An Equitable Agreement
Part 2 of 3
Then, David said the fear of our Lord is “clean”. He uses the word, “tahor”. Whether in a physical, ceremonial, or moral sense, the word means “fair”. A synonym of fair is “just”. Of this justice, the psalmist wrote in 89: 14, “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face”.
The pure and untainted nature of the fear of our Lord is His complete righteousness. To put a righteous twist on an advertisement one-liner of our day in reference to this purity, “It doesn’t get any better than this”. His mercy and justice is the kind that is the basis of the unbreakable loyalty to us through His covenant with Abraham, and ultimately through Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, the Seed of that covenant.
The purity of His fear is sound, clear, uncontaminated, and holy. It is innocence in its purest form. It is honest, equitable, and brightens the pathway of all that are blessed to come in contact with it. It is this purity we are instructed to emulate. Otherwise, we can never remain in His favor.
The writer of Proverbs says in 3: 33, “The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the just”. Therefore, when the just traverse their pathways in life, they are as 4: 18 of the Proverbs says, “Like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day”.
Even after they have passed to the next life, they are remembered. In Proverbs the writer says in 10: 7, “The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot”. Possibly the most valuable asset we have is our good name. As it most certainly was in Biblical days, it is necessarily so in our day. To be remembered for justice was and still is a definite sign of integrity. The writer of Proverbs also says in 20: 7, “The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him”.
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