A PUZZLING PROBLEM
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The document analyzes a puzzling biblical passage where heathens and people rage against God and his anointed one. It divides the analysis into four sections: I) discussing power brokers like kings and rulers conspiring against God, II) examining the persons of interest like Jesus who the world hates, III) considering the proposal to cast off God's bands and cords, and IV) explaining how God will laugh at and deride those who vainly imagine they can oppose him. The conclusion exhorts submitting to God and finding rest by putting one's trust in his son Jesus.
A PUZZLING PROBLEM
- 1. A Puzzling Problem Text: Ps 2:1-4 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- 2. Intro: Prov 16:11 11A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. The Q & A 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 12 …Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. I. Power Brokers 2The kings of the earth … and the rulers…
- 3. Rev 17:12-14 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. II. Persons of Interest 2 …against the LORD, and against his anointed
- 4. Matt 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
- 5. John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Exod 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 2Cor 6:16-17 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
- 6. III. Proposal 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Amos 5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- 7. Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. Matt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Isa 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: IV. Prank 1 …the people imagine a vain thing? 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- 8. Ps 59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Jer 48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- 9. Matt 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Conclusion: Ps 2:10-11 10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- 10. Isa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 1Pet 5:6-9 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- 11. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1Pet 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Ps 2:12 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. People will kiss Jesus literally in the Millennial Kingdom, but we are not without
- 12. a practical fulfillment today. According the verse’s own definition, one can kiss the Son by placing their trust in Him. A PUZZLING PROBLEM TEXT: PS 2:1-4 INTRO: Prov 16:11 THE Q & A I. POWER BROKERS Rev 17:12-14 II. PERSONS OF INTEREST Matt 26:59 John 7:7 John 15:18 John 15:19 Exod 34:12 2Cor 6:16-17 III. PROPOSAL Amos 5:1 Amos 5:10 Luke 19:14 Matt 11:29 Isa 5:18 IV. PRANK Ps 59:8 Gen 11:7 Jer 48:26 Matt 21:41 CONCLUSION: PS 2:10-11 Isa 30:18 Heb 12:28 1Pet 5:6-9 1Pet 5:10 PS 2:12