The Words (more accuratelly The Rare Pearls of The Bible)

“‘Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every word that comes from Jehovah’s mouth.’” (Matthew 4:4)

“Every Word”

It is remarkable how a single word, inspired by Jehovah God and preserved in the Bible, retains its full strength in every expression I have encountered. There is no way to count or remember them all. Languages, shaped by different cultures across time, create obstacles to conveying their full meaning.

When I became bilingual, I began to see a broader spectrum than I had known in my native tongue. Comparing Russian and English translations, I noticed how each one illuminates the truth from a different angle. Yet the truth stands on its own. The deeper we enter it, the brighter it shines in the heart.

These little words are like keys, gates, and entrances into the Kingdom. Sometimes an entire understanding hangs upon a single expression. A small word can open a door that remained hidden for years, while another word can close a door that should have remained open.

When Jesus was asked what a person must do to inherit everlasting life, he first directed attention to the Scriptures: “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” He wanted to hear not merely the words, but how the man understood them. After hearing the answer, Jesus acknowledged its correctness and encouraged him to act upon what he already perceived. On another occasion, when a scribe answered thoughtfully concerning the greatest commandments, Jesus told him that he was not far from the Kingdom of God. The difference was not access to the Scriptures, for many possessed the same writings. The difference was in hearing, understanding, and responding to what was written.

This is why Jesus spoke so strongly about the “keys of the Kingdom” and the “key of knowledge.” The scribes and Pharisees possessed the Scriptures, studied them, taught them, and carried authority among the people. Yet Jesus said that they had taken away the key of knowledge. They neither entered themselves nor permitted those who were entering to proceed. The problem was not a lack of words. The words were there. The problem was the inability to perceive what those words were revealing.

Throughout the Scriptures, Jehovah repeatedly directs attention to hearing. The one who hears gains understanding. The one who understands responds. The one who responds receives more light. The words themselves become gates through which a person enters into a closer relationship with God. Every word coming from Jehovah's mouth has the potential to become such a key when received with the right heart.

To me, the Word of God is like the bread Jehovah required the priests to renew on the table in the Holy Place of the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple. The light of the lampstand—also maintained by the priests—sanctified that bread, which was then eaten by the priests and their families.

Arranged in two stacks of six, the bread pointed to the provision for the twelve tribes of Israel. In the Tabernacle, the priests continually renewed this bread before Jehovah as part of their sacred service. Likewise today, under the direction of the High Priest of the great spiritual temple, spiritual food continues to be provided for the twelve tribes of spiritual Israel and is set before the seven lampstands—the congregations.

All who partake of this spiritual food share in its sanctification, just as the light sanctifies the bread.

Jehovah, through His High Priest as messenger, and through His holy spirit, awakens our ability to hear what is spoken to the congregations.

“Happy is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and observe what is written in it.”

“Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations…”

Though expressed in different ways, these messages repeat a single truth:
The one who has ears—hears.

Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise

Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: The one who conquers will by no means be harmed by the second death.’

“‘Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and written on the pebble is a new name that no one knows except the one receiving it.’

the one who conquers and observes my deeds down to the end, I will give authority over the nations, and he will shepherd the people with an iron rod so that they will be broken to pieces like clay vessels, just as I have received from my Father. And I will give him the morning star. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’

The one who conquers will thus be dressed in white garments, and I will by no means blot out his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’

‘The one who conquers—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’

Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and take the evening meal with him and he with me. To the one who conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, just as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’”

There is another pattern that stands out to me in these words. Repeatedly, Jesus calls upon the listener to hear, and repeatedly the promise is directed to the one who conquers. This suggests a progression. First comes hearing. Then comes understanding. Understanding leads to response. Response leads to endurance. Endurance leads to conquering. And conquering leads to receiving what has been promised.

In this sense, words become keys. A person cannot conquer what he does not first hear. He cannot hear unless his heart responds to what is spoken. This is why Jesus placed such emphasis on hearing. The promises are not separated from the words. They are reached through them.

This leads me to see that each of us carries a place within the heart where these words leave an indelible mark. Just as the tablets of the Ten Commandments were kept in the Ark of the Covenant, in the Most Holy—where Jehovah revealed Himself to Moses—so now He reveals Himself through the High Priest of our salvation, Jesus.

If we engrave God’s Word deeply on the tablets of our hearts, then Jesus, at an hour we do not expect, enters our inner sanctuary—for “you are the temple of the living God”—and shares a meal of spiritual communion with us.

That communion always comes through “every word coming from the mouth of Jehovah.”

Because this experience is personal—unique to each one who perceives it—it remains deeply individual. Yet it is beautiful when we recognize the same pattern in another heart. Many of these moments cannot be repeated, simply because there is no limit to the beauty of what our Heavenly Father does.

This section is devoted to preserving such discoveries.

Rather than organizing them according to the order of the books of the Bible, I will begin by collecting the words and expressions themselves—those that have left a deep impression on me and have opened a clearer view of the Scriptures.

Perhaps later they can be arranged according to the order of the Biblical books. For now, I simply want to preserve these keys while they remain vivid in my memory.

Some may consist of a single word. Others may be a phrase, an expression, or a question. Yet each has served as an entrance into a deeper appreciation of Jehovah’s Word.

I will not attempt to rewrite or reinterpret the entire Bible. Rather, I will gather these words and expressions and examine why they have such significance.

For each of them, I will try to show why the understanding I have found has its rightful place within the harmony of the Scriptures and why it deserves careful consideration.