The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

I. Introduction: A Messed-Up World

I DON’T FOLLOW the NEWS MUCH...

, BUT I OCCASIONALLY HEAR of SOME of the CRAZY THINGS GOING ON...

ALL in ALL—BAD NEWS SELLS...

WARS,

UNREST

NATURAL DISASTER

MURDER

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BOMBING in MIDDLE EAST—UNITED STATES GETTING INVOLVED

NO KINGS PROTESTS

POLITICALLY, COUNTRY - DIVIDED in HALF

WE LIVE in TROUBLING/UNCERTAIN TIMES.

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WORLD FREQUENTLY SEEMS—FALLING APART

NONBELIEVER PANICS

BELIEVER—OUGHT to REACT DIFFERENTLY

**WE HAVE a BOOK FILLED W/ GOOD NEWS**

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UNCERTAIN WORLD—THINGS WE CAN BE CERTAIN of HOPE

WORLD FILLED W/ SUFFERING— WE CAN HAVE JOY INEXPRESSIBLE

HOPELESS, BLEAK WORLD—WE CAN BE PEOPLE of HOPE...

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LOOK W/ ME @ PSALM 2— I PRAY it ENCOURAGES YOUR HEART TODAY...

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II. Passage Reading: Psalm 2:1-12

Psalm 2 (ESV)

1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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 burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

6 “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

7 I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers 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, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

This is GOD’S WORD for us THIS MORNING...

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III. Background

Royal Psalm: USED for CORONATION of DAVIDIC KINGS—ROOTED in DAVIDIC COVENANT

Background, D. Covenant: 2 SAM. CH. 7— DAVID BUILDS HOUSE for GOD? NO—GOD BUILDS HOUSE for DAVID

Focus: TEXT TODAY POINTS to GREATEST FULFILLMENT of COVENANT

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Transition: BEGIN BY LOOKING W/ ME AGAIN @ VS. 1-3

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IV. Exposition: Psalm 2:1-12

A. Man’s Rebellion (vv. 1-3)

Psalm 2:1–3 (ESV)

1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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 burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

Setting: REBELLION AGAINST YAHWEH’S INSTALLED KING

Background: REBELLION = COMMON,,,

WHEN NEW KING INAUGURATED

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(V1) NATIONS RAGE

PEOPLE PLOT

RESULT—IT’S in VAIN! — EMPTY!

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Original Context—DESCENDANT of DAVID—KING in JERUSALEM

Background: Davidic Covenant,,

2 Samuel 7:12–13 (ESV)

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:16 (ESV)

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

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NATIONS RAGE

PEOPLES PLOT

KINGS & RULERS SET THEMSELVES AGAINST YAHWEH’S ANOINTED

Anointing Background— SMEARED W/ OIL— SYMBOLIZED DIVINE AUTHORIZATION & EMPOWERMENT for SERVICE

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Conclusion: REBELLION AGAINST ANOINTED ONE = REBELLION AGAINST YAHWEH

(V1) EFFORTS = VAIN

(V3) NEVERTHELESS—THEY WANT to CAST HIS RULE OFF...

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Transition: WHAT DOES GOD HAVE to SAY ABOUT all THIS?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 4-6

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B. God’s Response (vv. 4-6)

Psalm 2:4–6 (ESV)

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

6 “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

MANKIND’S REBELLION = FUTILE,,

**GOD THINKS IT’S HILARIOUS!**

WHAT a JOKE—MANKIND REBELLING AGAINST GOD—

— GOD MOCKS SILLY EFFORTS...

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Reason: HE is ENTHRONED in the HEAVENS!

HE is SOVEREIGN OVER SEEN & UNSEEN REALMS…HE’S GOD OVER ALL!

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EARTHLY KINGS MIGHT HAVE THEIR SUBJECTS...

…BUT GOD RULES EVERYTHING...

HEAVENLY HOST @ HIS COMMAND

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SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT: COUNTLESS STORIES RECORD HIS POWER:

Exhort:

JOSHUA— PROMISED LAND CONQUEST

GIANTS in the LAND—OH NO— NOT BIGGER THAN GIANT GOD.

JOSHUA— RUNNING OUT of DAYLIGHT? NOT ANYMORE.

GIDEON—NOBODY from NOBODY TRIBE

GOD USES SMALL ARMY LED BY a NOBODY w/ JARS & TORCHES to DEFEAT the ENEMY

DEFEATS MIDIANITES!

