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Psalm 2:1-12 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  We're in Psalm 2 today.
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  So, Psalm 2.
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  College students, you're going to get some backlash from last semester when we went over this.
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  !
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  It's either just an opportunity to pick up where we are or a chance just to be prayerful and mindful
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  and pick something that you think would really minister to what we know is going on in our congregation,
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  what's going on in our world, etc.
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  So, whenever I'm anxious, wherever I'm, my soul is troubled, like the song just said,
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  I tend to run to the idea of kingly imagery in Scripture
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  because I need to put my trust in something stronger and more powerful than what I am afraid of around me.
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  And so, Psalm 2 is where we'll be today, right at the beginning of the book of Psalms.
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  So, let's read that together, Psalm 2.
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  Why do the nations rage in the people's plot and vain?
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  The kings of the earth set themselves and their rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed,
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  saying, Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.
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  He who sits in the heavens laughs.
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  The Lord holds them in derision.
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  Then He will speak to them in His wrath and terrify them in His fury,
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  saying, As for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.
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  I will tell the decree.
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  The Lord said to me, You are my son.
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  Today I have begotten you.
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  Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
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  and the ends of the earth your possessions.
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  You shall break them with a rod of iron
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  and dash them into pieces like a potter's vessel.
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  Now, therefore, O kings, be wise.
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  Be warned, O rulers of the earth.
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  Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
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  Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
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  and you perish in the way.
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  For His wrath is quickly kindled.
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  Blessed are those who take refuge in Him.
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  Let's pray with me.
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  Lord, we offer this time to You,
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  just as an act of worship in our listening,
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  with our ears and hearing in our hearts.
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  We ask that it would just be pleasing to You.
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  I pray that no matter where we are this morning,
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  in a state of joy, sorrow, rebellion,
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  wherever we are today,
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  that You would meet us and speak to us
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  as Your Word so powerfully does.
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  And just ask that in Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  So I'll give you the outline really quickly
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  of what we're going to do.
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  But first will be,
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  number one will be the theme of the psalm.
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  Number one is the theme of the psalm.
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  Number two,
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  the sinful world rebels.
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  Number two, the sinful world rebels.
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  Number three,
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  God the Father responds.
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  God the Father responds.
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  Number four,
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  God the Son decrees.
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  God the Son decrees.
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  And then, fifthly and lastly,
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  God the Spirit commands.
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  God the Spirit commands.
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  So, what is the theme of the psalm?
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  Well, this is what you would call a royal psalm.
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  Since God is the King of the universe,
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  and He is the King of all things,
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  visible and invisible,
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  the reality of sovereignty and kingship
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  is a huge theme in the psalms.
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  We've read about some of that this morning already.
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  But,
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  the King of God's choosing
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  is celebrated
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  because He is the channel of blessing
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  to God's people.
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  When God's people sang Psalm 2,
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  they were reminding themselves
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  of how God
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  made David
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  and His descendants
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  to be kings
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  over all the earth,
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  specifically Israel.
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  But,
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  also,
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  that they would eventually
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  rule,
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  and that rule was spread
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  throughout other lands
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  around them,
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  and that
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  blessing
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  that Israel had
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  of knowing the true God
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  would extend
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  to even the pagan nations
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  that were around them.
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  So,
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  God appointed
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  a line of kings
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  beginning with David
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  to lead His people
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  in His ways.
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  And,
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  God promised
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  that through that kingly line
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  would come
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  His greatest blessing.
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  So,
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  faithful saints
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  inside the nation of Israel
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  understood
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  that that blessing,
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  the hope of that blessing,
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  was irrevocably tied
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  to the house of David.
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  They knew it was going to come
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  through David's line.
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  So,
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  there's only a handful
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  of places for you to turn.
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  I'd like to kind of
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  give you a heads up.
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  I think there's just three
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  outside our main text.
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  But,
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  flip over to 2 Samuel,
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  if you'll hold your hand,
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  Psalm 2.
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  But,
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  2 Samuel,
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  chapter 7.
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  2 Samuel 7,
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  verse 11.
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  And,
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  this is where
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  God
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  makes this promise
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  to David.
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  And so,
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  verse 11.
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  It says,
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  Moreover,
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  the Lord declares to you,
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  this is speaking
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  through the prophet Nathan
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  to David.
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  the Lord declares to you
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  that the Lord
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  will make a house,
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  make you a house.
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  When your days are fulfilled,
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  you will lie down
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  with your fathers.
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  I will raise up
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  your offspring after you
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  who shall come
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  from your body
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  and I will establish
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  his kingdom.
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  He shall build a house
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  for my name
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  and I will establish
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  the throne of his kingdom
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  forever.
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  I will be to him
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  a father
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  and he shall be
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  to me as a son.
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  So you see this idea
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  that the descendants
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  of David
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  forever will be
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  referred to as sons.
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  So that's the connection here.
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  All the descendants
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  will be referred to
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  as sons.
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  When he commits iniquity,
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  I will discipline him
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  with the rod of men,
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  with the stripes
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  of the sons of men.
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  But my steadfast love
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  will not depart from him.
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  As I took it
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  from Saul
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  whom I put away
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  before you.
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  And your house
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  and your kingdom
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  shall be made sure
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  forever before me.
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  Your throne
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  shall be established
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  forever.
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  In accordance
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  with all these words,
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  in accordance
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  with all this vision,
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  Nathan spoke to David.
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  So there's this idea
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  that like the descendants
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  of David
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  are going to rule forever.
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  Like God's steadfast love
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  will not depart from that.
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  So back to Psalm 2,
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  this is your background.
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  When Psalm 2
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  was read,
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  it was read
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  a coronation
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  of a new king
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  in Israel.
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  So when kings
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  served God faithfully,
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  when they were
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  trustworthy
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  and honored God,
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  the people
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  were blessed.
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  But ultimately,
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  as we all know,
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  all those monarchs,
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  all those kings
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  failed.
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  They failed to be faithful
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  in the bigger picture.
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  And so consequently,
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  when that happened,
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  all the people suffered.
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  All the people
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  suffered around them.
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  So even songs
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  like this one
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  of rejoicing
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  about a king
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  leads us to conclude
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  that despite
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  all those royal failures,
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  people still
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  had a hope
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  deep down
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  of a perfect ruler
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  who was to come one day.
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  There was still that
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  in their hearts,
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  still echoing.
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  And God never fails
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  to keep His promise,
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  right?
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  He will fulfill
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  His promise.
