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 The book of Psalms, do you remember how many psalms there are?

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 150 psalms written over a span of how many years?

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 That's right, at least a thousand years span.

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 So really covering the entire history of God's revelation.

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 Psalm chapter 2 today.

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 I want to share a couple of things for you to keep in mind as we read through the entire psalm.

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 My dear friend, Matthew Henry, a Puritan commentator, said the first psalm is law, showing us our duty.

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 This psalm, Psalm 2, is evangelical, showing us our Savior.

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 So look for the Savior in Psalm 2.

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 The Savior is called the Lord's anointed in verse 2.

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 He's the Lord's established king in verse 6, and he's the begotten son of Jehovah in verses 7 and 12.

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 We saw last week how Psalm 1 taught us that it is spiritually fatal to be directed by the world.

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 Instead, we should be directed by the law of God.

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 Now, Psalm 2 teaches us that it's also spiritually fatal to go through life on this earth being intimidated of the world,

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 a world that rejects God's law.

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 That's also spiritually fatal.

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 So listen, as we read Psalm 2, the contrast is set.

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 The blessed way and the way that perishes.

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 Now in Psalm 2, we will see that though it's hard to walk the blessed way,

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 we have reason to rejoice with trembling.

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 As I read Psalm 2, you follow along.

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 Remember, this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, insufficient word.

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 This is God's very own word for you, His people.

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 When I'm done reading, I'll say, this is the word of the Lord.

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 We'll respond by saying, thanks be to God.

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 All right, Psalm 2.

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 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed,

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 saying, verse 3,

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 Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.

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 Verse 4,

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 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.

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 The Lord shall have them in derision.

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 Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.

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 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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 I will declare the decree.

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 Verse 7,

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 The Lord has said unto me,

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 Thou art my son.

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 This day have I begotten thee.

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 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance.

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 And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.

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 Thou shalt dash them into pieces like a potter's vessel.

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 Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings.

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 Be instructed, ye judges 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, and ye perish from the way.

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 When His wrath is kindled but a little.

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 Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 We're told in Isaiah 40 that the grass withers,

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 and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 O anointed King,

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 declare to us the divine decree once again today.

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 Cause us by the power of your Holy Spirit in us and with us as a body.

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 Cause us to rejoice with trembling at the sight of you

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 when we behold you seated on your throne, we ask.

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 For Christ's sake, amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 how do you have hope and happiness

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 in a world that rages against God?

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 Do I need to make the case that this world rages against God,

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 or are you there?

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 You're with me.

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 The world rages against God,

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 and yet how do we, as pilgrims, as sojourners,

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 how do we have hope and happiness

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 as we walk this earth?

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 I want to give you my one point.

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 The one point of the sermon is this.

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 Psalm 2 teaches us to rejoice with trembling at the Holy King.

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 Rejoice with trembling at the Holy King

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 and take refuge in Him.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 How should you live in this world?

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 How can you have hope and happiness?

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 Rejoice with trembling at the Holy King

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 and take refuge in Him.

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 That's your source of hope and happiness in this world.

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 We're going to walk through verse by verse

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 this glorious, majestic psalm.

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 And that's been my prayer all week long,

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 simply that this psalm will elevate our thoughts of God

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 and cause us to behold Him on His holy hill

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 and to rejoice with trembling.

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 History runs red, wrote Pastor Dale Ralph Davis,

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 with the blood of Messiah's members.

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 And he quotes from a pastor,

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 a Christian in China named Brother Yun.

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 Brother Yun wrote his book

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 based on what he witnessed in his town of Nanyang,

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 in 1949 when the Communist Party took over

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 and made Christianity illegal.

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 I think this is okay for children to hear.

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 This is what our brothers and sisters around the world

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 have suffered for the faith.

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 He saw Christians, like you and like me,

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 crucified on the walls of their churches

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 for refusing to deny Jesus.

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 He saw other Christians bound up in chains

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 and that chains attached to the saddle of horses

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 and they were drug publicly in the streets

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 at a fast pace until they were drug to death.

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 One pastor was hoisted up on a makeshift crane

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 and dropped to the ground.

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 It didn't kill him.

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 They hoisted him up again publicly,

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 dropped him again to his death.

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 Pastor Davis writes,

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 This is sadly par for the course

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 and our current century is already awash

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 in such brutality.

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 Hatred for the Messiah spills over

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 on Messiah's people.

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 Didn't you see that in Acts 4?

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 We read Acts 4.

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 Hatred for God's people.

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 It's hatred for the Messiah.

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 Make him stop talking about him.

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 The world rages against God

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 and it spills over onto his people.

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 That's why the psalmist starts in verse 1

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 by asking the question,

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 Why?

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 How can the Christian,

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 how can the believer,

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 how can the psalmist have hope

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 and happiness in a world

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 that rages against God?

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 Now look at what the Holy Spirit teaches

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 the psalmist,

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 opening his eyes to behold the heavenly realm.

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 The effect it has on the psalmist

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 is rejoice with trembling at the Holy King

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 and take refuge in him.

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 Now Psalm 2 is very symmetrical.

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 12 verses.

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 Each pairing of three verses

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 is one scene.

