When something is allusive, hard to figure out, confusing or a mystery that seems confounding there is a good chance it is because either the truth has yet to be revealed or there is a deliberate concealing taking place.

For years I wondered what does the phrase, “the fear of the Lord” mean. Was I supposed to be afraid of God; was God so awesome and powerful, that I was to live in fear of Him. Oh the many thoughts I struggled with wondering what does this simple yet profound phrase actually mean.

Then you add that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and now if I want wisdom, I need to understand the fear of the Lord and the puzzle seemed to get more and more hard to assemble in order to see the truth about this phrase, the fear of the Lord.

Throughout the whole Old Covenant, the message about Jesus as the coming Messiah was always there. It was hidden until Jesus Christ was revealed on earth as noted by the gospel writers. They knew the words, for the Hebrew people were avid readers of the Torah, the Psalms, and the Prophets, but it wasn’t until Jesus was revealed, that they saw the truth that was always there.

We are living in a time in history where the truth that has always been there is being revealed. What used to be hard to understand because of deliberate concealing, is now being revealed and setting people free. It is happening everywhere. We are in a holy visitation.

What then does the fear of the Lord mean? Proverbs 8 tells us, “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.” Not only does Solomon tells us what the fear of the Lord is, He tells us what evil we are to hate. Simple, straightforward and right there in Proverbs 8.

The body of Christ is about to have a revelation of the fear of the Lord and as we do, the honor of God will be restored to the house of God, so we can experience a biblical move of God. Mystery solved.