Hi fredoheaven,
It's my understanding of this verse
Psalm 119: 89 <LAMED> For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven.
Fixed, settled, preserved. Forever.
But why does the psalmist say in heaven? The implication I read in that is that God's word is not fixed settled preserved here on Earth. Not absolutely, not every word.
The same, got you into trouble with the word “settled”’, ever even didn’t make for any consideration of its CONTEXT wherein we can see the biblical meaning of the word “settled” as recorded in the scripture of truth which I hold in my hands. The Revelation of God came to us in different ways, generally speaking, it is derived from the natural things, his creation and in the special ways of God revealing himself. God’s revelation came to mankind through dreams (Gen. 37:5-10), through visions (Daniel 8:1), through Urim and Thummin, through audible voices (1 Sam 3:1-10), through animals (Number 22:28) or through Angels ( Luke 1:26-37) and the “crown of special Revelation” is that when the Word (the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ) came to earth. See John 1:14. The word spoken, heard by means of special revelation which was “established” in heaven was not of course “immobile” being placed in heaven for ever. The prophets of old says “Thus saith the Lord”, they heard the word, have come into vision or even heard from the angels and now they have spoken about that word is no longer being “placed, fixed” for ever in heaven. And when as Jesus on his earthly ministry said “Verily, verily I say unto thee” we count it that he is speaking without reasonable doubt, the word of God on earth with the mankind. Well, it did not end that way, the special revelation is completed in what we call the scripture, that what has been said was written by the Holy prophets and Apostles of God now “preserved” to us which is called the “BIBLE”.
To “settle” your issue.
- This needs a proper understanding about the word “settled” as used in its context. The word means “established” and not “preserved”. It is not “fixed” i.e. “immobile” or “placed” in heaven for eternity. Of course, the verse, is talking of the unchanging nature of the word of God as it relates to “time” and not of “place”, hence “for ever”. For ever” is simply talking about the time and not certainly not a “place”.
- You said absolutely, the “word of God” “not every word” is fixed/ settled on EARTH.” The logic seems illogical in the view of the incarnation of Christ and the scriptures written by Holy Prophets of God. They of course preserved to us by now by the faithful copies of copies of the original autographs and through translations that in some way we are quoting it.
- The “All scripture”, the Holy Scriptures written on EARTH is absolutely "preserved" for ever and I got hold in it my hands, now in English the "BIBLE".