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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

00:13:47.199 --> 00:13:49.159
 empty schemes?

00:13:50.079 --> 00:13:51.339
 The kings of the earth

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 set themselves

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 and the rulers,

00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.339
 this actually,

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 the ruler actually

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 means potentate,

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 those who

00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.079
 parade around

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 and pomp,

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 putting themselves

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 on display

00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.679
 for other people

00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.259
 to see.

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 they take

00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:04.519
 counsel together.

00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:05.480
 So several of these

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:06.319
 pagan kings

00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:07.100
 have come together,

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.439
 their officials,

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.259
 their military,

00:14:09.439 --> 00:14:09.960
 their people,

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.259
 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

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.419
 revolting against?

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 Well,

00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:18.779
 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.

00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:26.519
 God had the prophet

00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:27.679
 Samuel anoint

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 with oil

00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:29.879
 both Saul

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.539
 and David,

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.519
 setting them apart

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.419
 as the ones

00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:32.879
 who were going

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.459
 to rule

00:14:33.459 --> 00:14:34.379
 over the nation

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.659
 of Israel

00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.399
 and embody

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.759
 covenant faithfulness.

00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:39.299
 But to summarize,

00:14:39.619 --> 00:14:41.119
 these wicked pagan kings

00:14:41.119 --> 00:14:42.559
 and their nations

00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.979
 desire to cast off

00:14:43.979 --> 00:14:44.599
 the rule

00:14:44.599 --> 00:14:45.279
 of David

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.139
 and his descendants.

00:14:46.979 --> 00:14:48.219
 But there's a danger

00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:48.659
 in that.

00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:50.339
 The problem is

00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:51.539
 to rebel against David

00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:52.439
 or his descendants

00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:53.260
 is ultimately

00:14:53.260 --> 00:14:54.000
 to rebel

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.160
 against Yahweh

00:14:55.160 --> 00:14:55.740
 Himself.

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.520
 That's the danger.

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:58.840
 And so,

00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:01.460
 such a rebellion

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:03.020
 would be

00:15:03.020 --> 00:15:03.980
 to cut themselves

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:05.160
 off of their

00:15:05.160 --> 00:15:05.800
 only hope

00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:06.340
 of knowing

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:07.420
 the only true God,

00:15:07.520 --> 00:15:08.460
 the God that Israel

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.700
 was meant to put

00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.400
 on display

00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:11.660
 to them.

00:15:12.020 --> 00:15:12.260
 So,

00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:13.480
 the purpose

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.360
 of this rebellion,

00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.640
 you see it in verse 3.

00:15:16.140 --> 00:15:16.800
 Here's the goal,

00:15:16.880 --> 00:15:17.420
 the purpose.

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.680
 Let us burst

00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.900
 their bonds apart.

00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:21.780
 That means

00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:22.919
 the restraints.

00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.019
 Cast away

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.720
 their cords

00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.600
 from us.

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.059
 Let's throw off

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.939
 the bondage

00:15:27.939 --> 00:15:28.600
 that they put

00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:29.339
 on us.

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.259
 So,

00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:31.199
 they hate Israel.

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.319
 They hate David

00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:33.100
 and his descendants.

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.419
 And they want

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.019
 to be rid of them.

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.720
 And sadly,

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.439
 sinful,

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.120
 wicked men

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.500
 and women

00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:40.519
 see God's person,

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.459
 God's rule,

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:44.720
 God's character.

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.480
 They look at Him

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.500
 and they only see

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.220
 bondage.

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.339
 And that's so sad.

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.379
 God.

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.440
 So,

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.740
 instead of recognizing

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.960
 that having peace

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:53.620
 with David

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:55.300
 and with the people

00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.740
 of Israel

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.320
 could lead to

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.980
 the blessing

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.780
 of knowing

00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:59.660
 the only true God,

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.060
 instead,

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:00.580
 they say,

00:16:00.660 --> 00:16:01.560
 let's come together,

00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.160
 combine all our

00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.920
 earthly power

00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:05.060
 we can muster

00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:06.340
 so that we might

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:07.300
 free ourselves

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:08.399
 from God

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:10.379
 so that we may

00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.399
 commit all manner

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.500
 of abominations

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.500
 and sinful pleasure.

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.639
 Let us be

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.519
 our own gods.

