I read this in my Bible this morning and it truly sums up what is going on in the world. The children of Satan (aka kings of the earth) have set themselves up to rule over us with their lies and manipulations but they will never fool God and He is going to deal with them accordingly and we, as his children, saved by grace by the Lord Jesus Christ's sacrifice for our sins, will reign with Him in all eternity on a new Heaven and a new Earth the way it was intended!
Take comfort in that brothers and sisters!
Psalm 2
New King James Version
The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom
2 Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
6 “Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.”
7 “I will declare the decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
It's honest, important question, one I have chewed on many times. Space doesn't really allow for a proper answer. I think a book would be better.
Lev. 17:11 - "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ And we have Abel's blood crying out to God from the earth after Cain slew him. The first act of God after Adam and Eve's sin was to slay an animal, and cloth them with the skin. Hebrew 9:22 - Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.
We have to make sure we don't look at this with human eyes. We have to try and see it how God sees it. I think the evidence is clear, and that's not just from a Christian viewpoint. Go outside Christianity, and blood is a part of every major religion on earth. Why do satanists do blood rituals? Why did the Mayans rip out beating hearts? Why to this day are animal sacrifices made in Tibet during a yearly ceremony? Why was human sacrifice such a deep part of ancient religions?
There is something about sin that we don't fully comprehend, something of its magnitude and power that is unclear. What is clear is that sin is a very very very big deal in the eyes of a holy God. And it can't just be fixed with some duct tape and screws.
The problem of sin doesn't just go away. There is legality to it. The first sinner was Satan, and so all those who sin afterwards become "property" of him. They become his children, his offspring. But God so loved us, so very deeply, that He sent His Son, who willingly, and for the desire set before Him, to endure the cross, and pay the ransom that was needed to buy His children back. What was the desire that spurred Him on through the torture and suffering. US. He was winning His bride back. And therefore we can now cry Abba, Father! as He is able to adopt us back into His family. But the ransom was blood, innocent, holy, omnipotent, blood of the Son of God Himself. That's not God demanding that. That's simply what the law of heaven required, because the gravitas of sin was too great. Nothing else would pay the price of our freedom from the power of sin and death. Nothing.
And this is why I love Jesus Christ so very very very much.
I don’t think the word of God comes from a book. Also, I think it is a huge mistake to trust King James. The word of God, by design, is beyond any form of media that man can render. We need to thoroughly question any book, any building, and any organization that claims to represent the word of God. The word of God is within.
Nevertheless, I will like your words, as we should all appreciate each other beyond the dictates of authority.
Awesome get Eflow! In my opinion, all of scripture flows around this Psalm. It literally describes the Cosmic battle in all of its grandeur.
"Let us break their bonds, and cast away their constraints" - what better description of the firmament (see Operation Dominic and Fishbowl), of Antarctica (see? I have set a bound for the waters says the Lord (paraphrase)), or good and evil ("Here is the way - walk ye in it"), of righteousness, of repentance, of holiness, of male and female, of "bearing after their kind", of the colours in the rainbow, of law, etc etc.
But no, they will have none of it. They want Leviathan, Chaos, confusion, mixture. From the Book of Jasher, pre-flood - "And they practiced the mixing of species in order to provoke the Lord."
So "as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be when the Son of Man returns." Chaos, confusion, mixture.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Son!