Your Old Testament is written in Hebrew. Your New Testament is written in Greek. But there is a Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. So sometimes it’s good for us to look at what the Greek says. Because in that way, you will know what Greek word corresponds to the same Hebrew word here.
And therefore, it is the same truth. Amen. You will see more as I go along. So here, the word “gives light” in the Septuagint, in the Greek, is actually “photizo”, the very same word we saw just now in Ephesians 1:18. “The eyes of your heart, your understanding being” “‘photizo’ or being enlightened.” Here, it is the same word. Amen.
“The entrance of Your words gives light.” “It gives understanding to the simple.” That tells us that this Spirit of wisdom and revelation operates with the Word of God. It is not apart from the Word of God. It is with the Word of God. Do you remember Joshua in Joshua 1:8? God says: “This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth,” “but thou shall meditate therein day and night,” “that you may observe to do, according to all that is written in it.
” “For then you will make your way prosperous” “and then you will have good success.” Notice that when God said this to Joshua, obviously he was reading the Book of the Law. And what they had back then, the Bible they had back then is the Torah, the first 5 books of Moses. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
That’s what Joshua was meditating on and reading when the Lord says: “This Book.” Notice the word “this.” “zeh.” In the Hebrew, “zeh” or “this.” He was reading it! Obviously, for God to say: “This Book of the Law that you are reading.” “This Book specifically. This Book of the Law” “shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate therein” It is not enough just to read.
God says: “You must meditate therein day and night.” But remember this, friend. The Bible says that at this point, Moses has just died. And before Moses died, Moses laid his hands on Joshua and Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands on him. Remember Moses laid his hands on Joshua? And now when Moses is dead, the Bible says: “Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses” “laid his hands on him.
” And that was the closing chapters of Deuteronomy. When that was mentioned, the very next book is this Chapter 1 of Joshua. And here’s where we are. It’s not enough just to have the spirit of wisdom. We need to open up the Book. Amen. God operates with these 2 means of bringing wisdom into our lives, bringing hazon vision into our lives.
Amen. Praise the Lord. “For then you will make your way prosperous, and then” “you will have good success.” Hallelujah. So back to this verse in Psalms 119, it says: “The entrance of Your words,” The word “entrance” in the Hebrew is “pethach.” “Pethach” actually means to open the door. Today, they will say: “‘pethach’ or open the door.
” So in the other versions like ESV, it says: “The unfolding of Your words gives light.” In the Youngs translation, it says: “The opening of Your words” which is more accurate. “The ‘pethach’, the opening of Your words enlighteneth,” “instructing the simple.” So every time you hear the Word of God, as I open the Word of God, I’m doing that right now, I’m opening the Word of God to you.