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.980
 So,

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.919
 to cut themselves

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.799
 off from David

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 and his people

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 was cutting themselves

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 off from their

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 only hope

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 of knowing

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 the true God.

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 That was the danger

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 in all of this.

00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:27.620
 Yet,

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.779
 David says

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 when these kings

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 consulted together

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 and they poured

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 forth their utmost

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 fury

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 is still not really

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 going to be enough.

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 So,

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:37.699
 today,

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 do you feel like

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 evil is winning

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 in your own life

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 and all around us

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 in our country,

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 in the U.S.,

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 in the world?

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 Do you feel like

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.320
 evil ideologies

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 are prevailing

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.060
 in our government,

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.279
 in our schools,

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.980
 our universities,

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 teaching we are

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 what the color

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.419
 of our skin is

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 and no more?

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 Teaching boys

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 to be girls

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 and girls

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 to be boys?

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 Do we see

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.940
 wicked men

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 and women

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 acting upon

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 sinful inclinations

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 without any shame,

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 without any kind

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 of restraint

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 at all?

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 Does it seem like

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 the church is losing

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 the cultural battle

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 that we've enjoyed

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 so long

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 here in America?

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 And you see evil

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 from atheistic

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 communist countries

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 kind of on the march

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 now

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 in different places

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 in the world.

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 And even that rebellion

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 in our own souls,

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.460
 something that just

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.920
 longs to cast off

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 God's law.

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 I want to do

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 what feels good

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 to me

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 and forget about God.

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 So on the surface

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 it may feel

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 like the church

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 and like the gospel

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 is losing ground.

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 No one

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 throughout history

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.840
 of the church

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 has ever said

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 it looks like

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 capitalism is losing

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 and communism

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 is winning

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 so therefore

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 the church is losing.

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 No one in church history

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 would have ever thought that.

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 That's something

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 that we're tempted

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 to think.

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 They only knew

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 that the church grew

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 and would persevere

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 through persecution,

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 through suffering.

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 The church

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 has never grown

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 through political

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 or state power

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 as much as you may think.

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 It has not.

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 It's only grown

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 through persecution

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 and those willing

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 to go and proclaim

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 Christ to the nations.

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 So that's the purpose

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 and goal

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.280
 of this rebellion

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 is to cast off

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 the law of God.

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 We hate God.

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 We hate his character

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 and we're going to do

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 what we want to do.

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 So let's cut ourselves off

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 and rebel

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 against God's chosen

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 anointed king.

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 So,

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.779
 again,

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.419
 in this psalm,

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 there's a king,

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 capital K,

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 behind the king,

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 small k.

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 The context here

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 is these pagan nations

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 desire to cast off

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 the divinic rule.

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 But,

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 however,

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 as David saw,

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 beyond his own time

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 to our time,

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 again,

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 look at verse 2.

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 It says,

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 who are they rebelling against?

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 Against the Lord,

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 against Yahweh,

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 against His anointed.

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 The word Messiah

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 translated Hebrew,

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 right,

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 for the anointed.

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 The Greek translation

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 is Christ.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 sorry to disappoint

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 some people

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 who think Jesus Christ,

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 Christ is His last name.

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 Like,

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 who are you?

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 I'm Jesus Christ.

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 Christ is actually

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 His title.

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 That's His identity.

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 He is the deliverer,

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 the Messiah,

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 the one who will rescue.

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 In a larger way,

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 from this psalm,

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 this revolt is still going on

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 all around the world.

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 It continues.

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 Men,

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 kings,

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 nations,

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 governments,

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 they persist,

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 even to this very day,

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 to try to cast off

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 the rule of God

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 from their lives.

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 And so,

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 the other place

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 you need to turn,

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.480
 Acts 4.

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 Go to Acts 4

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 really quickly.

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 New Testament,

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 Acts 4.

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 Hold your hand

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 in Psalm 2.

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 But,

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 this is when Peter and John

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 were arrested

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 and they were released

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 from,

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 eventually,

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 released by the authorities.

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 But again,

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 he quotes Psalm 2.

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.720
 Acts 4,

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 verse 23.

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 It says,

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 when they were released

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 from the authorities,

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 they went to their friends

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 and reported

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 what the chief priests

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 and the elders

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 had said to them.