DAVID—GOLIATH

BIG GIANT = PROBLEM for ISRAEL

GOD USES TEENAGE SHEPHERD BOY to DEFEAT GIANT

ELISHA— TELLING SYRIAN KINGS SECRETS

CAME AGAINST HIM—

PRAYED for SERVANT to OPEN HIS EYES— ARMIES of HEAVEN VASTLY OUTNUMBERED the SYRIAN ARMY

HEZEKIAH—DESCENDANT of DAVID—

ASSYRIAN FORCES ARRAYED—THEY WERE TOAST

ANGEL of the LORD STRUCK DOWN 185,000 OVERNIGHT—SENT ASSYRIANS PACKING.

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Psalmist’s Reflection:

Psalm 33:13–19 (ESV)

13 The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;

14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15 he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.

16 The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

19 that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.

NATURAL WEAPONS of WARFARE = NOTHING to SUPERNATURAL GOD...

WE PANIC—BECAUSE WE ONLY SEE WHAT is VISIBLE—

— BUT GOD SEES the WHOLE STORY & ALL HIS HOST...

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(V6) THIS GOD… SET HIS KING in ZION (JERUSALEM)

GOD’S DECREE DOESN’T GET OVERTURNED

HE HIMSELF SET THIS KING on the EARTHLY THRONE...

Response:

SUBMIT?

OR LOSE?

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Transition: & YAHWEH’S ANOINTED WILL NOW RECOUNT HIS DECREE....

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 7-9

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C. God’s Decree/Messiah’s Response (vv. 7-9)

Psalm 2:7–9 (ESV)

7 I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

ANOINTED ONE REFERENCES YAHWEH’S DECREE...

HE = ADOPTED SON...

Background: 2 SAM. 7:14

2 Samuel 7:14 (ESV)

14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.

KING ISN’T JUST YAHWEH’S ANOINTED—

— BUT HIS OWN FAMILY NOW.

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(V8) GOD MAKES OFFER: ASK ME for the NATIONS

EVERYTHING in HEAVEN & EARTH BELONGS to HIM— IT’S HIS to GIVE

Psalm 24:1 (ESV)

1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

WANT the NATIONS?? JUST ASK.

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COUNTLESS NATIONS HAD THEIR PANTHEON of gods...

god of the SEAS

god of the SKIES

god of AGRICULTURE

god of UNDERWORLD

god of THIS-THAT-OTHER THING...

YAHWEH = GOD ALL on HIS OWN—OVER WHOLE CREATION...

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Exhort: GOD CREATED EVERYTHING from NOTHING—IT’S ALL RIGHTFULLY HIS...

EVERY MAN.

EVERY WOMAN

EVERY CHILD

EVERY NATION

EVERY BEAST

EVERY MOLECULE

EVERY ATOM—OWES ITS EXISTENCE to HIM...

Ill:?? WE MAKE THINGS—ONLY GOD CREATES.

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Offer (to ANOINTED ONE): NATIONS CAN BE YOURS—JUST ASK.

ENDS of EARTH = YOUR POSSESSION...

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(V9) YOU’LL BREAK/RULE W/ ROD of IRON & DESTROY THEY LIKE POTTERY

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Transition: NOW—OPPORTUNITY for MANKIND’S REPONSE...

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 10-12

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D. Man’s Ideal Response (vv. 10-12)

Psalm 2:10–12 (ESV)

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers 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, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

OFFER COMES— BE WISE & WARNED

THOSE WHO:

RAGE

PLOT

TAKE COUNSEL

3-FOLD REBELLION GETS 3-FOLD RESPONSE:

SERVE the LORD W/ FEAR

ALLEGIANCE to TRUE GOD— WALK in REVERENCE of HIM

REJOICE W/ TREMBLING

FIND GREATEST JOY in ALLEGIANCE to HIM

KISS the SON (DO OBEISANCE)

RATHER than REBELLING—SUBMIT.

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2 OPTIONS:

REBEL— BE SMASHED LIKE POTTERY

SUBMIT— BLESSED in HIS REFUGE

THERE’S NO OPTION C.

EITHER SUBMISSION…OR REBELLION...

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Transition:

NOW—IF WE LOOK @ ISRAEL’S HISTORY— DAVID’S DYNASTY DIDN’T DO TOO WELL

Background: NATION SPLITS AFTER SOLOMON

ISRAEL EXILED— 722 B.C.

JUDAH CAPTIVE — 586 B.C.