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  And later in the New Testament,
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  Peter,
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  preaching at Pentecost,
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  he quotes this psalm,
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  he quotes Psalm 2,
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  and he says that David
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  was actually a prophet
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  foretelling of the perfect king
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  who was to come
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  through his line.
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  In Acts 2,
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  verse 30,
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  Peter says,
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  being therefore a prophet,
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  David that is,
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  knowing that God
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  has sworn with an oath
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  to him
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  that he would set
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  one of his descendants
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  on the throne,
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  he foresaw and spoke
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  about the resurrection
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  of Christ.
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  It's amazing.
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  So David knew somehow
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  that God had sworn
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  that he was going
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  to install
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  one of his descendants
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  forever to rule.
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  He didn't know
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  how it was going
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  to come about,
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  but he just knew
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  that God had promised.
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  And Jesus,
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  as we know,
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  was the direct,
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  direct descendant
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  of King David.
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  He was the Messiah
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  who would one day
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  rule eternally,
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  and Christ was raised
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  from the power
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  of the dead,
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  right?
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  So now,
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  Jesus is seated
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  at the right hand of God,
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  ruling and reigning,
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  and David recognizes
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  God's good
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  and sovereign supremacy
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  over all things
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  in this psalm.
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  If you're back in Psalm 2,
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  just go back there.
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  But he also penned
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  this psalm
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  probably during a time
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  of much political
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  and national unrest
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  when the nation,
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  much like ours,
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  is sort of morally bankrupt
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  in so many ways.
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  Political corruption,
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  unrest.
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  So this psalm
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  has a great undertone
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  of strong confidence
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  in God
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  despite of what's
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  going on
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  around you.
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  And so,
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  today,
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  especially just here
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  in the West,
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  we've kind of grown accustomed
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  to not having kings,
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  not having rulers,
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  at least for now,
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  right?
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  And we've kind of
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  marginalized that.
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  But there remains
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  this idea
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  that
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  we can't escape
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  that we were made
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  to be ruled
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  by the perfect ruler.
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  There's something in us
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  that kind of echoes
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  we were made
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  to be ruled
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  by something.
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  And the problem
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  is we
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  choose poor kings
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  in our lives.
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  We try to give it
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  to people.
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  We try to give it
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  to a cause
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  that's going to
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  eventually,
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  you know,
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  dwindle.
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  But there's something
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  deep down in our souls
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  that's telling us
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  that when the right king
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  comes,
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  we will prosper
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  under his rule.
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  Where no good
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  and righteous kings
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  will ever reign
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  forever on this earth.
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  But this is why
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  so many of us
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  like people
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  like C.S. Lewis
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  and J.R. Tolkien
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  because they captured
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  that kingly imagery
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  so well.
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  Kind of drawn to that.
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  One guy who was
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  speaking about Tolkien's,
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  you know,
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  Lord of the Rings
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  and The Hobbit
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  and the kingly imagery
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  that you see
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  in those stories,
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  he said this,
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  Though we do not
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  have kings in America
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  or want them,
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  our unconscious mind
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  both has them
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  and wants them.
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  We all know
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  what a true king is,
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  a real king,
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  an ideal king.
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  He is not
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  a mere politician
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  or soldier.
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  Something in us
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  longs to give
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  our loyalty
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  and fealty
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  and service
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  to this king.
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  He is lost
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  but longed for
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  and will someday
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  return like Arthur.
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  Some of you
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  know King Arthur.
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  So that this idea
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  that like
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  we have democracy
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  though because
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  sinful,
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  because mankind
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  is sinful.
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  No one man
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  has ever been
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  or woman,
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  whatever,
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  has not found
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  themselves fit
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  to rule over
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  all mankind.
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  Many have tried,
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  right?
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  But we need
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  a king.
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  We were built
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  for a king.
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  So all the old myths
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  and all the old legends
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  are drawing that
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  out of us
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  and echoing
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  that we
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  were meant
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  to be ruled
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  by this perfect king.
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  It's sort of
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  a memory trace
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  in our souls.
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  It's there.
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  But again,
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  the problem is
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  we give it
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  to so many things
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  that are not worthy.
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  But we want a king
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  who will rule
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  with power,
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  wisdom,
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  compassion,
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  justice,
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  and love us,
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  protect us.
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  And we know
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  that we were built
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  to submit to that king
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  and to stand before him.
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  And the Bible says
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  that there is a king
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  above all the kings
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  of the earth.
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  So in this psalm,
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  there is a king
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  behind the king
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  we're talking about.
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  There is something
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  beneath these legends
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  and tales
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  who are made
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  by a king
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  and to be ruled
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  by him.
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  And when the rightful
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  king reigns,
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  peace and joy
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  will once again
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  reign over the world.
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  So that's reflected
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  in this psalm.
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  But we get to
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  the second part
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  of this.
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  look at verses
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  1-3.
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  Psalm 2.
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  This sinful world
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  rebels.
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  Why do the nations
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  rage and the people's
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  plot in vain?
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  The kings of the earth
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  set themselves
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  and the rulers
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  take counsel together
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  against the Lord
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  and against His
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  anointed,
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  saying,
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  Let us burst
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  their bonds apart
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  and cast off
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  their cords from us.
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  So,
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  this is a picture
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  of human rebellion.
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  So,
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  in the context,
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  Gentile,
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  pagan kings
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  would plot a revolt.
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  Many times,
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  these other kingdoms
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  that were around Israel
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  would be subdued
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  and conquered
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  by Israel
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  and would have to
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  sort of be
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  like a vassal state
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  of Israel.
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  And there would be
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  a time when
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  they would get together
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  to try to rebel
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  against God's
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  anointed king
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  in Israel.
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  Like,
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  let's come together
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  and throw off
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  their rule.
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  Why do the nations
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  rage?
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  In other words,
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  why are they
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  in turmoil
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  in the peoples?
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  That name means
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  like nation-states.
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  Why do they plot
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  in vain?
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  Why do they
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  ponder
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  empty schemes?
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  The kings of the earth
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  set themselves
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  and the rulers,
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  this actually,
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  the ruler actually
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  means potentate,
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  those who
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  parade around
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  and pomp,
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  putting themselves
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  on display
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  for other people
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  to see.
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  they take
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  counsel together.
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  So several of these
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  pagan kings
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  have come together,
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  their officials,
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  their military,
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  their people,
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  their economies,
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  they all come together
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  to make a common cause.
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  So what is that cause?
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  Who are they
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  revolting against?
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  Well,
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  verse 2,
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  against the Lord,
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  that's Yahweh,
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  and against
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  His anointed one.