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 And when they heard it,

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 they lifted their voices

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 together to God

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 and said,

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.819
 Sovereign Lord,

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.759
 who made the heavens

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 and the earth,

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 the sea,

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 and everything

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 that is in them,

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 who through the mouth

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.240
 of our father David,

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 here it is,

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 your servant,

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.700
 you said by the Holy Spirit,

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:35.099
 why did the Gentiles

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:36.440
 rage in the people's

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.140
 plot in vain?

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 The kings of the earth

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 set themselves against

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.119
 and the rulers

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.299
 were gathered together

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.900
 against the Lord

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 and against His anointed.

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 For truly in this city,

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.319
 so he's about to tell you

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.559
 what that projected,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.420
 what was David talking about

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.960
 ultimately,

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.460
 for in this city,

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.100
 Jerusalem,

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.319
 they were gathered together

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.600
 against your holy servant,

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.039
 Jesus,

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.600
 whom you appointed

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.480
 both Herod

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:01.640
 and Pontius Pilate

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:03.920
 along with the Gentiles

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.200
 and the peoples of Israel

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.180
 to do whatever your hand

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.059
 and your plan

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.920
 had predestined

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.920
 to take place.

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.059
 So early Christians

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.960
 saw verse 2

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.880
 from Psalm 2,

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:17.740
 the Lord and His anointed

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.480
 being the persecution

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.299
 that they faced

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.940
 at that time.

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:22.240
 They saw this

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.279
 as a fulfillment

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.700
 of Christ

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 no matter what

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.380
 they tried to do to Him.

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.259
 They thought it was

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.480
 the end of the Son of God,

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.960
 but in fact,

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.880
 it wasn't the end

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.700
 of the Son of God.

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:33.080
 What they designed

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.259
 and plotted for evil,

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.039
 God meant

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.320
 for the greatest good.

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.180
 God turned evil up

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.900
 on its head

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.860
 at the cross,

00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:41.380
 but all these people

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.980
 came together

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.620
 to stop it.

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.180
 They raged against

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.940
 the one

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.519
 that the Lord

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.100
 had appointed.

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.879
 So even though

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.639
 even today

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:50.159
 dangers loom

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.159
 over God's people

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.719
 and evil leaders

00:21:52.719 --> 00:21:53.699
 are on the rise,

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:56.059
 growing more powerful

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.699
 it seems,

00:21:57.459 --> 00:21:58.259
 we live in a world

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.019
 that's just wrecked

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.679
 by sin

00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:00.799
 and the evil one

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:02.259
 is really at work

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.079
 all around us.

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.500
 David's kingship,

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.519
 his earthly kingdom

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.599
 was a mere shadow

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.759
 of a greater king

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.319
 to come.

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.659
 His eternal kingdom,

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.459
 that is Jesus.

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.519
 So let's turn from

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.059
 the chamber council

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.680
 of the wicked,

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.360
 so to speak,

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.539
 to heaven.

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.200
 Like, what's going on

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.920
 in heaven now?

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.200
 That's on the earth.

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:23.240
 Like, what is heaven's response

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.779
 to what the earth is doing?

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:26.680
 That's number three.

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.920
 God the Father responds.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.120
 Back in Psalm 2,

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.900
 it says,

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.000
 He who sits in the heavens

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.559
 laughs.

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.700
 The Lord holds them

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.360
 in derision

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:36.319
 and He will speak to them

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.960
 in His wrath

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.880
 and terrify them

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.559
 in His fury,

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.100
 saying,

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.519
 As for me,

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:42.240
 I have set my king

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.099
 on Zion,

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.920
 my holy heel.

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.880
 So here's

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:48.620
 heaven's perspective

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:50.180
 on the human revolt.

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.620
 Luther once told Erasmus

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.779
 during the Reformation,

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.240
 Your thoughts about God

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.420
 are way too human.

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.680
 You think like God

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.460
 is like us.

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.400
 You think that He

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.380
 is just like a man.

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.220
 And that's your problem.

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.859
 We think we can wage war

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.900
 against Him and win

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.839
 because we think

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.620
 that He's just like

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.359
 another puny,

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.019
 earthly leader.

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:12.279
 Like God said

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.980
 in Psalm 50,

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.319
 He's like,

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.619
 You thought that I was

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.940
 all together like you.

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.319
 Right?

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.879
 But notice

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.339
 what God is not doing.

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.220
 He is not fretting.

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.200
 He is not worrying.

