Psalm 19:7-11: God’s personal revelation of Himself through His Word

The world above us, the world around us, and the world within us!

God’s personal revelation of Himself to mankind through His Word, the scriptures

God has revealed Himself personally through the person and eternal Word of God, Jesus Christ, and through His written word as recorded in the Bible, aka, the scriptures.

Psalm 19:7-11 ESV
[7]  The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; [8]  the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; [9] the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. [10] More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. [11] Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.19.7-11.ESV

Although we can see God’s handiwork in the heavens above; the sun, moon, stars, constellations and distant galaxies, along with the weather patterns and how the earth and the universe that surrounds us and stretches beyond our ability to see, grasp or comprehend, the evidence of God’s existence and of His creative hand in everything that exists, both in heaven as well as on Earth and beneath the earth’s surface, leaves us wanting to know more and searching deeper and farther for answers to the questions of how our inner life connects with God and the world around us. There is the world that exists around us, on the outside. But there is also a world within each and every one of us.

Where do these two worlds meet and connect with one another? What does God want on the inside of us, in our hearts? What can we know about our Creator?

This brings us to Psalms 19:7-11.

God has not only revealed Himself through His handiwork in the heavens above, but through His Word, the Scriptures, aka, Holy Bible.

Before God’s word was ever written by men, chosen by God, to be filled with and inspired by His Holy Spirit to write down these God breathed words and revelation of Himself (2 Timothy 3:16-17), there was the true and eternal Word of God, who became flesh and dwelt among us.

John 1:1-4, 14 NLT
[1] In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He existed in the beginning with God. [3] God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. [4] The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
[14] So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

https://bible.com/bible/116/jhn.1.1-14.NLT

God’s eternal Word, known to us through His personal revelation, the scriptures, as the Lord Jesus Christ, had come into the world to reveal God the Father through Himself, and to bring the Holy Spirit to men, to reside in them and be with them forever. The triune God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who existed in the form of the Holy Trinity for eternity, both before the beginning of creation, now, and forever after, was coming into the world to redeem fallen man from sin (Galatians 4:4-5) and to reconcile God and man (Romans 5:14-19; 2 Corinthians 5:18-18).

I the Old Testament, we are presented with the Law and the Prophets, all of which prophesy of and point to God’s eternal and final Word, Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, God with us.

The New Testament is the written revelation and  testimony of the fulfillment of the entire Old Testament; the Law and the Prophets, in the person of Jesus Christ. The New Testament testifies through the four Gospels, of Christ’s coming into the world, and of his life, ministry, teachings, and to His whole purpose in coming into the world, and the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world; the propitiation and perfect, eternal sacrifice, bringing salvation and redemption to mankind.

The rest of the New Testament reveals the outcome of the Gospels, which is the birth of the new creation, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and the beginning of the Church, which is the body of Christ, also referred to as the bride of Christ; Jesus Christ is the groom and we the Church, the body of Christ collectively are the  bride. The book of revelation presents the culmination of God’s creation and presenting the bride and groom to the Father, at the marriage supper of the Lamb; the presentation of once fallen, but now reconciled mankind to God, the way God originally intended when He created man in His image (Genesis 1:26-27)

We can know God externally through the heavens and creation around us, on the outside. But we can also come to know Him personally through the Bible, God’s inspired and written word, which reveals the person and work of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16)