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  God had the prophet
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  Samuel anoint
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  with oil
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  both Saul
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  and David,
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  setting them apart
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  as the ones
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  who were going
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  to rule
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  over the nation
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  of Israel
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  and embody
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  covenant faithfulness.
• 14:38
  But to summarize,
• 14:39
  these wicked pagan kings
• 14:41
  and their nations
• 14:42
  desire to cast off
• 14:43
  the rule
• 14:44
  of David
• 14:45
  and his descendants.
• 14:46
  But there's a danger
• 14:48
  in that.
• 14:49
  The problem is
• 14:50
  to rebel against David
• 14:51
  or his descendants
• 14:52
  is ultimately
• 14:53
  to rebel
• 14:54
  against Yahweh
• 14:55
  Himself.
• 14:56
  That's the danger.
• 14:58
  And so,
• 14:59
  such a rebellion
• 15:01
  would be
• 15:03
  to cut themselves
• 15:03
  off of their
• 15:05
  only hope
• 15:05
  of knowing
• 15:06
  the only true God,
• 15:07
  the God that Israel
• 15:08
  was meant to put
• 15:09
  on display
• 15:10
  to them.
• 15:12
  So,
• 15:12
  the purpose
• 15:13
  of this rebellion,
• 15:14
  you see it in verse 3.
• 15:16
  Here's the goal,
• 15:16
  the purpose.
• 15:17
  Let us burst
• 15:18
  their bonds apart.
• 15:20
  That means
• 15:21
  the restraints.
• 15:23
  Cast away
• 15:24
  their cords
• 15:24
  from us.
• 15:26
  Let's throw off
• 15:27
  the bondage
• 15:27
  that they put
• 15:28
  on us.
• 15:29
  So,
• 15:30
  they hate Israel.
• 15:31
  They hate David
• 15:32
  and his descendants.
• 15:33
  And they want
• 15:34
  to be rid of them.
• 15:36
  And sadly,
• 15:36
  sinful,
• 15:37
  wicked men
• 15:38
  and women
• 15:38
  see God's person,
• 15:41
  God's rule,
• 15:43
  God's character.
• 15:44
  They look at Him
• 15:45
  and they only see
• 15:46
  bondage.
• 15:48
  And that's so sad.
• 15:49
  God.
• 15:50
  So,
• 15:50
  instead of recognizing
• 15:51
  that having peace
• 15:52
  with David
• 15:53
  and with the people
• 15:55
  of Israel
• 15:55
  could lead to
• 15:56
  the blessing
• 15:56
  of knowing
• 15:57
  the only true God,
• 15:59
  instead,
• 16:00
  they say,
• 16:00
  let's come together,
• 16:02
  combine all our
• 16:03
  earthly power
• 16:03
  we can muster
• 16:05
  so that we might
• 16:06
  free ourselves
• 16:07
  from God
• 16:08
  so that we may
• 16:10
  commit all manner
• 16:11
  of abominations
• 16:12
  and sinful pleasure.
• 16:14
  Let us be
• 16:14
  our own gods.
• 16:15
  So,
• 16:17
  to cut themselves
• 16:17
  off from David
• 16:18
  and his people
• 16:19
  was cutting themselves
• 16:20
  off from their
• 16:21
  only hope
• 16:21
  of knowing
• 16:22
  the true God.
• 16:24
  That was the danger
• 16:25
  in all of this.
• 16:27
  Yet,
• 16:27
  David says
• 16:28
  when these kings
• 16:29
  consulted together
• 16:31
  and they poured
• 16:32
  forth their utmost
• 16:33
  fury
• 16:34
  is still not really
• 16:35
  going to be enough.
• 16:36
  So,
• 16:37
  today,
• 16:37
  do you feel like
• 16:38
  evil is winning
• 16:39
  in your own life
• 16:41
  and all around us
• 16:44
  in our country,
• 16:45
  in the U.S.,
• 16:46
  in the world?
• 16:47
  Do you feel like
• 16:48
  evil ideologies
• 16:49
  are prevailing
• 16:50
  in our government,
• 16:53
  in our schools,
• 16:55
  our universities,
• 16:57
  teaching we are
• 16:59
  what the color
• 17:00
  of our skin is
• 17:01
  and no more?
• 17:03
  Teaching boys
• 17:04
  to be girls
• 17:04
  and girls
• 17:05
  to be boys?
• 17:07
  Do we see
• 17:07
  wicked men
• 17:08
  and women
• 17:09
  acting upon
• 17:10
  sinful inclinations
• 17:11
  without any shame,
• 17:12
  without any kind
• 17:14
  of restraint
• 17:14
  at all?
• 17:16
  Does it seem like
• 17:17
  the church is losing
• 17:18
  the cultural battle
• 17:19
  that we've enjoyed
• 17:20
  so long
• 17:21
  here in America?
• 17:22
  And you see evil
• 17:24
  from atheistic
• 17:25
  communist countries
• 17:27
  kind of on the march
• 17:27
  now
• 17:28
  in different places
• 17:29
  in the world.
• 17:31
  And even that rebellion
• 17:32
  in our own souls,
• 17:33
  something that just
• 17:34
  longs to cast off
• 17:35
  God's law.
• 17:37
  I want to do
• 17:39
  what feels good
• 17:40
  to me
• 17:40
  and forget about God.
• 17:43
  So on the surface
• 17:44
  it may feel
• 17:45
  like the church
• 17:47
  and like the gospel
• 17:48
  is losing ground.
• 17:50
  No one
• 17:51
  throughout history
• 17:52
  of the church
• 17:52
  has ever said
• 17:53
  it looks like
• 17:54
  capitalism is losing
• 17:56
  and communism
• 17:57
  is winning
• 17:57
  so therefore
• 17:58
  the church is losing.
• 17:59
  No one in church history
• 17:59
  would have ever thought that.
• 18:01
  That's something
• 18:02
  that we're tempted
• 18:02
  to think.
• 18:04
  They only knew
• 18:04
  that the church grew
• 18:05
  and would persevere
• 18:07
  through persecution,
• 18:09
  through suffering.
• 18:10
  The church
• 18:11
  has never grown
• 18:12
  through political
• 18:13
  or state power
• 18:14
  as much as you may think.
• 18:16
  It has not.
• 18:17
  It's only grown
• 18:18
  through persecution
• 18:19
  and those willing
• 18:20
  to go and proclaim
• 18:21
  Christ to the nations.
• 18:23
  So that's the purpose
• 18:24
  and goal
• 18:25
  of this rebellion
• 18:26
  is to cast off
• 18:27
  the law of God.
