Psalms 2:1-3 ESV
“Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
‘Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.’”
Who is raging, and who is plotting, and who is rising up and
taking their stand, and who is taking counsel together in this present age
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds
apart and cast away their cords from us”?
They are kings, queens, heads of state, CEOs of
corporations, the wealthy elite, the World Health Organization, Big Pharma, the
Bilderbergs, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, NATO,
the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Economic Forum, the
World Bank, the Federal Reserve, the entertainment industry, public education,
the media, the institutional church, church denominations, the Jewish nation, and
the US government and their allies, and so much more.
They are also
individuals who do not believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob –
Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit. And they are those making false
confessions of faith in Jesus Christ, and the adulterous church who has
wandered far from her pure devotion to the Lord to follow after the ways of
this sinful world, who is resisting the Holy Spirit, and who is denying the
Lordship of Christ over her life, and who is refusing to obey God.
And they are all
coming against the Lord and his “Anointed” (Jesus Christ and his followers, the
body of Christ, his saints) in many different ways. Some are using deception
and mind manipulation while others are using personal attacks and aggression, while
others are using scare tactics and fearmongering, and others are using
censorship and oppression, while others are turning Christians one against the
other to destroy themselves.
For their goal is to
steal, to kill, and to destroy the true church, the body of Christ, and the
gospel of our salvation, and Jesus Christ and his influence over the minds and
hearts of the people of this world. For they want all people to worship the
beast and to unite with them in a One World Order where we all break down all
that divides us as people and where we all join together as one mind, one
voice, and one heart in worship of the beast.
Psalms 2:4-6 ESV
“He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
‘As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.’”
The Lord laughs at them because he knows that they plot in
vain. They will be allowed some success, though, for the Scriptures teach us
that the beast will conquer people and nations and the saints of God, and there
will be great persecution against the saints of God, and many will be martyred
for their walks of faith in Jesus and because they hold fast to the testimony
of Christ and of his true gospel (Matt 24; Rev 12-14, etc.).
But they will not be able to destroy Jesus Christ, for He is
God, nor his true saints, who are under His protection, nor his Word, the
gospel, for his Word will endure forever. They may be able, for a time, to
deceive many people, and to lead many people astray, and to convince many to
desert Jesus Christ and his true gospel. But they will not be able to thwart God’s
plans and purposes for his gospel of salvation and for the salvation of human
souls.
For Jesus Christ is King overall and he cannot be defeated.
Nothing happens in this world but what God allows it. No evil can exist nor can
any evil plots against the Lord prevail in any form or fashion but what God
permits it to exist and to take place. Satan can do nothing that God will not
allow him to do (see book of Job). And when God/Jesus decides it is time to
judge any nation or any people which fights against him, they have no chance!
God’s sovereignty over us is sometimes a difficult concept
to understand because we know that God is love, and that he loves us, his
people, and yet he allows evil to exist, and for evil people to do evil against
us, because through it all he is pruning, shaping, disciplining, and making us
into a holy people who will serve and obey him with our lives. He allows us to
go through heartaches and hardships in order that we might share in his
holiness and that we might be like him in heart, mind, and character.
But we can choose to accept his sovereignty over our lives
and believe that he is working all things for good for those who love (and
obey) him, who have been called according to his purpose. And we can submit to
him and to that purpose. Or we can resist him and rebel against him. The first
results in salvation from sin and eternal life with God, and peace with God.
The latter results in death and not inheriting the kingdom of God, and eternal
turmoil.
Psalms 2:10-12 ESV
“Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”
This really applies to everyone. For, if we choose to resist
God’s Spirit, to deny the Lordship of Christ over our lives, to continue living
in rebellion against the Lord and against his plans and purposes for our lives,
it will not end well for any of us. So, we must serve (obey) the Lord with fear
(with respect, dignity, honor, veneration, submission, repentance, and
obedience).
We are to surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, and to honor him as Lord (master) of our lives. We must die with him to
sin and live to him and to his righteousness. For Jesus died to deliver us out
of our slavery to sin so that we would no longer live in slavery to sin but as
slaves of God and of his righteousness. And we must walk in his ways and in his
truth.
And we must submit to his sovereignty over our lives,
trusting him fully with our lives in all circumstances, even when we don’t
understand why he allows some things to happen to us the way that they do. For
he never promised us an easy life. He promised it would be hard, and that it
would be a life of suffering, and that we would be hated and persecuted for
righteousness’ sake. So, it shouldn’t surprise us when we are mistreated.
And so we commit our lives to the Lord, we take refuge in
him, we seek his counsel and his guidance and direction, and then we walk in
his ways, and we do what he says, and we fulfill his purpose for which he
created us, in the strength, power, and wisdom of God.
And we must not teeter-totter back and forth in our
commitment to the Lord depending on our circumstances. We must remain steadfast
in faith until the very end, by God’s grace. For, if we don’t, we will never be
able to resist the beast, we will be easy targets for deception, and it will
not end well for us.
[Lu
9:23-26;
Jn 6:35-58; Jn 15:1-11; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-17; Eph 4:17-24; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Co 6:9-10, 19-20; 2 Co 5:10, 15; Tit 2:11-14; Jas
1:22-25; Rom 12:1-2; Eph 2:8-10; Gal 5:16-21; Eph 5:3-6;
Gal 6:7-8;
Rom 2:6-8; Matt
7:21-23; Heb 10:26-27; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
For
Our Nation
An
Original Work / September 11, 2012
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: we’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
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