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 So 12 verses,

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 four scenes,

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 three verses each scene.

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 Let's look first at scene number one.

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 To set the stage here,

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 if this were a stage

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 and you're in ancient Israel

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 and you're getting to now imagine

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 what these words describe,

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 the orchestra would swell up.

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 It would be noisy, clangy, concophony.

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 The psalmist desires to walk the blessed way

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 like you saw in Psalm 1,

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 but is overwhelmed by the wickedness

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 of this way that perishes,

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 that's overwhelming

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 and pushing in on the narrow way

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 of the blessed.

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 So scene one is this.

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 It's the sin-loving world,

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 loud,

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 clamoring together,

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 conspiring,

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 hating God

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 and hating the law of his kingdom.

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 That's verses one, two, and three.

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 So the psalmist prays.

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 And as he prays,

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 God answers his question,

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 why?

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 By telling him it's vain.

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 Look at verse one.

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 The psalmist is in dismay.

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 Why do the nations rage?

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 And the heathen peoples,

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 these godless peoples of the nations,

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 why do they plot a vain thing?

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 Verse two,

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 the kings of the earth set themselves

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 and the rulers take counsel together

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 against the Lord

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 and against his anointed,

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 saying,

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 let us break their bands asunder

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 and cast away their cords from us.

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 You'll see in verse two,

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 this is the kings of the earth,

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 the rulers from all the world.

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 It feels to him like a great conspiracy.

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 They're all against this king

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 whose kingdom of heaven

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 is intruding on earth.

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 They take counsel together

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 against the Lord.

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 See, these are all enemies

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 and vying for power,

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 but they have one common enemy,

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 and that's the king of heaven.

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 They're vying together

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 in their power against him now.

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 Now we get this Trinitarian insight.

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 It's against the Lord.

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 The word is Jehovah.

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 That's the name of God

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 in covenant to sinners,

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 the covenant-keeping Lord

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 and his anointed.

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 So as the New Testament believers

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 would have read Psalm 2

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 in the Greek translation,

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 the Septuagint,

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 it would have said

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 against the Lord and Christ.

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 You know what?

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 Christ means anointed.

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 They're vying against Jehovah,

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 the covenant-keeping God

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 of the old covenant,

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 and his Christ,

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 and his anointed.

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 And what is it that they hate

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 about God and his anointed?

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 The nations of the world

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 view themselves

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 as being bound with cords,

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 and these bands

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 are tying them up,

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 and they're saying,

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 we are all bound by these cords.

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 Let's burst them.

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 And not only burst them

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 and get free and run away,

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 let's throw the cords asunder.

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 Let's throw them away.

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 Let's be done with this God

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 who binds us once and for all.

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 It's a mutiny.

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 It's the pirates wanting to

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 topple over the kingdom of heaven.

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 What are the bonds

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 that tie and restrain

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 the kings of the earth?

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 God declares,

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 I alone am the Lord.

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 You shall worship me alone.

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 And the nations

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 and the rulers of this world

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 want to say,

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 no,

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 we will make our own little

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 lowercase g's

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 in our own image

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 and worship whoever we want

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 and have our identity

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 bound up in those idols

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 that we have created.

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 God says,

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 I claim this day as mine.

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 I set all of creation in order.

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 And they rebel.

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 They say,

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 we will do whatever we want

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 on any day that we want.

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 God says,

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 in my kingdom,

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 there is no murder.

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 Murder is punished.

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 There are no lies.

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 There's no envy,

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 no coveting.

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 And they say,

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 we will do whatever we want

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 and we'll celebrate

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 those who do it.

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 And this is the same world

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 that very quickly,

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 if left unrestrained,

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 will self-destroy,

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 will bring so much wickedness

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 and violence

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 that a holy God

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 can't sit there any longer.

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 He washed away the world

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 once with a flood.

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 So why is it that this world

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 still has good hospitals,

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 good schools,

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 you know,

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 the arts,

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 beautiful creative expressions?

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 It's only by God's

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 preserving kindness.

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 That's the only reason.

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 And yet that moral law,

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 that moral law of God

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 which restrains the evil powers,

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 is what they view as the cause

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 that they want to rebel against.

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 If God said it,

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 their evil hearts are distorted

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 and they want to rebel against it.

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 So would a king,

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 would a loving king

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 bring this starving lion,

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 this predator,

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 into his living room

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 where his children are,

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 where his family lives,

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 and turn the chains loose

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 and just release the bonds

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 off of this lion

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 around his own family?

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 A good king would never do that.

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 But that's how the wicked rulers

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 view God.

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 He's keeping us back.

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 Let us go wherever we want

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 and devour.

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 We hate your rule, God,

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 they say.

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 We love our sin.

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 They would kill God

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 if they could.

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 But the psalmist recognizes

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 this is in vain.

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 These men are so darkened

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 in their thinking.

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 Isaiah 57, verse 20 says,

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 The wicked are like the tossing sea

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 that cannot be quiet.

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 It's tossed up.

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 The mire and the dirt

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 swirling all around in it.

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 There is no peace,

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 says my God,

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 for the wicked.