• 18:28
  We hate God.
• 18:29
  We hate his character
• 18:30
  and we're going to do
• 18:31
  what we want to do.
• 18:32
  So let's cut ourselves off
• 18:34
  and rebel
• 18:34
  against God's chosen
• 18:36
  anointed king.
• 18:37
  So,
• 18:39
  again,
• 18:39
  in this psalm,
• 18:40
  there's a king,
• 18:42
  capital K,
• 18:43
  behind the king,
• 18:44
  small k.
• 18:46
  The context here
• 18:47
  is these pagan nations
• 18:48
  desire to cast off
• 18:50
  the divinic rule.
• 18:52
  But,
• 18:52
  however,
• 18:53
  as David saw,
• 18:54
  beyond his own time
• 18:55
  to our time,
• 18:57
  again,
• 18:57
  look at verse 2.
• 18:59
  It says,
• 18:59
  who are they rebelling against?
• 19:00
  Against the Lord,
• 19:01
  against Yahweh,
• 19:02
  against His anointed.
• 19:04
  The word Messiah
• 19:05
  translated Hebrew,
• 19:06
  right,
• 19:07
  for the anointed.
• 19:08
  The Greek translation
• 19:09
  is Christ.
• 19:11
  Right?
• 19:12
  So,
• 19:12
  sorry to disappoint
• 19:13
  some people
• 19:13
  who think Jesus Christ,
• 19:15
  Christ is His last name.
• 19:16
  Like,
• 19:16
  who are you?
• 19:17
  I'm Jesus Christ.
• 19:18
  Christ is actually
• 19:18
  His title.
• 19:19
  That's His identity.
• 19:21
  He is the deliverer,
• 19:22
  the Messiah,
• 19:23
  the one who will rescue.
• 19:25
  In a larger way,
• 19:27
  from this psalm,
• 19:28
  this revolt is still going on
• 19:30
  all around the world.
• 19:33
  It continues.
• 19:34
  Men,
• 19:34
  kings,
• 19:35
  nations,
• 19:36
  governments,
• 19:37
  they persist,
• 19:38
  even to this very day,
• 19:39
  to try to cast off
• 19:40
  the rule of God
• 19:42
  from their lives.
• 19:44
  And so,
• 19:44
  the other place
• 19:45
  you need to turn,
• 19:46
  Acts 4.
• 19:47
  Go to Acts 4
• 19:48
  really quickly.
• 19:49
  New Testament,
• 19:50
  Acts 4.
• 19:52
  Hold your hand
• 19:53
  in Psalm 2.
• 19:57
  But,
• 19:57
  this is when Peter and John
• 19:58
  were arrested
• 19:59
  and they were released
• 20:00
  from,
• 20:00
  eventually,
• 20:01
  released by the authorities.
• 20:03
  But again,
• 20:03
  he quotes Psalm 2.
• 20:06
  Acts 4,
• 20:07
  verse 23.
• 20:09
  It says,
• 20:09
  when they were released
• 20:10
  from the authorities,
• 20:13
  they went to their friends
• 20:14
  and reported
• 20:14
  what the chief priests
• 20:15
  and the elders
• 20:16
  had said to them.
• 20:17
  And when they heard it,
• 20:18
  they lifted their voices
• 20:19
  together to God
• 20:20
  and said,
• 20:21
  Sovereign Lord,
• 20:21
  who made the heavens
• 20:22
  and the earth,
• 20:24
  the sea,
• 20:24
  and everything
• 20:25
  that is in them,
• 20:26
  who through the mouth
• 20:27
  of our father David,
• 20:29
  here it is,
• 20:29
  your servant,
• 20:31
  you said by the Holy Spirit,
• 20:33
  why did the Gentiles
• 20:35
  rage in the people's
• 20:36
  plot in vain?
• 20:37
  The kings of the earth
• 20:39
  set themselves against
• 20:40
  and the rulers
• 20:41
  were gathered together
• 20:42
  against the Lord
• 20:43
  and against His anointed.
• 20:46
  For truly in this city,
• 20:47
  so he's about to tell you
• 20:48
  what that projected,
• 20:50
  what was David talking about
• 20:51
  ultimately,
• 20:51
  for in this city,
• 20:53
  Jerusalem,
• 20:54
  they were gathered together
• 20:55
  against your holy servant,
• 20:56
  Jesus,
• 20:57
  whom you appointed
• 20:58
  both Herod
• 20:59
  and Pontius Pilate
• 21:01
  along with the Gentiles
• 21:03
  and the peoples of Israel
• 21:05
  to do whatever your hand
• 21:07
  and your plan
• 21:08
  had predestined
• 21:08
  to take place.
• 21:10
  So early Christians
• 21:12
  saw verse 2
• 21:13
  from Psalm 2,
• 21:15
  the Lord and His anointed
• 21:17
  being the persecution
• 21:19
  that they faced
• 21:20
  at that time.
• 21:20
  They saw this
• 21:22
  as a fulfillment
• 21:23
  of Christ
• 21:24
  no matter what
• 21:25
  they tried to do to Him.
• 21:26
  They thought it was
• 21:27
  the end of the Son of God,
• 21:28
  but in fact,
• 21:29
  it wasn't the end
• 21:29
  of the Son of God.
• 21:31
  What they designed
• 21:33
  and plotted for evil,
• 21:34
  God meant
• 21:35
  for the greatest good.
• 21:36
  God turned evil up
• 21:38
  on its head
• 21:38
  at the cross,
• 21:40
  but all these people
• 21:41
  came together
• 21:41
  to stop it.
• 21:42
  They raged against
• 21:44
  the one
• 21:44
  that the Lord
• 21:45
  had appointed.
• 21:46
  So even though
• 21:47
  even today
• 21:48
  dangers loom
• 21:50
  over God's people
• 21:51
  and evil leaders
• 21:52
  are on the rise,
• 21:54
  growing more powerful
• 21:56
  it seems,
• 21:57
  we live in a world
• 21:58
  that's just wrecked
• 21:59
  by sin
• 21:59
  and the evil one
• 22:00
  is really at work
• 22:02
  all around us.
• 22:04
  David's kingship,
• 22:06
  his earthly kingdom
• 22:07
  was a mere shadow
• 22:08
  of a greater king
• 22:09
  to come.
• 22:10
  His eternal kingdom,
• 22:11
  that is Jesus.
• 22:13
  So let's turn from
• 22:14
  the chamber council
• 22:16
  of the wicked,
• 22:16
  so to speak,
• 22:17
  to heaven.