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.099
 He's not shaking

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.900
 in His boots

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:26.900
 at this sinful rebellion.

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.359
 First,

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.660
 there's four things here.

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.139
 First,

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.039
 it says that He,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.799
 Yahweh,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.339
 sits enthroned.

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.180
 That's a contrast

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.160
 to verse 1.

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:38.039
 Just look at verse 1.

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.139
 The nations and the kings

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.899
 are in turmoil.

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.759
 They're in chaos.

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.659
 They're all over the place.

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.420
 And what is God doing?

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.139
 He's sitting.

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.359
 It doesn't bother Him,

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.019
 in other words.

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.019
 He is calm.

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.680
 He is poised.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.319
 It's a picture

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.200
 of His sovereign,

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.259
 divine power.

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:56.180
 He is not nervous at all.

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.920
 He is calm.

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 That's where they are in chaos.

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.019
 Secondly,

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.859
 not only is He sitting

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.059
 on His throne in heaven,

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.420
 that is to say,

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.099
 kind of this idea

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.219
 above the earth,

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.279
 at ease,

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.839
 He actually laughs at them.

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.079
 He mocks them.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.559
 He goes,

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.619
 and actually,

00:24:12.719 --> 00:24:13.819
 I think the actual word

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.519
 is goes on laughing.

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.279
 That's like what,

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.759
 so you can just see Him

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.339
 just sort of

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.879
 cutting up,

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.039
 like,

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.759
 are y'all serious?

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.139
 Like,

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:22.119
 just sort of laughing

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.119
 at the revolt

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:24.500
 that the earth

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:26.019
 is staging against Him.

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.459
 So,

00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:29.000
 but then,

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.799
 that laugh

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.759
 intensifies.

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:31.799
 Okay?

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:34.079
 I love the play

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.779
 on words there.

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.059
 It's just,

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.359
 He just laughs.

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.200
 He feels no threat

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.299
 from sinful man

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.599
 who is mortal

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.919
 and will soon perish

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:43.079
 like the grass of the field.

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.720
 He doesn't fear them

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.259
 at all.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.480
 So,

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.180
 thirdly,

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.339
 not only does He

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.399
 just kind of sit there

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.200
 and watch them,

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.559
 their puny threats,

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.259
 laughing,

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.279
 it says,

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.980
 the Lord,

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.240
 the Sovereign One,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.720
 Adonai,

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.399
 He holds them

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.019
 in derision.

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.200
 It means He mocks them

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.160
 and ridicules them.

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.800
 Picture Elijah

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.880
 with the prophets of Baal.

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.120
 Like,

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.360
 does your God hear you?

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.740
 Is that all you got?

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.380
 Is He there?

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.620
 That's sort of the same idea

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:12.780
 that God is doing to them.

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.700
 Is that all you can do?

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.460
 To these wicked,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.080
 pagan kings and people?

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.780
 It says,

00:25:18.780 --> 00:25:19.300
 then,

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.900
 verse 5,

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.780
 in other words,

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.940
 that then is important

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.660
 in verse 5.

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.000
 Then,

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.660
 meaning,

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.060
 when His patience

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.700
 and forbearance ends.

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.960
 He will speak to them

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.780
 in His wrath

00:25:32.780 --> 00:25:33.840
 and terrify them

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.540
 in His fury.

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.560
 So,

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.519
 He goes from sitting

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.360
 to laughing

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:39.860
 to coming after them

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:41.540
 in His fury.

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.120
 And then,

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.780
 fourthly,

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:46.320
 God reasserts

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.140
 His promise,

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.560
 I have set

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:50.040
 my king on Zion,

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.120
 my holy hill.

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.259
 So,

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.240
 in declaring that,

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:53.500
 God,

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.220
 here's what's crazy,

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.040
 God asserts

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:56.280
 that He's already done.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.259
 He's already accomplished

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.480
 what they're seeking to stop.

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.200
 It's already done.

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:01.840
 You're trying to stop it?

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.480
 It's already done.

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.540
 I've already accomplished

00:26:04.540 --> 00:26:05.720
 my purpose.

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:06.759
 So,

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.540
 the conclusion,

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.019
 though,

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:09.360
 is when wicked men,

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.800
 evil leaders,

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.980
 they may strut around

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.040
 the earth for a while

00:26:13.040 --> 00:26:14.160
 with delusions

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.080
 of control

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.720
 and power,

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.440
 but no scheme

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.380
 devised against Yahweh

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:21.040
 will ultimately succeed.