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 That's how the raging world is.

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 The world that loves its sin

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 hates God

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 and hates the law

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 of God's kingdom.

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 Do you get that first scene

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 in your mind,

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 verses 1, 2, and 3?

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 All right.

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 Well, if you desire

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 to walk in the way

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 that is blessed,

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 you're like the psalmist.

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 You're like me.

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 You're feeling overwhelmed

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 in such a world.

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 But learn the example

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 from the psalmist

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 is ask God the question,

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 Lord, why?

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 It's so hard.

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 Why?

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 Why is it overwhelming

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 to be in this world?

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 You cry out to God.

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 You don't tremble

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 at the wicked kings

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 and the rulers of the world.

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 You don't fear man.

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 Because instead,

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 you see God

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 exalted above all.

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 You see that

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 no matter what they come up with,

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 it's in vain.

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 You tremble at God

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 and then you rejoice

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 by taking refuge in Him,

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 the unshakable rock.

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 Now, scene 2,

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 verses 4, 5, and 6.

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 Scene 1,

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 the psalmist is in

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 this physical realm

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 overwhelmed by the foolishness

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 of the perishing way.

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 Now, scene 2,

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 I believe the Holy Spirit

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 opens the eyes

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 of the psalmist

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 to behold the spiritual realm,

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 which we only see

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 through the eyes of faith.

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 So scene 2 is

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 the sin-hating Lord

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 enthroned over His kingdom.

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 Scene 1 was

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 the sin-loving world

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 hating God

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 and the law of His kingdom.

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 But scene 2 now

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 is the sin-hating Lord

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 enthroned on His hill,

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 His holy kingdom,

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 over this fallen earth.

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 Verse 4,

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 He that sits

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 in the heaven

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 shall laugh.

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 The Lord shall have

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 these wicked rulers

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 in derision.

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 It's like,

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 it's like these wicked rulers

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 are bungee jumpers

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 with spiky rocks

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 at the bottom

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 that they're jumping to

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 and they're saying,

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 cut these cords off.

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 Let us,

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 let us be free

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 once for all.

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 And the Lord

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 holds them in derision.

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 Romans 2, 14 says,

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 when the Gentiles

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 who do not have the law,

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 referring to the Mosaic law,

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 but by nature

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 they do what the law requires,

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 they are a law

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 to themselves,

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 even though they do not

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 have the law.

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 Do you know those

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 who mock the Lord?

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 Stand-up comedians

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 or men like

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 Friedrich Nietzsche

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 or Stephen Hawking?

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 They say,

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 cut off these bungee cords.

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 Let us plunge to our death.

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 And the Lord

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 in His long-suffering kindness

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 and forbearance,

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 He's binding them,

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 holding them

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 from what will be

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 their soon destruction.

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 And those who don't say,

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 Lord, Your will be done,

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 He will say,

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 have it Your way.

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 He mocks them to scorn.

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 It's like God says,

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 do you think I,

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 the Creator of all,

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 won't rule over

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 my own creation?

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 And His mocking

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 or just seeing the pettiness,

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 the vanity of it,

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 it turns to wrath.

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 You think God doesn't care

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 about sin?

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 You think God

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 lets the world go

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 as however it wants to

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 and doesn't care?

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 The Lord cares.

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 He hates sin.

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 He sees sin

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 and it turns to wrath.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 Then shall He speak unto them

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 in His wrath

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 and vex them

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 in His sore displeasure.

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 Don't think for a moment

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 that the Lord is pleased

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 by sin.

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 The Lord hates sin.

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 He is the sin-hating Lord

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 who is enthroned

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 over His holy kingdom.

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 Now look at verse 6.

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 He says,

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 I set my king

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 upon my holy hill

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 of Zion.

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 That's how God

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 responds to the sinful world.

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 He hates the sin so much,

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 what does He do?

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 He sets His Son

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 to rule over the world.

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 He makes His hatred of sin

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 so clear,

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 not only in the conscience

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 of every created being,

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 not only by the law

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 that was given through Moses

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 contained in His Word,

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 but now with Jesus Christ Himself

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 taking the throne,

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 the throne over all the nations.

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 See, the Holy Spirit

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 throughout all the Old Covenant

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 was whispering

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 and hinting

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 and allowing glimpses

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 of Christ enthroned.

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 Isaiah got this glimpse.

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 He said in Isaiah 66,

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 1,

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 Of God,

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 heaven is my throne,

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 the earth is my footstool.

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 The psalmist here in Psalm 2

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 gets a glimpse of heaven.

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 There sits the Lord

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 and His anointed.

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 On the throne of heaven,

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 the spiritual realm

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 puts His feet.

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 It's like the king

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 stomping down on the earth.

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 It's His footstool.

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 He does whatever He pleases.

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 So how do you have hope?

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 How do you have hope

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 in a world that rages against God?

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 You behold God

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 on His throne,

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 the throne of heaven,

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 and you behold

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 His anointed one,

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 His Son,

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 set by God

00:19:00.260 --> 00:19:01.420
 on that holy hill.