LOOKING @ HISTORY—

— it SEEMS that OTHER NATIONS = LAUGHING,, NOT GOD...

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V. Gospel: Responding to the Lord’s Anointed

PSALM CH. 2… NOT JUST HISTORICAL SETTING of DAVIDIC KING…

BUT a PROPHETIC EXPECTATION of MESSIAH.

Background: The “ANOINTED ONE” HB: MASIAH = MESSIAH = CHRIST = JESUS.

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JESUS = THE OFFSPRING of DAVID… TRUE, ONLY, UNIQUE, SON of GOD...

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WHEN CHRIST CAME—NATIONS RAGED, PEOPLE’S PLOTTED...

RULERS, KINGS, PEOPLE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS—ALL CONSPIRED to PUT HIM to DEATH…

GOD HAD the LAST LAUGH—RAISING HIM from the DEAD!

—> YOU KNOW THEIR EFFORTS are FUTILE,,

WHEN GOD RESURRECTS HIS MESSIAH from the DEAD!!! <—

NOW EXALTED to HEAVENS

COMING AGAIN SOMEDAY

Matthew 28:18 (ESV)

18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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HE HAS BEEN SET as KING in HEAVENLY JERUSALEM.

NATIONS STILL RAGE

PEOPLE STILL PLOT

KINGS TAKE THEIR COUNSEL...

PEOPLE LIVE in REBELLION

BUT ALL OPPOSITION is FUTILE...

Charge: WHO’S SIDE are YOU ON?

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GOING YOUR OWN WAY—TRYING to THROW OFF HIS RULE?

OR SUBMITTED to HIM?

EITHER SUBMISSION or REBELLION

NO FENCE

NO GRAY AREAS

ONE DAY—ALL OPPOSITION WILL BE BROKEN as POTTERY...

BUT WE CAN FIND OUR REFUGE in HIM...

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1ST COMING—HE CAME to SAVE

DYING as SACRIFICE for SINS...

2ND COMING—COMING to RULE

Revelation 19:11–16 (ESV)

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.

13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

DESCENDS W/ SWORD & ROD of IRON—AS IT’S WRITTEN in PSALM 2

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CHRIST is KING—WHETHER WE LIKE it OR NOT

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Invitation: ONLY QUESTION is WILL WE BOW WILLINGLY or NOT?

YOU CAN SUBMIT to CHRIST— TURN to HIM in FAITH

WAVE the WHITE FLAG—SURRENDER YOUR LIFE to HIM

OR YOU CAN CONTINUE in REBELLION & BE DESTROYED

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING FAITH & ASSURANCE—

— I’D LOVE to SPEAK W/ YOU AFTER the SERVICE TODAY...

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Transition: NOW,, FOR REST of US…

WHAT’S THIS PASSAGE SHOWING US TODAY?

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VI. Application: The Proper Response

Preaching Idea: The Messiah’s reign is established and sure, and any opposition is futile and laughable.

WE CAN’T CHANGE IT—ONLY SUBMIT to IT...

Quote, Derek Kidner: “And there is no refuge from Him: only in Him.”

Passage GIVES 3 RESPONSES:

SERVE the LORD W/ FEAR

REJOICE W/ TREMBLING

KISS the SON...

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LET’S REMEMBER: CHRIST is KING

FRIEND, SAVIOR, YES.

BUT KING.

CHRIST-FOLLOWER is DAILY LIVING W/ ALLEGIANCE to HIM

DAILY LIVING a WHITE-FLAG, SURRENDERED LIFE...

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BELIEVERS—FINDING REFUGE in HIM:

BE ENCOURAGED— WE’RE on the WINNING SIDE...

I LOVE PICTURE of LAUGHING GOD

Present World:

WARS

RUMORS of WARS

PROBLEMS

SIN

WORLD THAT’S MESSED UP…

.... KNOW THAT GOD LAUGHS @ HUMANITY’S FUTILE EFFORTS to REBEL.

APP: PERHAPS RATHER THAN PANIC—WE OUGHT to CHUCKLE TOO,, LAUGHING W/ GOD

“IT’S SO RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY RUN the SHOW…GOD is SOVEREIGN—

— HIS WILL WILL BE DONE…

— HIS ANOINTED WILL REIGN THROUGHOUT ETERNITY”

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Conclusion:

.... I’VE FOUND MY REFUGE in HIM. THEREFORE I CAN HAVE PEACE TODAY... AMEN?

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