The Connection of Light and Life in the Bible
The Connection of Light and Life in the Bible
Lamp, ner, נֵר,
Psalms 119 verse 105
Psalms
119 verse 105 speaks of God’s word being a lamp to our feet. In looking at the word lamp in Hebrew, which
is ner and is spelled in Hebrew, נֵר. The letters of Hebrew do have a meaning and
can expand on the meaning of the word as it is often translated. the Hebrew letter נ Nun means life, and the Hebrew letter ר Resh, Reish means highest
person. Putting these meanings together
we have the life of the Highest person.
In the context of Psalms
119:105, the word is translated lamp. A
lamp gives light. John 1:1-5 says: “In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that
was made. In him was life; and the
life was the light of men. And the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
This passage in the New
Testament ties life and light together in Jesus. It shows us that the Word of God not only
gives light, but it is also life.
