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John has a wonderful article on truth on the main H4C site:
Emet - Truth
I love to remember that truth is a person...Jesus
Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6
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2000 years ago and still today, the Jewish teachers used the letters of this word to say that truth was the beginning, the middle and the end. This described the meaning of the word by the position in the alphabet of the letters. This set the stage for Jesus to describe himself as the beginning and end.
From The Gospel In Ancient Hebrew by Dr. Frank T. Seekins
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The ninth commandment prohibits swearing falsely against your neighbor in matters of law and civil proceedings, but, on a deeper level, it implicitly indicates the responsibility to be a witness of the truth at all times. Note that the Hebrew word for “truth” (emet) is composed from the first, the middle, and the last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, thus indicating that it encompasses the first things, the last things, and everything in between. Thus, in relation to our neighbor (who is really everyone), we are to be truthful and bear witness to the truth in all our moments of life. By lying, by bearing false testimony, we effectively deny the relationship to the One who said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.” source
Also another good article from John on What is Truth
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Articles/Truth/truth.html Quote:
From TWOT:
emet. Truth, faithfulness, verity. The word carries underlying sense of certainty, dependablity.
We find it used in several catagories of contexts, all of which relate to God directly or indirectly.
First, it is frequently applied to God as a characteristic of his nature. In Gen. 24:27, for example it describes God who leads Abraham's servant to the right wife for Isaac. In Ex. 34:6, it is give as one of the verbal descriptions of God which constitutes God's goodness. Other examples are Ps. 25:5; 31:5; Jer 4:2; 10:10.
It is a term fittingly applied to God's words (Ps. 119:142, 151, 160; Dan 10:21)
As a characteristic of God revealed to men, it therefore becomes the means by which men know and serve God as their savior (Josh 24:14; 1 Kgs 2:4; Ps 26:3; 86:11; Ps 91:2; Isa 38:3), and then as a characteristic to be found in those who have indeed come to God (Ex 18:21; Neh 7:2; Ps 15:2; Zech 8:16)
Because it is an attribute of Gdo which is manifested in man's salvation and life of service as God's child, the word is often coupled with another attribute of God related to our salvation, "mercy" or "love" (hesed, Gen 24:27; Ps 61:7; 85:10; 115:1; Prov 14:22; 16:6; 2028).
And because these attributes of God's truth and mercy lead to God's peace toward sinful men, saved by God's grace, the word is also often coupled with peace (Isa 39:8; Jer 33:6).
As we study its various contexts, it becomes manifestly clear that there is no truth in the biblical sense, i.e. valid truth, outside of God. All truth comes from God and is truth because it is related to God.
Also Ray Stedman has a very good article on Spiritual Warfare - you'll find some insight on "truth" in the article.
http://www.raystedman.org/warfare/warfare1.html Quote:
Truth is reality. Truth is the sum total of the way things really are. Therefore, truth is the explanation of all things. You know you have found the truth when you find something that is wide enough and deep enough and high enough to encompass all things. That is what Jesus Christ does. Ray Stedman
Blessings and hope this helps a little with the word truth, family is stirring, I'll have to come back to the word destiny