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 By elevating your thoughts

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 off of man

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 and the brokenness

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.860
 of this world,

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 you behold God,

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 you rejoice

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:09.160
 with trembling,

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 and you take refuge

00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:11.980
 in Him.

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 All right,

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.099
 scene three,

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 verses seven,

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 eight,

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 and nine.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 shows the psalmist

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 what the Creator God

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.680
 decrees.

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 The Father,

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.539
 Son,

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 promise here.

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 And this is the chief end

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 of the whole world.

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 This is so glorious.

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 So scene three is,

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 the world-loving Son

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 promised

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:41.000
 to inherit

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.299
 the uttermost parts

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 of the earth.

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 Yes,

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.779
 God hates the world,

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.920
 but the Son

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:50.920
 shows the love

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 of God

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 for sinners

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.279
 to the uttermost parts

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.660
 of this sinful world.

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 And He receives them

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 as part of His kingdom.

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 Look at verse seven.

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 I will declare

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.039
 the decree.

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 So what does the Son do?

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.639
 He preaches.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.700
 He declares.

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.740
 What does He declare?

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.159
 He declares the decree.

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:11.159
 What's a decree?

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 A decree is

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 what the sovereign,

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 eternal King

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.240
 has determined,

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 sovereignly willed,

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 that will come to pass.

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 That's what a King

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.279
 makes a decree.

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 This will come to pass

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.339
 in my kingdom.

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 So verse seven,

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 I will declare

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 the decree.

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 What is the decree?

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 The Lord

00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:30.559
 hath said unto me,

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:32.619
 Thou art my Son.

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 This day

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 have I begotten Thee.

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 So,

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 there are only two categories.

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 It's creation

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 or the Creator.

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 The Son is not created.

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 The Son is Creator.

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 So,

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.199
 the same essence

00:20:53.199 --> 00:20:53.799
 of God,

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 the very God,

00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:55.679
 of very God,

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.140
 the begotten Son,

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 the eternally generated

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.259
 Son.

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:00.580
 Now,

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.380
 it's a mystery to us,

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.360
 but this is so important.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.500
 The Son was not created.

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 The Son,

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 eternally,

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:08.680
 is revealing now

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.799
 to the created world

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.320
 the decree

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:11.259
 of the loving Father.

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 So,

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:12.539
 Father,

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:12.940
 Son,

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.240
 now where's the Holy Spirit?

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 Well,

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 remember,

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.759
 He's called the Anointed.

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 This is the Anointed Son

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.799
 that the Father

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.680
 has set on His hill.

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.980
 John Calvin,

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.320
 during the Reformation,

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.900
 pointed out

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 there are three offices

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 in the Old Testament

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 that are anointed.

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 It's prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king.

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 You've heard those terms.

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 Where do we get

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 prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king from?

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 It's because in the Old Testament,

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 those are the offices

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 that were anointed.

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 They're anointed either by oil,

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 by the Holy Spirit,

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 or both.

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 So,

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 the Son of God,

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 the eternally generated,

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 begotten Son of God,

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 is the anointed one,

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 anointed by the Holy Spirit.

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 In the New Testament,

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 we see this at the baptism.

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 You see the same words.

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 The Father says,

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 this is my son

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 And the Spirit descends upon him.

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 So you can picture with Aaron,

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 Moses pouring oil

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 over Aaron's head and beard.

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 That was anointing Aaron

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 for the office of priest.

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 You can picture David,

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 that sunburnt shepherd boy,

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 coming to Samuel,

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 Samuel anointing him with oil.

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 There's the king and the priest.

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 And then the prophets

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 were anointed by the Holy Spirit,

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 and they declared

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 the counsel of God.

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 So here you see,

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 it's God himself,

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 anointed by God for creation.

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 Three times anointed,

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 prophet, priest, and king.

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 Revealing to the world

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 who this God is.

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 And notice the promise

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 between the Father and the Son

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 in verse 8.

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 Ask of me,

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 and I shall give thee the heathen,

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 the pagan nations,

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 for thine inheritance,

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 and the uttermost parts

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 parts of the earth

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 for thy possession.

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 They will be yours.

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 So are you telling me

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 that the Father

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 promised to the Son

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 this eternal decree

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 that would come to pass,

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 that the Son would inherit

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 and have as his possession

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 souls from the ends of the earth?

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 Is that only just found in Psalm 2?

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 And where do we get

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 such a rich teaching?

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 Isaiah 49.6 is one other

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 glorious place of many more.

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 Isaiah 49.6 says,

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 It is a light thing

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 that thou should be my servant

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 and raise up to the tribes of Jacob

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 and to restore and preserve Israel.

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 See, the Father says to the Son,

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 Yes,

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 you will be my servant,

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 my suffering servant,

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 and I'll give you restored Israel.

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 But that's too light of a thing.

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 That's too small.

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 The Father promises the Son

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 in Isaiah 49,

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 I will also give thee

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 for a light to the Gentiles

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 that you may be my salvation

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 unto the ends of the earth.

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 That's what the Father promises the Son.

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 Isn't this glorious?

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 This is one of my favorite doctrines

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 in all the Bible.

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 So this is what has been called

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 or tried to be understood

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 as the covenant of redemption

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 or the counsel of peace,

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 the eternal decree of God

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 outside of time.