• 22:18
  Like, what's going on
• 22:19
  in heaven now?
• 22:20
  That's on the earth.
• 22:21
  Like, what is heaven's response
• 22:23
  to what the earth is doing?
• 22:24
  That's number three.
• 22:26
  God the Father responds.
• 22:27
  Back in Psalm 2,
• 22:30
  it says,
• 22:30
  He who sits in the heavens
• 22:32
  laughs.
• 22:32
  The Lord holds them
• 22:33
  in derision
• 22:34
  and He will speak to them
• 22:36
  in His wrath
• 22:36
  and terrify them
• 22:37
  in His fury,
• 22:38
  saying,
• 22:39
  As for me,
• 22:40
  I have set my king
• 22:42
  on Zion,
• 22:43
  my holy heel.
• 22:46
  So here's
• 22:46
  heaven's perspective
• 22:48
  on the human revolt.
• 22:51
  Luther once told Erasmus
• 22:52
  during the Reformation,
• 22:54
  Your thoughts about God
• 22:55
  are way too human.
• 22:57
  You think like God
• 22:58
  is like us.
• 22:59
  You think that He
• 23:00
  is just like a man.
• 23:02
  And that's your problem.
• 23:04
  We think we can wage war
• 23:05
  against Him and win
• 23:06
  because we think
• 23:07
  that He's just like
• 23:08
  another puny,
• 23:09
  earthly leader.
• 23:10
  Like God said
• 23:12
  in Psalm 50,
• 23:13
  He's like,
• 23:13
  You thought that I was
• 23:14
  all together like you.
• 23:16
  Right?
• 23:17
  But notice
• 23:17
  what God is not doing.
• 23:20
  He is not fretting.
• 23:21
  He is not worrying.
• 23:22
  He's not shaking
• 23:23
  in His boots
• 23:23
  at this sinful rebellion.
• 23:27
  First,
• 23:27
  there's four things here.
• 23:28
  First,
• 23:29
  it says that He,
• 23:31
  Yahweh,
• 23:31
  sits enthroned.
• 23:34
  That's a contrast
• 23:35
  to verse 1.
• 23:36
  Just look at verse 1.
• 23:38
  The nations and the kings
• 23:40
  are in turmoil.
• 23:41
  They're in chaos.
• 23:41
  They're all over the place.
• 23:42
  And what is God doing?
• 23:44
  He's sitting.
• 23:46
  It doesn't bother Him,
• 23:47
  in other words.
• 23:48
  He is calm.
• 23:49
  He is poised.
• 23:51
  It's a picture
• 23:52
  of His sovereign,
• 23:53
  divine power.
• 23:54
  He is not nervous at all.
• 23:56
  He is calm.
• 23:58
  That's where they are in chaos.
• 24:00
  Secondly,
• 24:01
  not only is He sitting
• 24:02
  on His throne in heaven,
• 24:04
  that is to say,
• 24:05
  kind of this idea
• 24:06
  above the earth,
• 24:07
  at ease,
• 24:08
  He actually laughs at them.
• 24:10
  He mocks them.
• 24:11
  He goes,
• 24:12
  and actually,
• 24:12
  I think the actual word
• 24:13
  is goes on laughing.
• 24:15
  That's like what,
• 24:16
  so you can just see Him
• 24:17
  just sort of
• 24:18
  cutting up,
• 24:19
  like,
• 24:20
  are y'all serious?
• 24:20
  Like,
• 24:21
  just sort of laughing
• 24:22
  at the revolt
• 24:23
  that the earth
• 24:24
  is staging against Him.
• 24:27
  So,
• 24:27
  but then,
• 24:29
  that laugh
• 24:29
  intensifies.
• 24:31
  Okay?
• 24:31
  I love the play
• 24:34
  on words there.
• 24:34
  It's just,
• 24:35
  He just laughs.
• 24:37
  He feels no threat
• 24:38
  from sinful man
• 24:39
  who is mortal
• 24:40
  and will soon perish
• 24:41
  like the grass of the field.
• 24:43
  He doesn't fear them
• 24:44
  at all.
• 24:46
  So,
• 24:46
  thirdly,
• 24:47
  not only does He
• 24:49
  just kind of sit there
• 24:50
  and watch them,
• 24:52
  their puny threats,
• 24:53
  laughing,
• 24:54
  it says,
• 24:55
  the Lord,
• 24:56
  the Sovereign One,
• 24:58
  Adonai,
• 24:59
  He holds them
• 25:00
  in derision.
• 25:01
  It means He mocks them
• 25:02
  and ridicules them.
• 25:03
  Picture Elijah
• 25:04
  with the prophets of Baal.
• 25:06
  Like,
• 25:06
  does your God hear you?
• 25:07
  Is that all you got?
• 25:08
  Is He there?
• 25:09
  That's sort of the same idea
• 25:10
  that God is doing to them.
• 25:12
  Is that all you can do?
• 25:14
  To these wicked,
• 25:15
  pagan kings and people?
• 25:18
  It says,
• 25:18
  then,
• 25:20
  verse 5,
• 25:21
  in other words,
• 25:22
  that then is important
• 25:23
  in verse 5.
• 25:25
  Then,
• 25:26
  meaning,
• 25:27
  when His patience
• 25:28
  and forbearance ends.
• 25:30
  He will speak to them
• 25:31
  in His wrath
• 25:32
  and terrify them
• 25:33
  in His fury.
• 25:35
  So,
• 25:35
  He goes from sitting
• 25:36
  to laughing
• 25:37
  to coming after them
• 25:39
  in His fury.
• 25:42
  And then,
• 25:43
  fourthly,
• 25:44
  God reasserts
• 25:46
  His promise,
• 25:47
  I have set
• 25:48
  my king on Zion,
• 25:50
  my holy hill.
• 25:51
  So,
• 25:52
  in declaring that,
• 25:53
  God,
• 25:53
  here's what's crazy,
• 25:54
  God asserts
• 25:55
  that He's already done.
• 25:57
  He's already accomplished
• 25:58
  what they're seeking to stop.
• 25:59
  It's already done.
• 26:00
  You're trying to stop it?
• 26:01
  It's already done.
• 26:03
  I've already accomplished
• 26:04
  my purpose.
• 26:06
  So,
• 26:06
  the conclusion,
• 26:07
  though,
• 26:08
  is when wicked men,
• 26:10
  evil leaders,
• 26:10
  they may strut around
• 26:11
  the earth for a while
• 26:13
  with delusions
• 26:14
  of control
• 26:15
  and power,
• 26:16
  but no scheme
• 26:17
  devised against Yahweh
• 26:19
  will ultimately succeed.
