Truth and Falsehood

[gregoryfl]

The word for truth in Hebrew is אמת. It consists of the first letter of the alephbet, the middle letter, and the last letter.
The word for falsehood in Hebrew is שקר. It consists of three letters all right next to each other.

We can learn something from these two words on a deeper level, concerning what makes up truth, and what makes up falsehood.

Truth involves letters that begin at the beginning, continue through the middle, and on until the very end of the alephbet.

Truth therefore, can be said to be when we look at the entire picture of something.

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In contrast, falsehood involves letter that begin, continue, and end all together at a limited part of the alephbet.

Falsehood therefore, can be said to be when someone only looks at a small facet of the whole of something.

Whether we are talking about Universal Reconciliation, or any other thing on this message board, or in our relationship with those around us, may the mental picture I hope I have put in your minds serve us all well in being able and equipped to always see and speak the truth.

Ronen

[rosered]

Thank you for this Ronen !
   I find it amazing !
  I know that  God works in  mysterious ways  ,  upon humanity
  but when you can spiritually  ''see''   Him doing something   marvelous , you can only rejoice in him !!

My sister and I were talking about, '' what is truth ?''   just a  couple of days ago


I thought of Pilate , asking Jesus ''What is truth ?''      and  unbeknown to   this man  ,  he knew in his heart what was truth  , by what he declared and done !!

He saw no fault in Jesus Christ  and told them so and  washed his hands of the innocent blood!! and it troubled him   that they wanted to put Christ to death !

I thought of James 4 in the scriptures   
wash your hands you sinners of shedding innocent blood   obedience is better than sacrifice !    This applying to us all    in the sense of   TRUTH!!  :HeartThrob:

7Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom....

Seeing Pilate     as the example of  knowing the truth and being set free !!  and Him being carnal and  yet the Spirit of truth  was dealing within  him .


...37Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." 38Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, "I find no guilt in Him. 39"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"...

      Three  questions   in  our quest    in searching for God   , for me was    What is truth ?      ,  What is Spirit ?  ,  and What is Love ? 

  Those are the simple yet   very profound answers I needed to settle me down from my      double mindedness   and the struggle of have both minds  one of heaven and one of the earth     and how to make them   reconcile  with each other ,  Knowing now     having to exchange one for the other       , because both were driving me crazy!!

  needing the'' mind of Christ ''  being pure  and holy  before God and the  carnal mind   that stayed in fear and torment  and misery  of God

   I now know that the Truth has set me free    , because while under the law   and in  falsehood    and the carnal mind had to be ''    bound ''  so the mind of Christ could rule and reign in me , being first  what was last  and     what was first was the carnal mind  and make it last   or past  being  behind me


I thought when you said  ,   The falsehood  can be said to be when someone only looks at a small facet of the whole of something.

I SAY AMEN!!!    Great observation  Ronen !!!

  When those religious leaders    ''caught the woman in the act of adultery  ''  and wanted to stone her to death  ,  under the law you die without mercy under  two or  3 witnesses   


But Jesus knowing all the hearts and      having the SPIRIT OF TRUTH     knows the beginning to the end   of everyone's hearts   and lives 

He let them know if they wanted to follow the law truthfully , they could only kill her   if they were   perfect   and they all knew in their hearts  they were not by the

Spirit of truth[GOD ]  in them and  left one by one   , and being alone with her , Jesus  acquitted her    error  , showing mercy     and told her how to live  in the 

  Spirit of truth  , her experience with Jesus changed her  course and life     by Holy Spirit conviction a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law:[ the Law of Love and mercy ]

synonyms: declaration of guilt · sentence · judgment
a firmly held belief or opinion

   I am so thankful to God  right now for letting us know     things  openly  ,  some things  I knew in my heart  and yet they were hidden  from my  eyes of understanding them  things
I  believe this is happening to so many right now or just maybe    its true we are becoming spiritually aware    of what pleases God   though the Life of Christ

  :HeartThrob:  I sure do enjoy your studies brother     , many here have blessed my socks off and helped me discover  and uncover ''hidden  truths ''

in Gods holy ways and mysteries and    revealing Himself to us  ,  Jesus is the Light of the World and truth is being   seen and heard and known  in our hearts 

   Truly joy comes in the morning light   as the DAY dawns/rises  in us   :dsunny:

[gregoryfl]

