In the first chapter of 2 Peter there are verses that have bearing on Psalm 19. Peter is an old man at this point (cf. v. 14), and he has been reflecting on the time he and two other disciples saw the Lord Jesus Christ transfigured before them on the mountain. It was a great experience. "We were eyewitnesses of his majesty," he says. They heard "the voice that came to him from heaven" (vv. 16, 18). Nevertheless, in spite of having seen the Lord's glory and having heard the very voice of God from heaven, saying, "This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased," Peter says that there is an even greater witness to the truth. "We have the word of the prophets made more certain," is his testimony (v. 19). The Authorized Version of the Bible calls this witness a "more sure word of prophecy," more sure even than the voice from heaven.
In yesterday’s devotional we pointed out that in vv. 4b-6 David mentions the sun as a great example of how creation bears witness to the existence of God.
Yesterday we concluded by saying that there were many scientists who objected to the scientific theory of the “big bang” because it pointed to a particular moment in time when the universe came into existence, which scientists would not be able to penetrate.
It is abundant. The second important characteristic of the general revelation is that it is abundant. In the words of the psalm, "It pours forth speech" (v. 2). This is stronger in the Hebrew text than it appears to be in English, for the image is literally of a gushing spring that copiously pours forth the sweet refreshing waters of revelation.
General revelation is the term theologians use to refer to the revelation of God in nature, which is where Psalm 19 begins: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands (v. 1).