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 that the world would have souls

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 belonging to Jesus

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 from every nation, tribe, and tongue.

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 The covenant of redemption.

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 Okay, well, what's a covenant?

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 My favorite definition of a covenant

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 is by Nehemiah Cox,

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 one of the signers

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 of the Second London Confession.

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 Nehemiah Cox says,

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 It's God's oath-bound promise

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 declaring the benefits

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 that God will bestow upon people,

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 the communion they will have with Him,

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 the way, the method,

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 or the means of grace

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 by which these blessings

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 will be enjoyed by the people

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 according to God's sovereign pleasure.

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 Covenant of redemption.

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 It's God establishing,

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 here's how I will bless sinners.

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 Here's how I will create a way

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 for those who are banished in darkness

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 to come and fellowship with me.

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 And it will be through Israel

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 because from Israel

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 I'll raise up my anointed.

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 But it will be for the ends

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 of the earth.

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 Now verse 9,

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 when a king is established,

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 he also has to deal with his enemies.

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 He has to deal with his borders.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 Thou shalt break them

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 with a rod of iron

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 and thou shalt dash them

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 into pieces

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 like a potter's vessel.

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 The image here is of power

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 and complete dominion.

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 So you picture a king,

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 especially a king like David

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 who's a man of war,

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 a man, you know,

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 covered in blood.

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 And he holds now

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 from the throne a rod.

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 And this rod he will use

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 to lift up like a scepter.

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 And this rod he can strike,

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 you know,

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 like a shepherd would strike away

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 the wolves coming to get his lambs.

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 And he says,

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 when he strikes you with this rod,

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 it's a rod of iron.

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 It will crush

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 whatever is in its way.

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 It's stronger than

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 all the other metals

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 of the Middle East.

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 In this time period,

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 it's of iron.

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 Nothing breaks

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 the rod of this king.

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 And you picture

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.319
 taking some, you know,

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.559
 handmade pottery

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:07.679
 and just smashing it down

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 on a rock.

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 That's the image

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.779
 of the enemies

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.359
 of this anointed king.

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 And that's the decree

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.519
 of the father

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 promising to the son.

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 So do you see now

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.960
 on this holy hill

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.600
 the world loving son

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:24.740
 being promised

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.960
 the uttermost parts

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.539
 of the earth

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.579
 as his possession,

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.440
 his inheritance.

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.940
 Let that be your comfort.

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.120
 Let that be your comfort

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.039
 that his church

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.880
 will prevail.

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 It's the church militant

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.440
 marching forward.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.620
 And yes,

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.240
 the world rages against God

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.840
 and the world

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.160
 is full of injustice.

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 But we continue trusting

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.860
 in this God

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.819
 who is powerful

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:49.139
 and he's caring

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.740
 and he hates sin

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 and one day

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.619
 he will make

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:54.099
 all things right.

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.419
 Hear over and over

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.119
 this decree,

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.899
 this promise

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.619
 and trust

00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:00.679
 that God spoke it

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:02.200
 and it will happen.

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.939
 So that's why

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.700
 we can rejoice

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.460
 with trembling

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.259
 if we take refuge

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.939
 in him.

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.099
 Be sure to be found

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.399
 inside his kingdom.

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:12.080
 All right,

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.580
 well what about

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.860
 the fourth scene now?

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.540
 Verses 10, 11, and 12.

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:21.300
 I believe what happens

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:22.300
 in this fourth scene

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:23.060
 is,

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.340
 if I get this right,

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.300
 otherwise tell me later,

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:26.240
 it's called

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.480
 breaking the fourth wall.

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.960
 So you picture like

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.500
 on the stage,

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.080
 you don't want to have

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:31.240
 four walls up, right?

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:32.040
 Because then the audience

00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:33.700
 can't peek into the room.

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.259
 So that fourth wall

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.220
 is when someone

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.800
 on the stage

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.720
 turns directly

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.320
 to the audience

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.179
 and addresses them.

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.500
 I think that's what happens

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.039
 in verses 10, 11, and 12.

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 The psalmist declares

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.939
 as God's prophet

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.980
 to all nations,

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:47.319
 rulers, and individuals

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:49.460
 the only wise way

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.279
 to respond

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.619
 to the reality

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.759
 of God's kingdom.

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.980
 See what the Holy Spirit

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.859
 has shown the psalmist,

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:57.039
 now he takes

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.679
 what he is seeing

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.500
 and he declares it

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.019
 to the world,

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.899
 to all the rulers

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.980
 of all the nations

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.839
 directly.

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.859
 So in scene four,

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:05.819
 there is no refuge

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.339
 from heaven's king

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.959
 but blessed

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.779
 are those

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.720
 who take refuge

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.459
 in him.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.720
 There is no refuge

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.359
 from him.

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.419
 Take refuge

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.419
 in him.

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.939
 Verse 10,

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.839
 Be wise now,

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.379
 therefore,

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.399
 O ye kings,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.159
 be instructed,

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.720
 ye judges

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.379
 of the earth.

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.019
 He says,

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:24.199
 this is God's creation.