Rose, I love your example of Pilate. Here is a man staring truth in the face, and yet, because he only sees a man in a tiny space and time, he feels the need to ask what truth is. Today is no different, for so many look at Yeshua as a baby in a Christmas scene, or someone who walked around for a few years as a great man, only seeing him from a limited perspective of history; not realizing that he is the beginning and the end of it all, which is connected to what truth is all about...history is contained in him. I thank our Father, even despite my idiocy when acting out of my flesh, that he continues to be truth revealed to us in our hearts.  :banana: :dsunny:

Ronen

[Lazarus Short]

So, truth covers the whole of the alephbet.  This puts me in mind of two things:

1.  I think of Charles Fort's dictum that a theory must account for all the data.  Truth covers the whole, takes everything in, and thus is proved with rigor.

2.  Most of what passes for Christian Theology [theo-illogical?] consists of verses ripped from their proper context, thrown in with a few others, also separated from context, and whipped into a theological premise which does not compare itself with the whole of the message of God's Word.  I call it "Buffet Theology," because it's like going to a buffet and taking, say, peas and orange jello, and telling your table mates that what you have on your plate represents the whole buffet.  There are no shortcuts, for we must follow what Isaiah told us - line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little.  That is how we are weaned from the milk of the Word, and move on to Strong Meat.

[rosered]

  Ah!!    God bless you both
   my brothers!

  I  know the imaginary     of ones mind  builds and gathers things  in the natural mind  to make an idol  ,  =  representation of a god   and being an object of worship

      the HOLY SPIRIT tears down these strongholds and power of principalities  we ''build up in our minds eye ''  of   an image or idea

When in actuality  our short lives of being human are but a   watch in the night   

and  how  when you consider    Gods wisdom and how infinite it really is compared to a mortal existence    I AM IN AWE OF GOD !!

Living in my own falsehood was    this short realm of existence  not considering the LORD   or his ways 

  Something helped me to see this  was found in Psalms 90     
and I have to have plain speech to  ''catch the drift '' lol so to speak   and when I was contemplating   Moses prayer to God  how a man sees this   mortal  life as wrath of God for a moment , but His mercy endures    with no ending , it is hard  for my little pea brain to fathom !!  TRUTH  IS

Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

1 Lord, through all the generations
    you have been our home!
2 Before the mountains were born,
    before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
    from beginning to end, you are God.
3 You turn people back to dust, saying,
    "Return to dust, you mortals!"
4 For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,
    as brief as a few night hours.
5 You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
6 In the morning it blooms and flourishes,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We wither beneath your anger;
    we are overwhelmed by your fury.
8 You spread out our sins before you—
    our secret sins—and you see them all.
9 We live our lives beneath your wrath,
    ending our years with a groan.
10 Seventy years are given to us!
    Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
    soon they disappear, and we fly away.
11 Who can comprehend the power of your anger?
    Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
12 Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
    so that we may grow in wisdom.
13 O Lord, come back to us!
    How long will you delay?
    Take pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,
    so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
15 Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery!
    Replace the evil years with good.
16 Let us, your servants, see you work again;
    let our children see your glory.
17 And may the Lord our God show us his approval
    and make our efforts successful.
    Yes, make our efforts successful!

AND THAN WE SEE JESUS COME IN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
and begin to see  no man after the flesh any longer   not EVEN JESUS CHRIST!   

  SPIRIT &TRUTH      the Father seeks those to worship   Him in these  two unfathomable     things    from the heart
  I also was   thankful to find the wisdom in    Ecclesiastes 3:11

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.


He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end


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  This has been such a blessing   discovering   today    , love to all  :HeartThrob:

[micah7:9]

Psa 119:160 The sum of Your word is truth, And all of Your righteous ordinances are eonian."

[joeteekay]

Beautiful thoughts and words everyone. Thanks, great way to start the morning.

Ephesians 3:17-21 CLV 17 Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, having been rooted and grounded in love,

18 should be strong to grasp, together with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and height"

19 to know the love of Christ as well which transcends knowledge - that you may be completed for the entire complement of God.

20 Now to Him Who is able to do superexcessively above all that we are requesting or apprehending, according to the power that is operating in us,

21 to Him be the glory in the ecclesia and in Christ Jesus for all the generations of the eon of the eons! Amen!

[eaglesway]

Beautiful post. Truth has a center. We know who He is. His arms are spread wide to embrace all- alpha to omega, beginning to end, east to west.