Tammuz 9
Truth
“Who does dwell in Your set-apart mountain?
He who … speaks the truth in his heart …”
(Ps 15:1-2 ISR)
Emet (Strong’s H571) is
the Hebrew word that is most generally translated as ‘truth’, as it is here in
this verse. And as it is with most of the
translations available today, much of the broader meaning of the word emet has been lost. Included in the definition of this word is
also the sense of firmness, stability, faithfulness, and integrity. Jeff Benner, in his Ancient Hebrew
Dictionary, has this to say concerning the word emet:
“The root of this word is aman, a word often
translated as "believe," but more literally means
"support," as we see in Isaiah 22:23 where it says "I will drive
him like a peg in a place of support..." A belief in Elohiym is not a
mental exercise of knowing that Elohiym exists but rather our responsibility to
show him our support. The word "emet" has the similar meaning of
firmness, something that is firmly set in place. Psalms 119:142 says, "the
"Torah" (the teachings of Elohiym) is "emet" (set firmly in
place).”[1]
Perhaps it is time to
examine just what we are ‘speaking’ within our own hearts and minds. We are all aware, when we are honestly looking at ourselves in the
mirror, that we are proficient at projecting an image that may not truthfully
represent who we are. I believe that is part of human nature; we
have no desire for others to think badly of us.
However, to pretend to be someone – or something - that in reality we
are not is very, very dangerous, for we are first and foremost deceiving
ourselves. We are not ‘speaking the
truth in our hearts’.
What is this truth – emet – that we are to speak in our
heart, to hold fast to, to meditate on, and allow it to change us? Again, the Scriptures validate themselves …
“Your righteousness is
righteousness forever, And YOUR TORAH IS TRUTH.” (Ps 119:142 ISR, emphasis mine)
“יהושע said to him, “I am the Way, and
THE TRUTH, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6 ISR, emphasis mine)
“But you have not so learned Messiah, if indeed you have heard Him and
were taught by Him, AS TRUTH IS IN יהושע: that you put off – with regard to your
former way of life – the old man, being corrupted according to the desires of
the deceit, and to be renewed in the spirit of your
mind, and that you put on the renewed man which was created according to
Elohim, IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SET-APARTNESS OF THE TRUTH.” (Eph 4:20-24 ISR, emphasis mine)
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