An Authority Covenant--The Last Word

Divine Authority—The Last Word
Part 2 of 4

As in all of His creation there is order—rhyme and reason, as we would say it—so it is with all of His statutes.  David begins v. 8 with, “The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.”  For “statutes”, David used the word, “piqqud”.  The word bears a meaning of a precept or appointed mandate.  Webster says “appoint” means, “to fix or set officially…equip”.  He says a “mandate” is, “an authoritative command…an authorization to act given to a representative”.

Beyond mere rhyme and reason, as seen in His order, the meaning of the word David chose describes power, authority, and supreme status. Concerning the supreme status and deity of our Master Architect, Moses exclaimed in 15: 11 of Exodus, “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods?  Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”

Then, Hanna’s prayer of praise is recorded by Samuel in 2: 2 of his first book, “No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You, nor is there any rock like our Elohim”.  And, Moses writes of His supremacy in Deuteronomy 4: 35 saying, “To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him”.

Because He is supreme, He has the authority to make mandates and judge according to them.  Yeshua says of Himself through Matthew in 28: 18, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth”.  And, Daniel prophesied of the authority of our Messiah in 7: 14 when he said, “Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.  His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed”.

David said in 65: 5-6 of the psalms, “…You who are the Confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off seas; Who established the mountains by His strength, being clothed with power”.  The psalmist wrote in 93: 1, “The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength”.  And, then, Daniel records Nebuchadnezzar saying in 4: 35 of his first hand experience concerning the power of our great God, “He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth.  No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘what have You done?’”

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