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.780
 God is not

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.800
 wetting His pants.

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.600
 Or as the Highlanders

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.019
 used to say,

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.880
 God is not peeing

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.480
 His kilt

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.240
 before the battle.

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.660
 He's just

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.800
 taking it easy.

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.200
 He's not afraid

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.880
 of what is to come.

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.360
 He laughs at them

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.420
 at their puny

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.980
 attempts to get rid of Him.

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:39.180
 The Lord is not dismayed.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.559
 And so,

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.860
 because He's not afraid,

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.380
 we don't have to be afraid.

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.539
 If we are His people

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.759
 and we belong to Him,

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.480
 we don't have to be afraid.

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.960
 God laughs at them.

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:53.660
 On a great commentary

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:57.180
 written in the 1500s

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.160
 on this psalm,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.480
 John Calvin wrote,

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.480
 the other consolation,

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.960
 the other consolation

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.960
 which follows is,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.480
 that when the ungodly

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.079
 have mustered

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.059
 all their forces,

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.539
 when depending

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.900
 on their vast numbers,

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.539
 their riches

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.240
 as the means

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.079
 of their defense,

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.660
 they not only

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.380
 pour forth

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.839
 their proud blasphemies,

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.839
 but ferociously

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.220
 assault heaven itself.

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.339
 When that happens,

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.579
 we,

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.460
 God's people,

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.740
 may safely laugh

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.839
 them to scorn,

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.160
 relying on this

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.559
 one consideration,

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.240
 that He whom

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.240
 they are assailing

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.220
 is the God

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.940
 who is in heaven.

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.579
 Wicked men

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.660
 may now conduct

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.240
 themselves

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.059
 as wickedly

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.839
 as they please,

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.960
 but they shall

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.940
 at length feel

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.240
 what it is

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.120
 to make war

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.880
 against heaven.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.980
 God signifies

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.400
 that He is so far

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.279
 exalted above

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.440
 the men of this world

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.120
 that the whole mass

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:56.200
 of them could not

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.980
 possibly

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.860
 obscure His glory

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.880
 in the least degree.

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:02.000
 As often then

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.200
 as the power of man

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.160
 appears formidable

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.960
 to us,

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.700
 let us remember

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.460
 how much

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.059
 it is transcended

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.299
 by the great power

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.000
 of God.

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.279
 That's good stuff.

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.000
 Four.

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.860
 Number four.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.160
 God the Son decrees.

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.059
 That's in verse 7

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.720
 through 9

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.400
 of Psalm 2.

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.240
 I will tell the decree.

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.259
 The Lord said to me,

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.400
 You are my Son.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:26.500
 Today I have begotten you.

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.200
 Ask of me

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.799
 and I will make

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.380
 the nations

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.140
 your heritage,

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.779
 the ends of the earth

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.480
 your possession.

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.220
 You shall break them

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.200
 with a rod of iron

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.039
 and dash them

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.779
 into pieces

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.099
 like a potter's vessel.

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.119
 So this is the

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.339
 picture of the Son of God.

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.640
 The Davidic king speaks.

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.619
 I will tell the decree.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.380
 That's a divine oracle

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.700
 that was spoken

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.519
 by the prophet

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.400
 over the king

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.339
 at his coronation.

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.400
 It was a foretelling.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.460
 So David referred to,

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:53.860
 again,

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.940
 these sons

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:57.320
 whom God appointed.

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:59.080
 It was customary

00:28:59.080 --> 00:29:00.120
 to give the new king

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.600
 a gift

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:02.120
 at his coronation.

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.320
 So what is this gift?

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.860
 He said,

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.640
 Ask of me

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.740
 and I will make

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.440
 the nations

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.280
 your own heritage.

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.140
 Not just a little gift.

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.820
 I will give you

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.560
 the nations.

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.640
 They will be yours.

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.740
 So it looked forward,

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.140
 I guess,

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.519
 beyond David's time.

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.640
 How do we know

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.700
 this time has been fulfilled yet?

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:21.080
 Because for nearly 400 years,

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.440
 Israel didn't even have a king.