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.579
 God rules

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.879
 all nations.

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.099
 They're all

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.099
 under his law.

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.659
 Verse 11,

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.419
 Serve the Lord

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.059
 with fear

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.980
 and rejoice

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.159
 with trembling.

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.339
 Serve the Lord.

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.379
 Lord,

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:38.039
 learn from his law.

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.799
 Learn from his people

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.799
 how to worship him.

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:43.019
 Learn from other safe sinners

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.679
 what it means

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.839
 to bend your knee,

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.359
 to submit to his terms

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.959
 and to find peace.

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.259
 Verse 12,

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.539
 Kiss the Son,

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.559
 lest he be angry

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.659
 and you perish

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.299
 from the way

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.359
 when his wrath

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.959
 is kindled

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:58.059
 but a little.

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.099
 Kiss the Son.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:06.259
 Until even recent times,

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.399
 an ambassador

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.419
 to another country

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.659
 would have to come

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:11.339
 and ceremonially

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.439
 bow down

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.539
 and kiss the foot

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.159
 of the king.

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.419
 Then they could go

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.599
 with that king's authority.

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.019
 First,

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.939
 that submission

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.839
 to the great king.

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.859
 Then on behalf

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.459
 of that king,

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.299
 go out

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.079
 to declare

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.000
 and to rule

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.939
 on his behalf.

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.179
 Kiss the king,

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.439
 lest he be angry

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.920
 and you perish

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:30.080
 from the way

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:31.400
 when his wrath

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.160
 is kindled

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.360
 but a little.

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.720
 See,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.580
 there is a time

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.620
 where his wrath

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.680
 will be kindled fully.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.660
 There is a time

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.600
 of coming judgment.

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.920
 His kingdom

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.180
 is advancing

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.420
 and his kingdom

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.200
 advances

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.740
 spiritually now.

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.460
 One day

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.039
 it will advance

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.920
 and be here

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.700
 consummately,

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.100
 fully and forever.

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.980
 And we long

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.559
 for that day,

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:55.920
 don't we?

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.560
 But his kingdom

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.759
 is advancing.

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.279
 He hates sin.

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.840
 No more let sins

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:05.080
 and sorrows grow

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.900
 nor thorns

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.300
 infest the ground.

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.640
 He comes to make

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.740
 his blessings flow

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:11.440
 far as the curse

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.160
 is found.

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.539
 He will restore

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.240
 all nations

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.000
 to the ends

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.120
 of the earth.

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.620
 Don't fear the wicked,

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.779
 the psalmist says.

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.539
 Their pride,

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.620
 it's in vain.

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.779
 It's empty.

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.120
 Their plans

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.180
 are foolish.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.420
 But instead,

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.360
 hear God's

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.140
 holy decree.

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.660
 The psalmist

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.660
 looks you in the eye.

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.600
 He says,

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.519
 kiss the sun.

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.279
 Rejoice with trembling.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.320
 Serve the Lord.

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.080
 Rejoice with trembling

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.000
 at the holy king

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.900
 and take refuge

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.400
 in him

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.160
 for there is

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.940
 no refuge

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.200
 from him.

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.120
 And that's how

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:46.039
 this psalm ends.

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:50.399
 Now, we've looked

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.299
 at the four scenes

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.940
 of this psalm.

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.639
 I wrestled

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.319
 just as much

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.839
 with the significance

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.799
 of this psalm

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.720
 as I did with

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.500
 getting the scenes

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.000
 correct.

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.500
 I believe there are

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.319
 many layers

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.399
 of significance here.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.180
 I just want to walk you

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.200
 through a few conclusions

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.839
 I've come to.

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.799
 The first is

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.319
 the significance

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.519
 of Psalm 2

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.099
 in its immediate context

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.399
 for life in the land,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.440
 life in the kingdom

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.960
 of God.

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.100
 He says,

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.460
 I have set my king

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:19.100
 upon the holy hill

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.740
 of Zion.

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.460
 So the immediate audience

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.180
 would have pictured

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.960
 David

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.600
 and the Davidic dynasty

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.820
 sitting on the throne

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.640
 in Jerusalem.

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.400
 The first reference

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.980
 in the Bible

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.320
 to Zion

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:34.120
 is in 2 Samuel 5-7.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.680
 We're told that

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.920
 the stronghold of Zion

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:37.460
 was taken over

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.100
 by David.

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.559
 It belonged previously

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.680
 to the Jebusites.

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.580
 Dale Ralph Davis

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.160
 pointed out

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.259
 that Zion

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.759
 was a puny

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.500
 11 acres

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.300
 of real estate

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:49.259
 on the southeastern ridge

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.000
 of Jerusalem

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:52.560
 and God's visible kingdom

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:54.000
 in this world

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.240
 was to begin

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.519
 on this tiny

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.700
 banana-shaped hill

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.580
 in a provincial backwater

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.720
 that David took

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.640
 from the Jebusites.

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.759
 But that term,

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.240
 Zion,

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.220
 this hill of Zion,

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.560
 it takes on rich

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:08.220
 biblical theological meaning

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.140
 throughout the revelation

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.720
 of Scripture.