• 26:21
  God is not
• 26:22
  wetting His pants.
• 26:23
  Or as the Highlanders
• 26:24
  used to say,
• 26:25
  God is not peeing
• 26:25
  His kilt
• 26:26
  before the battle.
• 26:27
  He's just
• 26:27
  taking it easy.
• 26:29
  He's not afraid
• 26:30
  of what is to come.
• 26:32
  He laughs at them
• 26:34
  at their puny
• 26:35
  attempts to get rid of Him.
• 26:37
  The Lord is not dismayed.
• 26:39
  And so,
• 26:39
  because He's not afraid,
• 26:42
  we don't have to be afraid.
• 26:44
  If we are His people
• 26:45
  and we belong to Him,
• 26:47
  we don't have to be afraid.
• 26:49
  God laughs at them.
• 26:50
  On a great commentary
• 26:53
  written in the 1500s
• 26:57
  on this psalm,
• 26:59
  John Calvin wrote,
• 27:00
  the other consolation,
• 27:01
  the other consolation
• 27:01
  which follows is,
• 27:04
  that when the ungodly
• 27:06
  have mustered
• 27:07
  all their forces,
• 27:08
  when depending
• 27:09
  on their vast numbers,
• 27:11
  their riches
• 27:11
  as the means
• 27:13
  of their defense,
• 27:14
  they not only
• 27:15
  pour forth
• 27:16
  their proud blasphemies,
• 27:18
  but ferociously
• 27:19
  assault heaven itself.
• 27:22
  When that happens,
• 27:25
  we,
• 27:25
  God's people,
• 27:26
  may safely laugh
• 27:27
  them to scorn,
• 27:29
  relying on this
• 27:31
  one consideration,
• 27:33
  that He whom
• 27:34
  they are assailing
• 27:35
  is the God
• 27:36
  who is in heaven.
• 27:37
  Wicked men
• 27:38
  may now conduct
• 27:39
  themselves
• 27:40
  as wickedly
• 27:41
  as they please,
• 27:42
  but they shall
• 27:43
  at length feel
• 27:44
  what it is
• 27:46
  to make war
• 27:47
  against heaven.
• 27:48
  God signifies
• 27:49
  that He is so far
• 27:51
  exalted above
• 27:52
  the men of this world
• 27:53
  that the whole mass
• 27:55
  of them could not
• 27:56
  possibly
• 27:56
  obscure His glory
• 27:58
  in the least degree.
• 28:00
  As often then
• 28:02
  as the power of man
• 28:03
  appears formidable
• 28:04
  to us,
• 28:05
  let us remember
• 28:06
  how much
• 28:07
  it is transcended
• 28:09
  by the great power
• 28:10
  of God.
• 28:12
  That's good stuff.
• 28:14
  Four.
• 28:15
  Number four.
• 28:16
  God the Son decrees.
• 28:18
  That's in verse 7
• 28:19
  through 9
• 28:19
  of Psalm 2.
• 28:21
  I will tell the decree.
• 28:22
  The Lord said to me,
• 28:23
  You are my Son.
• 28:24
  Today I have begotten you.
• 28:26
  Ask of me
• 28:27
  and I will make
• 28:27
  the nations
• 28:28
  your heritage,
• 28:29
  the ends of the earth
• 28:30
  your possession.
• 28:32
  You shall break them
• 28:33
  with a rod of iron
• 28:34
  and dash them
• 28:35
  into pieces
• 28:35
  like a potter's vessel.
• 28:38
  So this is the
• 28:39
  picture of the Son of God.
• 28:40
  The Davidic king speaks.
• 28:42
  I will tell the decree.
• 28:43
  That's a divine oracle
• 28:45
  that was spoken
• 28:46
  by the prophet
• 28:47
  over the king
• 28:48
  at his coronation.
• 28:49
  It was a foretelling.
• 28:52
  So David referred to,
• 28:53
  again,
• 28:54
  these sons
• 28:54
  whom God appointed.
• 28:58
  It was customary
• 28:59
  to give the new king
• 29:00
  a gift
• 29:00
  at his coronation.
• 29:03
  So what is this gift?
• 29:04
  He said,
• 29:04
  Ask of me
• 29:05
  and I will make
• 29:06
  the nations
• 29:07
  your own heritage.
• 29:09
  Not just a little gift.
• 29:10
  I will give you
• 29:10
  the nations.
• 29:11
  They will be yours.
• 29:13
  So it looked forward,
• 29:14
  I guess,
• 29:15
  beyond David's time.
• 29:17
  How do we know
• 29:17
  this time has been fulfilled yet?
• 29:19
  Because for nearly 400 years,
• 29:21
  Israel didn't even have a king.
• 29:22
  They were ruled by other people
• 29:23
  and they still
• 29:24
  are very much threatened,
• 29:26
  you know,
• 29:26
  even today.
• 29:27
  So that king
• 29:28
  has not come yet.
• 29:30
  It looks forward
• 29:31
  to the day
• 29:32
  when the true king
• 29:33
  descended from David
• 29:34
  would come.
• 29:34
  So it's a messianic picture.
• 29:37
  An heir of David
• 29:38
  who will lead
• 29:39
  his people
• 29:40
  bringing light
• 29:40
  to not just Israel
• 29:41
  but the nations
• 29:42
  by making them subjects.
• 29:45
  By making them
• 29:46
  his subjects.
• 29:47
  And that's how
• 29:48
  the nations of the earth
• 29:50
  will find blessing.
• 29:51
  By coming to that king.
• 29:54
  This king, again,
• 29:55
  recalls what God
• 29:56
  said at his,
• 29:57
  you know,
• 29:58
  the coronation.
• 29:59
  The promise that
• 29:59
  the line of David
• 30:01
  will be sure forever.
• 30:03
  The purpose of Abraham
• 30:04
  to make
• 30:05
  all the nations blessed
• 30:07
  of coming through him.
• 30:09
  This is a symbolic
• 30:10
  of that promise.
• 30:11
  It wraps up
• 30:12
  at the end of that.
• 30:14
  He shall break them
• 30:15
  with a rod of iron
• 30:16
  and dash them
• 30:16
  into pieces
• 30:17
  like a potter's vessel.
• 30:20
  That's actually
• 30:21
  not a symbol
• 30:22
  of oppression
• 30:22
  but of firmness
• 30:23
  and strength.
• 30:24
  That means he's not shaky.
• 30:26
  He's calm.