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.820
 They were ruled by other people

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.460
 and they still

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.040
 are very much threatened,

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.360
 you know,

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.020
 even today.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.300
 So that king

00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:29.740
 has not come yet.

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.220
 It looks forward

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.240
 to the day

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.180
 when the true king

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.200
 descended from David

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.680
 would come.

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.820
 So it's a messianic picture.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.440
 An heir of David

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.180
 who will lead

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.220
 his people

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.940
 bringing light

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.980
 to not just Israel

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.980
 but the nations

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:45.320
 by making them subjects.

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.300
 By making them

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:47.080
 his subjects.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.780
 And that's how

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:50.020
 the nations of the earth

00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:50.940
 will find blessing.

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:53.380
 By coming to that king.

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.540
 This king, again,

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.640
 recalls what God

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.540
 said at his,

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.000
 you know,

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:59.000
 the coronation.

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.880
 The promise that

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.320
 the line of David

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:02.640
 will be sure forever.

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.200
 The purpose of Abraham

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.380
 to make

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:07.280
 all the nations blessed

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:08.680
 of coming through him.

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:10.300
 This is a symbolic

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.140
 of that promise.

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.600
 It wraps up

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.440
 at the end of that.

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:15.340
 He shall break them

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:16.300
 with a rod of iron

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.980
 and dash them

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.700
 into pieces

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.519
 like a potter's vessel.

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.360
 That's actually

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.059
 not a symbol

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.660
 of oppression

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.940
 but of firmness

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.680
 and strength.

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.860
 That means he's not shaky.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.579
 He's calm.

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.680
 And when he does this,

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.180
 he'll bring it

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:31.160
 to complete fulfillment.

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.980
 God has the power

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.200
 to bring all the nations

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:36.299
 to this one king

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.420
 which is Jesus Christ.

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.480
 Christ.

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.060
 And then lastly,

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.220
 number five,

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:42.519
 God the Spirit commands.

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.900
 And why do we say

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.560
 God the Spirit?

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.720
 Because this is sort of

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.300
 like a,

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.960
 when we preach

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.840
 the gospel message

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.360
 to people

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.940
 and plea with them

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.800
 to be reconciled

00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:53.380
 to God

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.800
 or perish

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.980
 because of their sin,

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.779
 whose job is that?

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.220
 It's the Holy Spirit's job.

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.759
 It doesn't give us

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.519
 warm feelings.

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.519
 He says,

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.139
 Jesus says

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.900
 he's going to come

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.000
 to convict the world

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.579
 of sin,

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.859
 righteousness,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.819
 and of judgment.

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.079
 That's what Jesus said.

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.400
 So,

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.379
 verse 10,

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.900
 therefore,

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.500
 O kings,

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.220
 be wise,

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:15.000
 be warned,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.180
 O rulers of the earth.

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.980
 Serve the Lord

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.600
 with fear

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:19.020
 and rejoice

00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:19.820
 with trembling.

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.860
 Kiss the son

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:23.200
 lest he be angry

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.760
 and you perish

00:31:24.760 --> 00:31:25.420
 in the way

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.840
 where his wrath

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.820
 is quickly kindled

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.980
 and blessed are those

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.900
 who take refuge

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:31.000
 in him.

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.060
 So,

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.700
 David gives advice

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.680
 to these pagan kings

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.320
 and their people.

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.700
 Be wise,

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.780
 be warned.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.140
 Be wise,

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.600
 be warned.

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.200
 Some of you need

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.980
 to hear that today.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.700
 You're foolishly

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.620
 walking in rebellion.

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.460
 You think it's fun.

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.220
 You think it's cool

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.140
 to rebel against

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.780
 God and his laws,

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.420
 his person,

00:31:51.520 --> 00:31:52.120
 to spit upon

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.840
 everything good

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.480
 he's given you

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.460
 and say that it's yours.

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.800
 Be wise

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.580
 and be warned.

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.660
 Lasting security

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.860
 comes not

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:03.080
 from your own health.

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.680
 It doesn't come

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.640
 from the government

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.820
 or political might

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.480
 or strength

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.940
 or the economy

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:09.420
 or even powerful leadership

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.340
 or even a morally

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.279
 upright society.

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.799
 That's not

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.559
 what brings security.

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.740
 It only comes,

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:17.019
 according to the scripture,

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.299
 it only comes

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:20.000
 by taking refuge

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.799
 in Yahweh's

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.779
 anointed king,

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:23.319
 which is his son.