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:14.720
 So the immediate audience

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.960
 would have found hope

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.160
 that even though

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.819
 these other nations

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.600
 are coming against us,

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.420
 God will raise up

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.740
 a nobody like David

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.680
 and put him on the throne

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.720
 and give us peace.

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.200
 That would have been

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.200
 their immediate way

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.140
 of reading Psalm 2.

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.579
 Did this happen?

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.900
 Because if God

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.839
 can't even deliver

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:30.279
 a yes

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.500
 to that original promise

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.420
 on that small scale,

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.380
 why should we have

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.480
 hope in anything further?

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.000
 Yes,

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.700
 God fulfilled His promise.

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:39.700
 1 Chronicles 18.11

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.019
 says,

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.180
 The Lord gave David

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.059
 victory

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.579
 everywhere he went.

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.339
 And David conquered

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.120
 the gold and silver

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:47.160
 from all these other nations,

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.819
 brought them back to Zion

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:50.460
 and presented them

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.200
 as an offering

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.860
 to the Lord,

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.860
 set aside

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.980
 for the construction

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.519
 of the Lord's temple.

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.099
 What were the nations

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.660
 that he conquered?

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.339
 It was Edom,

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.220
 Moab,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.319
 the Ammonites,

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.279
 the Philistines,

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.120
 and the Amalek.

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.160
 Any one of those

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.080
 in previous times

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:05.420
 would have dominated Israel.

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.460
 Now the Lord,

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.200
 through David,

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:07.840
 brought peace

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:09.060
 on all edges

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.019
 of the border.

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.820
 This continues on.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:14.259
 I believe that David

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:16.080
 was a level one

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.240
 fulfillment of this promise

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.800
 and David is also

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.960
 a shadow of Christ

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.860
 in his suffering,

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.580
 coming to be

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.840
 the bloody warrior shepherd.

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.259
 Now Solomon

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.740
 is paired with David.

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.440
 Scripture comes in pairs.

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.300
 You got Elijah, Elisha.

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:31.920
 And so David came

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.440
 as the bloody one.

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.059
 And now Solomon

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.799
 comes as like

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.740
 the ascended Lord

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.860
 coming to dominate

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.140
 in the time of peace,

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.340
 his second coming,

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:40.279
 and also his spiritual kingdom.

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:42.360
 1 Kings 4.21 says,

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.840
 During his reign,

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.420
 Solomon,

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.320
 the son of David,

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:47.220
 controlled the trade routes

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.480
 coming out of Edom,

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.059
 Arabia,

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.160
 India,

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.759
 Africa,

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.519
 and Judea.

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.180
 So yes,

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.120
 did the Lord fulfill this

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.980
 to their immediate context?

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.600
 He did.

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.420
 With David,

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.960
 with Solomon,

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.019
 all of their borders

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.700
 were fortified.

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.539
 God raised them up,

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.299
 brought them peace.

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.480
 He ruled and crushed

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.039
 their neighbors

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.620
 to demonstrate his power.

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.259
 God kept his word.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.200
 However,

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.340
 all of the promises

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.500
 that are put on this

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.139
 anointed one

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.179
 that will sit on Zion's hill,

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.800
 they're not fully met

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:15.039
 and fully fulfilled

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.260
 by David and Solomon

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.780
 yet either,

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.139
 are they?

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.400
 We know that

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.659
 from world history,

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.699
 Solomon,

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.599
 though he constructed

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.320
 a temple

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.900
 and he built this

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.000
 web of alliances

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:26.000
 through a lot of marriages

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.119
 to different princesses

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.920
 and concubines.

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:31.079
 He also introduced

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.619
 into the promised land,

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.460
 into this kingdom

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.500
 of God on earth,

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.119
 insurrections,

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.280
 dissent,

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.860
 division.

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.940
 He allowed idols

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:41.000
 from all these pagan nations

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.619
 to come in

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:43.380
 to corrupt the integrity

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.360
 of God's people.

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.480
 They turned away

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.000
 from the Lord

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.920
 and from his law

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.460
 and it was all downhill

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.679
 after Solomon.

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.280
 David's divinic dynasty,

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.460
 it ended

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.100
 with the conquering

00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:55.560
 of Jerusalem

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:56.220
 by Babylon

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:58.480
 in the year 586 B.C.

00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.060
 So that fulfillment

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:01.240
 leaves the rest

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:02.220
 of redemptive history

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.800
 asking,

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.940
 where is this promise

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.519
 going to happen?

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.240
 Think of those

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.980
 living in Jerusalem

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.660
 like Daniel

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.680
 and his friends.

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.500
 They would have been asking,

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.320
 how will Psalm 2

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.920
 be fulfilled?

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.560
 They would have been able

00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:14.420
 to turn to Isaiah 28, 16

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.000
 and read,

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.760
 Behold,

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.019
 I am laying in Zion

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:19.100
 a stone of stumbling,

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:20.240
 a rock of offense.

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:21.860
 Whoever believes in him

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.480
 will not be put to shame.

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.620
 And they would have held

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.340
 to hold on to that.

