Everlasting Law

Psalm 119:145-152 

Qoph

 ¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD,
       and I will obey your decrees. 
 ¹⁴⁶ I call out to you; save me
       and I will keep your statutes.
 ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help;
       I have put my hope in your word.
 ¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
       that I may meditate on your promises.
 ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in accordance with your love;
       preserve my life, O LORD, according to your laws.
 ¹⁵⁰ Those who devise wicked schemes are near,
       but they are far from your law.
 ¹⁵¹ Yet you are near, O LORD,
       and all your commands are true.
 ¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your statutes
       that you established them to last forever.

God's laws are designed to last forever.

There are many good points in this passage, but the one that really stood out to me is the one found in verse 152. That point is the one I highlighted above in that the statutes (laws) of God were designed to be everlasting. The reason this point stood out from the rest is most likely because I have also been studying the book of Romans (which some of you probably are doing as well). I won't go into depth regarding Romans, but as many of you know, there are quite a few people who misuse that book of the Bible to say things that aren't true. The big one being that the Law of God was done away with at the cross. Verse 152 stands in direct contradiction to that argument.

If God's statutes were established to last forever, than why would He do away with them after a few thousand years, which are nothing compared with eternity? The closest illustration I can think of would be if those responsible for the Hoover Dam, a structure that was designed to last a very long time, were to suddenly decide that it should be destroyed. No doubt people would think that they were crazy. Yet, sadly, this is how many view God and His laws. To think that He would do away with something that was established to last forever is to think that He is impulsive at best.

I know this may be an oversimplification of the matter, but then again that may only be in contrast to people's tendency to over complicate things. God designed for His laws to last forever, and that is exactly how we should view them.