• 30:27
  And when he does this,
• 30:28
  he'll bring it
• 30:29
  to complete fulfillment.
• 30:31
  God has the power
• 30:32
  to bring all the nations
• 30:34
  to this one king
• 30:36
  which is Jesus Christ.
• 30:37
  Christ.
• 30:38
  And then lastly,
• 30:39
  number five,
• 30:41
  God the Spirit commands.
• 30:43
  And why do we say
• 30:43
  God the Spirit?
• 30:44
  Because this is sort of
• 30:45
  like a,
• 30:48
  when we preach
• 30:48
  the gospel message
• 30:49
  to people
• 30:50
  and plea with them
• 30:51
  to be reconciled
• 30:52
  to God
• 30:53
  or perish
• 30:54
  because of their sin,
• 30:56
  whose job is that?
• 30:57
  It's the Holy Spirit's job.
• 31:00
  It doesn't give us
• 31:00
  warm feelings.
• 31:01
  He says,
• 31:02
  Jesus says
• 31:03
  he's going to come
• 31:03
  to convict the world
• 31:05
  of sin,
• 31:06
  righteousness,
• 31:07
  and of judgment.
• 31:08
  That's what Jesus said.
• 31:10
  So,
• 31:10
  verse 10,
• 31:11
  therefore,
• 31:13
  O kings,
• 31:13
  be wise,
• 31:14
  be warned,
• 31:15
  O rulers of the earth.
• 31:16
  Serve the Lord
• 31:16
  with fear
• 31:17
  and rejoice
• 31:19
  with trembling.
• 31:20
  Kiss the son
• 31:21
  lest he be angry
• 31:23
  and you perish
• 31:24
  in the way
• 31:25
  where his wrath
• 31:26
  is quickly kindled
• 31:27
  and blessed are those
• 31:28
  who take refuge
• 31:29
  in him.
• 31:31
  So,
• 31:32
  David gives advice
• 31:33
  to these pagan kings
• 31:35
  and their people.
• 31:36
  Be wise,
• 31:37
  be warned.
• 31:40
  Be wise,
• 31:41
  be warned.
• 31:41
  Some of you need
• 31:42
  to hear that today.
• 31:43
  You're foolishly
• 31:44
  walking in rebellion.
• 31:45
  You think it's fun.
• 31:46
  You think it's cool
• 31:47
  to rebel against
• 31:48
  God and his laws,
• 31:50
  his person,
• 31:51
  to spit upon
• 31:52
  everything good
• 31:52
  he's given you
• 31:53
  and say that it's yours.
• 31:55
  Be wise
• 31:56
  and be warned.
• 31:58
  Lasting security
• 31:59
  comes not
• 32:00
  from your own health.
• 32:03
  It doesn't come
• 32:03
  from the government
• 32:04
  or political might
• 32:05
  or strength
• 32:06
  or the economy
• 32:07
  or even powerful leadership
• 32:09
  or even a morally
• 32:10
  upright society.
• 32:11
  That's not
• 32:11
  what brings security.
• 32:13
  It only comes,
• 32:15
  according to the scripture,
• 32:17
  it only comes
• 32:18
  by taking refuge
• 32:20
  in Yahweh's
• 32:20
  anointed king,
• 32:22
  which is his son.
• 32:24
  We need not fear
• 32:25
  anyone
• 32:25
  sitting on
• 32:27
  this earth
• 32:28
  on a puny
• 32:29
  earthly throne
• 32:30
  because Jesus Christ
• 32:31
  sits enthroned
• 32:32
  in heaven
• 32:33
  forever.
• 32:34
  So he gives them
• 32:35
  an option.
• 32:37
  Do this
• 32:37
  or face this.
• 32:39
  Option one,
• 32:40
  kiss the son.
• 32:41
  It's a gesture
• 32:42
  of peace,
• 32:44
  homage,
• 32:44
  submission
• 32:45
  to God's
• 32:46
  appointed king
• 32:47
  who is worthy
• 32:47
  and deserving.
• 32:51
  And Jesus said,
• 32:51
  he who honors
• 32:52
  not the son
• 32:54
  honors not
• 32:56
  the father
• 32:56
  who sent him.
• 32:58
  Kiss the son.
• 33:00
  If you refuse
• 33:01
  to make peace
• 33:01
  with God's son,
• 33:03
  his appointed king,
• 33:04
  it says,
• 33:05
  he will be angry
• 33:06
  and you will perish
• 33:07
  in the way
• 33:08
  for his wrath
• 33:09
  is quickly kindled.
• 33:11
  He will perish
• 33:12
  like wax
• 33:12
  before the sun.
• 33:13
  That's like
• 33:14
  what's going on.
• 33:15
  So make peace
• 33:17
  with this king.
• 33:17
  He is a good king.
• 33:18
  He is a worthy king.
• 33:20
  He will love you,
• 33:21
  save you,
• 33:22
  protect you,
• 33:23
  give you eternal life.
• 33:25
  You can trust him
• 33:27
  or you can trust yourself
• 33:29
  or trust some other
• 33:30
  earthly thing
• 33:31
  and fail.
• 33:34
  Jesus will be
• 33:36
  the instrument
• 33:37
  by which God
• 33:38
  carries out
• 33:39
  this judgment.
• 33:41
  He will send back
• 33:42
  his appointed king,
• 33:43
  his anointed son,
• 33:45
  not to
• 33:46
  bring peace
• 33:48
  but to bring
• 33:50
  the sword of judgment
• 33:51
  but also to destroy
• 33:53
  all evil out there.
• 33:54
  and it's the last place
• 33:54
  you've got to look
• 33:55
  and we're done.
• 33:56
  Turn to Revelation
• 33:57
  chapter 19
• 33:58
  and we're done.
• 34:01
  This is a picture
• 34:02
  of this.
• 34:04
  We know
• 34:05
  that Psalm 2
• 34:06
  is not fulfilled
• 34:07
  in David's lifetime.
• 34:12
  We also know
• 34:13
  that this wasn't
• 34:14
  in the power
• 34:15
  of any earthly successor
• 34:16
  he had.
• 34:18
  The son
• 34:18
  that Yahweh
• 34:20
  has appointed
• 34:21
  will be
• 34:21
  his instrument
• 34:22
  of judgment.
• 34:24
  The son
• 34:24
  will come back.
• 34:26
  Yeah,
• 34:27
  so Revelation
• 34:27
  19
• 34:28
  verse 11,
• 34:30
  right?
• 34:31
  The apostle
• 34:32
  John
• 34:32
  on the island
• 34:33
  of Patmos
• 34:34
  given these
• 34:34
  visions
• 34:35
  of things
• 34:36
  to come.
