Hey Pastor John,
I’ve been reading in Psalms today and have a question.
In Psalms 25:14 (King James Version) it says, “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and He will shew them His covenant.” In your translation it says: “The secret of the Lord belongs to those who fear Him, and He will reveal His covenant to them.”
Do we know what David is referring to when he talks about “the secret of the Lord”?
Thank you, Jacob
P.S. I like your translation because it makes that secret (whatever it is) more personal because it belongs to those who fear him.
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In this covenant, we are very blessed to know what the Spirit was talking about when it spoke of God’s secret because the Son has now been revealed. Before then, the Son was God’s secret, as Paul said:
Colossians 1
- I was made a minister by the commission of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
- the mystery that was hidden from the Aeons and from generations of men, but now is revealed to His saints,
- by whom God has willed to make known among the Gentiles what is the richness of the glory of this mystery, which is Christin you, the hope of glory,
Colossians 2
- that their hearts may be comforted, knit together with love until they attain to all the richness that comes from the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, even the Father, and of Christ,
Colossians 4
- at the same time praying also for us, that God will open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ(for which also I am put in bonds),
In Christ, the mystery of God, there are a number of other mysteries which are mentioned in other places, but the main mystery was Christ himself.
Of course, David did not know what the Spirit was talking about when it spoke through him of the secret of God. In fact, none of the prophets understood what the Spirit said through them when it spoke of the hidden Son of God:
1Peter 1
- Prophets who prophesied of the grace that has come to you searched for and diligently inquired about this salvation,
- trying to determine who or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was indicating when it testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and of the glory that followed.
- To them it was revealed that they were ministering those things not to themselves, but to you, which things are now reported to you by those who preach the gospel to you by the holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which things angels long to look.
Hope that helps.
Pastor John
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