhill toward ultimate death--with one
exception! The words of our Bible and its glorious
promises are eternal and immutable. HMM
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