• 34:38
  It says,
• 34:39
  Then I saw
• 34:39
  heaven open
• 34:40
  and behold
• 34:40
  a white horse.
• 34:42
  So Jesus
• 34:43
  isn't coming
• 34:44
  on a donkey
• 34:44
  this time.
• 34:47
  Humble and meek,
• 34:48
  he's coming back
• 34:49
  on a war horse.
• 34:49
  The one
• 34:51
  sitting on it
• 34:51
  is called
• 34:52
  faithful and
• 34:53
  true.
• 34:54
  And in
• 34:55
  righteousness
• 34:55
  he judges
• 34:56
  and makes
• 34:57
  war.
• 34:58
  His eyes
• 34:59
  are like a flame
• 35:00
  of fire
• 35:00
  and on his
• 35:01
  head are
• 35:01
  many diadems.
• 35:03
  And he has a name
• 35:04
  written that no one
• 35:05
  knows but himself.
• 35:07
  He is clothed
• 35:08
  in a robe
• 35:09
  dipped in blood
• 35:10
  and has a name
• 35:12
  by which he is
• 35:13
  called,
• 35:13
  it's called
• 35:14
  the word of God.
• 35:15
  And the armies
• 35:17
  of heaven
• 35:18
  arrayed in fine
• 35:19
  linen,
• 35:19
  white and pure,
• 35:21
  were following
• 35:22
  him on the
• 35:23
  white horses.
• 35:25
  And from his
• 35:26
  mouth comes a
• 35:27
  sharp sword
• 35:28
  with which he
• 35:29
  will strike down
• 35:30
  the nations.
• 35:31
  You saw that in
• 35:31
  Psalm 2,
• 35:32
  didn't you?
• 35:33
  And he will
• 35:34
  rule them
• 35:34
  with a rod
• 35:35
  of iron.
• 35:35
  That's a picture
• 35:36
  of stability,
• 35:38
  calmness,
• 35:39
  order.
• 35:41
  He will tread
• 35:41
  the winepress
• 35:42
  of the fury
• 35:43
  of the wrath
• 35:44
  of God Almighty.
• 35:45
  And on his
• 35:46
  robe and on
• 35:47
  his thigh,
• 35:47
  he has a name
• 35:48
  written,
• 35:48
  King of kings,
• 35:50
  Lord of lords.
• 35:52
  So this is the
• 35:53
  king we all
• 35:54
  long for.
• 35:55
  He's not,
• 35:56
  if you have
• 35:57
  peace with this
• 35:58
  king,
• 35:58
  you're okay.
• 35:59
  He's not coming
• 36:00
  to make war
• 36:00
  against you.
• 36:01
  He's coming
• 36:01
  to make the
• 36:03
  enemies,
• 36:03
  his enemies,
• 36:05
  perish before
• 36:05
  his eyes.
• 36:06
  He's coming
• 36:07
  to save us.
• 36:08
  He's coming
• 36:08
  to deliver us
• 36:09
  from this
• 36:10
  broken,
• 36:11
  horrible world.
• 36:12
  So that's it.
• 36:13
  You can either
• 36:14
  love and
• 36:14
  serve that
• 36:15
  king,
• 36:16
  or you can
• 36:16
  despise that
• 36:17
  king.
• 36:18
  It's your
• 36:19
  choice.
• 36:20
  Be enemies
• 36:20
  with God
• 36:21
  on your
• 36:21
  terms,
• 36:22
  or be friends
• 36:22
  with him
• 36:23
  on his
• 36:23
  terms.
• 36:24
  So the
• 36:25
  scope of
• 36:25
  such an
• 36:26
  accomplishment
• 36:26
  calls for a
• 36:28
  ruler that
• 36:28
  is not just
• 36:29
  a man.
• 36:29
  It calls for
• 36:30
  someone who
• 36:31
  is actually
• 36:32
  divine.
• 36:33
  The kings
• 36:34
  and rulers
• 36:34
  of the earth
• 36:35
  must understand
• 36:36
  the ruler
• 36:36
  that we
• 36:38
  reject is not
• 36:39
  just another
• 36:39
  human being,
• 36:40
  but is God's
• 36:41
  own chosen
• 36:41
  anointed
• 36:42
  king.
• 36:42
  For the
• 36:43
  sake of
• 36:44
  this world.
• 36:44
  He's coming
• 36:45
  to bring
• 36:45
  blessing.
• 36:46
  So we
• 36:47
  must embrace
• 36:47
  him.
• 36:48
  So love
• 36:49
  this invincible
• 36:50
  king,
• 36:51
  trust him,
• 36:52
  submit to
• 36:52
  him,
• 36:53
  and then
• 36:54
  there's that
• 36:54
  promise,
• 36:55
  all those
• 36:55
  who take
• 36:55
  refuge in
• 36:56
  him,
• 36:57
  they will
• 36:58
  be blessed.
• 37:00
  They will
• 37:00
  be blessed.
• 37:02
  And so,
• 37:03
  so much in
• 37:04
  this psalm
• 37:04
  can go on
• 37:05
  and on,
• 37:05
  but I
• 37:06
  pray that
• 37:07
  in the midst
• 37:07
  of your
• 37:08
  own life
• 37:08
  and what
• 37:08
  you see
• 37:09
  around us
• 37:10
  in our
• 37:11
  own day
• 37:11
  that this
• 37:12
  brings some
• 37:13
  calm to
• 37:13
  you.
• 37:14
  It does
• 37:15
  to me.
• 37:16
  To know
• 37:17
  that our
• 37:18
  king,
• 37:18
  Jesus Christ,
• 37:19
  is ruling
• 37:19
  and reigning
• 37:20
  even now
• 37:20
  and his
• 37:21
  kingdom is
• 37:21
  advancing
• 37:22
  despite of
• 37:22
  what we
• 37:23
  see.
• 37:24
  Hearts are
• 37:24
  being won
• 37:25
  to Christ
• 37:25
  from every
• 37:26
  nation.
• 37:27
  And even
• 37:28
  here in
• 37:28
  Dahlonega,
• 37:29
  it's happening.
• 37:30
  So let's
• 37:31
  give him
• 37:31
  praise and
• 37:32
  let's just
• 37:32
  take confidence
• 37:33
  in him that
• 37:34
  no matter
• 37:34
  what we see
• 37:34
  around us,
• 37:35
  he is our
• 37:35
  refuge.
• 37:37
  Let's pray
• 37:37
  together.