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.319
 We need not fear

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.980
 anyone

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.699
 sitting on

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.459
 this earth

00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:29.539
 on a puny

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.299
 earthly throne

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.419
 because Jesus Christ

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.299
 sits enthroned

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.480
 in heaven

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.079
 forever.

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.639
 So he gives them

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.159
 an option.

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.839
 Do this

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.960
 or face this.

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.559
 Option one,

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.679
 kiss the son.

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.419
 It's a gesture

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.179
 of peace,

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.779
 homage,

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.460
 submission

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.199
 to God's

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.059
 appointed king

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.879
 who is worthy

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:49.480
 and deserving.

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.859
 And Jesus said,

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.699
 he who honors

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:54.539
 not the son

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.059
 honors not

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.659
 the father

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.480
 who sent him.

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.359
 Kiss the son.

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.179
 If you refuse

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.979
 to make peace

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:02.979
 with God's son,

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.639
 his appointed king,

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.079
 it says,

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:06.099
 he will be angry

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.919
 and you will perish

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.579
 in the way

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.479
 for his wrath

00:33:09.479 --> 00:33:10.500
 is quickly kindled.

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:12.159
 He will perish

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.879
 like wax

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.699
 before the sun.

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.179
 That's like

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.000
 what's going on.

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:17.059
 So make peace

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.679
 with this king.

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.679
 He is a good king.

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.879
 He is a worthy king.

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.459
 He will love you,

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.119
 save you,

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.959
 protect you,

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:25.019
 give you eternal life.

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:27.500
 You can trust him

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:29.859
 or you can trust yourself

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.700
 or trust some other

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.799
 earthly thing

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:33.119
 and fail.

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:36.299
 Jesus will be

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.400
 the instrument

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.299
 by which God

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.119
 carries out

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.920
 this judgment.

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.019
 He will send back

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.139
 his appointed king,

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.420
 his anointed son,

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.099
 not to

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:48.960
 bring peace

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.559
 but to bring

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.680
 the sword of judgment

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.099
 but also to destroy

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.180
 all evil out there.

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.900
 and it's the last place

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.380
 you've got to look

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.860
 and we're done.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.860
 Turn to Revelation

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.900
 chapter 19

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.420
 and we're done.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.340
 This is a picture

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.880
 of this.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.580
 We know

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.820
 that Psalm 2

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.820
 is not fulfilled

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:09.099
 in David's lifetime.

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.800
 We also know

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.519
 that this wasn't

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.159
 in the power

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:16.400
 of any earthly successor

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.980
 he had.

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.800
 The son

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:20.539
 that Yahweh

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.300
 has appointed

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.900
 will be

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.659
 his instrument

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.300
 of judgment.

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.779
 The son

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.599
 will come back.

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:26.940
 Yeah,

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.960
 so Revelation

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.819
 19

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.679
 verse 11,

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.539
 right?

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.419
 The apostle

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:32.940
 John

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.579
 on the island

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.059
 of Patmos

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.719
 given these

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.159
 visions

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.039
 of things

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.399
 to come.

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.000
 It says,

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.539
 Then I saw

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.239
 heaven open

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.940
 and behold

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.000
 a white horse.

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.599
 So Jesus

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.139
 isn't coming

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.659
 on a donkey

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.239
 this time.

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:48.319
 Humble and meek,

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.079
 he's coming back

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.960
 on a war horse.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.159
 The one

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.920
 sitting on it

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.320
 is called

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.159
 faithful and

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.539
 true.

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.260
 And in

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.860
 righteousness

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.659
 he judges

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.400
 and makes

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.860
 war.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.420
 His eyes

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.119
 are like a flame

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.720
 of fire

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.519
 and on his

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.940
 head are

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.880
 many diadems.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.579
 And he has a name

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.639
 written that no one

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.780
 knows but himself.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.519
 He is clothed

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.059
 in a robe

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.159
 dipped in blood

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:12.579
 and has a name

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.340
 by which he is

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.760
 called,

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.740
 it's called

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.920
 the word of God.

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.639
 And the armies

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.280
 of heaven

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.340
 arrayed in fine

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.619
 linen,

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.920
 white and pure,

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.340
 were following

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.820
 him on the

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.440
 white horses.

