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.
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.
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.
Verse eighty-nine is a bit perplexing. What does it mean for the Word to be firmly fixed in the heavens? We can obviously rule out that the psalmist is speaking about the heavens and sky we see with our eyes. It could mean that heaven is what is often used as the abode or dwelling of God. So from this place the word is forever fixed and will remain, could this be what the psalmist means? It seems quite possible that the psalmist is expressing the steadfastness and everlasting nature of God’s Word. His Word express His truth and His truth is firm, steady, and not going anywhere, in terms of its significance to all that has been created by that Word. This Word established the earth and it stands fast with a level of permanency that comes only from the Creator (God Himself).
This also led me to think about Jesus. In John 1:1-5,14 we learn this insight:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The Son of God is the Word and this Word became flesh in the Son of Man. Jesus is both God and Man, the Word incarnate. Upon finishing His saving work on earth He ascended to heaven where He will forever reign as our prophet, high priest, and king. He will forever bear the marks of our redemption in His feet, hands, and side. The more I think about this one verse (eighty-nine) it seems that Jesus is the Word that has firmly taken His seat as the Savior of the world who will return again as judge over all humanity. To those that believed in Him they will join Him, the Father, the Spirit, all the company of heaven, and all who believed – those recreated by the Word.
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