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.840
 And from his

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.659
 mouth comes a

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.420
 sharp sword

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.539
 with which he

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.460
 will strike down

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.099
 the nations.

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.800
 You saw that in

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.260
 Psalm 2,

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.599
 didn't you?

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.059
 And he will

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.700
 rule them

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.220
 with a rod

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.680
 of iron.

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.340
 That's a picture

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.200
 of stability,

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.019
 calmness,

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.159
 order.

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.860
 He will tread

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.800
 the winepress

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.400
 of the fury

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.079
 of the wrath

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.119
 of God Almighty.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.339
 And on his

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:47.279
 robe and on

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.819
 his thigh,

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.440
 he has a name

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.759
 written,

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.739
 King of kings,

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.359
 Lord of lords.

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.299
 So this is the

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.440
 king we all

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.039
 long for.

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.199
 He's not,

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.299
 if you have

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.039
 peace with this

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.380
 king,

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.039
 you're okay.

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.380
 He's not coming

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.940
 to make war

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.500
 against you.

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.920
 He's coming

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.259
 to make the

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:03.739
 enemies,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.619
 his enemies,

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.799
 perish before

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.400
 his eyes.

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.460
 He's coming

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.500
 to save us.

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.779
 He's coming

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.920
 to deliver us

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.279
 from this

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.659
 broken,

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.279
 horrible world.

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.819
 So that's it.

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.359
 You can either

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.920
 love and

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.420
 serve that

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.740
 king,

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.960
 or you can

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.619
 despise that

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.880
 king.

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.059
 It's your

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.460
 choice.

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.619
 Be enemies

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.380
 with God

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.700
 on your

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.059
 terms,

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.680
 or be friends

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.000
 with him

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.680
 on his

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.019
 terms.

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.460
 So the

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.980
 scope of

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.480
 such an

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.940
 accomplishment

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.000
 calls for a

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.400
 ruler that

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:29.019
 is not just

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.460
 a man.

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.260
 It calls for

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.460
 someone who

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.039
 is actually

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.559
 divine.

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.119
 The kings

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.579
 and rulers

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.079
 of the earth

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.059
 must understand

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.740
 the ruler

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:38.059
 that we

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.059
 reject is not

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.559
 just another

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.260
 human being,

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.000
 but is God's

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.740
 own chosen

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.280
 anointed

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.720
 king.

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.919
 For the

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.379
 sake of

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:44.699
 this world.

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.039
 He's coming

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.399
 to bring

00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:45.899
 blessing.

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.219
 So we

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.939
 must embrace

00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:48.179
 him.

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.399
 So love

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.139
 this invincible

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.599
 king,

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:52.079
 trust him,

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.799
 submit to

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.099
 him,

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.059
 and then

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.379
 there's that

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:54.859
 promise,

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.419
 all those

00:36:55.419 --> 00:36:55.699
 who take

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.399
 refuge in

00:36:56.399 --> 00:36:56.719
 him,

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.599
 they will

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.179
 be blessed.

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.500
 They will

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.079
 be blessed.

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.619
 And so,

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:04.299
 so much in

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.699
 this psalm

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.279
 can go on

00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:05.659
 and on,

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 but I

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.480
 pray that

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.819
 in the midst

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.079
 of your

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.619
 own life

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:08.859
 and what

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.259
 you see

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.019
 around us

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.299
 in our

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.879
 own day

00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.460
 that this

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.079
 brings some

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.699
 calm to

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:13.960
 you.

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.359
 It does

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:15.799
 to me.

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.599
 To know

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.259
 that our

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.579
 king,

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.359
 Jesus Christ,

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.859
 is ruling

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.299
 and reigning

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.920
 even now

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.239
 and his

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.759
 kingdom is

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.199
 advancing

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.819
 despite of

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.099
 what we

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.440
 see.

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.980
 Hearts are

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.440
 being won

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.940
 to Christ

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.420
 from every

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.839
 nation.

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.420
 And even

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.940
 here in

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.440
 Dahlonega,

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.179
 it's happening.

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.500
 So let's

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.839
 give him

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.339
 praise and

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.659
 let's just

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.259
 take confidence

00:37:33.259 --> 00:37:34.039
 in him that

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.339
 no matter

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:34.839
 what we see

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.399
 around us,

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.940
 he is our

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.639
 refuge.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.940
 Let's pray

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.320
 together.