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.980
 God will put a king

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.720
 back in Zion

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:30.320
 and whoever puts their hope

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.180
 in my promise

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.480
 through that Davidic king

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.960
 will not be put to shame.

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:36.120
 So the next significance

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.920
 of Psalm 2

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.660
 would be for those

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.559
 carried away

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.720
 from Jerusalem and Israel

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.840
 into exile.

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.680
 It would have been sung

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:44.059
 for them as a song

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.740
 of hope

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.180
 while in exile,

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.740
 while they were sojourners

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.320
 and pilgrims

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.280
 without a land.

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.220
 God's wrath

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.119
 is still against

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.339
 those wicked rulers

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.819
 who mock their God,

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:55.519
 who view their God

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.159
 as weak and defeated.

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.879
 They would have had

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.679
 to sing Psalm 2

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.439
 with that promise

00:36:00.439 --> 00:36:00.939
 that no,

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:02.559
 our God does rule

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.459
 over these rulers,

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.480
 even Nebuchadnezzar,

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:06.079
 even great Assyria.

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:08.519
 They would have said,

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.339
 we need to continue

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.059
 serving the Lord.

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.959
 You hear that from Daniel

00:36:10.959 --> 00:36:11.559
 when he preaches

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.299
 to Nebuchadnezzar,

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:12.619
 he says,

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.899
 serve the Lord.

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.859
 He sets his king

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:17.239
 on his holy hill.

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.339
 He will one day

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:18.980
 do this again.

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.920
 We will see him

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.699
 in power.

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.760
 Listen to how Daniel

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:23.159
 wrote in Daniel 2.35.

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.400
 Daniel described

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.360
 how the kingdoms

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.940
 of the earth

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.860
 that were together

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.960
 built up into

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.780
 this great statue

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.940
 were then altogether

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.340
 broken in pieces

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.840
 and became like

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.500
 the chaff

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.900
 of the summer

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.800
 threshing floors

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.820
 and the wind

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.780
 carried them away

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.360
 so that not a trace

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.559
 of them could be found,

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.199
 but the stone

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.440
 that struck

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.539
 the image,

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.159
 this great statue

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:50.219
 became a mountain,

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.320
 a great mountain

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:53.779
 filled the whole earth.

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.860
 Do you hear Psalm 1

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.500
 and Psalm 2

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.800
 and David's prophecy

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.820
 while they're still

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.360
 in exile?

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.639
 He says,

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.820
 lift up your eyes,

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.860
 people of God.

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.480
 Continue in hope.

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.259
 He will set his king

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:07.500
 on his holy hill

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.219
 once again.

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.719
 Rejoice with trembling,

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.739
 not at Nebuchadnezzar

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.559
 or Assyria.

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.779
 Rejoice in trembling

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.900
 that God's decree

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:15.759
 will come to pass.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.920
 They could have sung

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.820
 that Christmas song

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.699
 that we sing now,

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.980
 O come, O come,

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.519
 Emmanuel,

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:24.000
 and ransom captive Israel

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.400
 that mourns

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:27.059
 in lonely exile here

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.880
 until the Son of God

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.380
 appear.

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.219
 Then we can rejoice,

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.340
 rejoice,

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:34.079
 Emmanuel shall come

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.639
 to thee,

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.639
 O Israel.

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:38.360
 Rejoice with trembling

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.179
 and have hope

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.300
 while you're still

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.259
 in exile.

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:43.000
 Well, the third

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.179
 significance then

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.960
 from Psalm 2

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.639
 is for life

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.480
 in Christ's

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.500
 inaugurated kingdom.

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.579
 What do I mean by that?

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.940
 We're told

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.000
 in the Gospels

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.920
 that all power

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.980
 and all authority

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.780
 have been given

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:58.119
 to Jesus Christ.

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.360
 He already has

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.900
 all power

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.900
 and all authority.

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.539
 But then we read

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.460
 in a lot of places

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.880
 like Hebrews chapter 4,

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.980
 there still remains

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.519
 a rest

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.699
 that is yet to come.

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.420
 It's not fully here yet.

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.740
 So the term we use

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.740
 is His kingdom.

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.859
 It's already

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.959
 but not yet.

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:15.779
 It's already inaugurated

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.659
 but not yet

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.539
 consummated.

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.119
 So we are in that

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.299
 stage now,

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:21.000
 the same stage

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.679
 as the church

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.659
 in the book of Acts

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.119
 that we read

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:24.000
 just a moment ago.

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.819
 Jesus said

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:27.399
 in John

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:29.359
 chapter 12

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.059
 verse 15,

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.859
 Fear not,

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:32.539
 daughter of Zion.

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.979
 Behold,

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:35.000
 your king is coming

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.759
 sitting on a donkey's colt.

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.879
 He promised them

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.459
 be ready,

00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:40.319
 be ready,

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.300
 daughters of Zion.

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.000
 Be ready,

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:43.780
 people of God's holy hill.

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.900
 Your king is coming.

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.180
 And when Jesus

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:48.059
 entered Jerusalem,

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.840
 He was fulfilling

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:50.640
 this inaugurated kingdom.

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.980
 But He entered Jerusalem

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.820
 to lay down His life.

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:57.340
 He went to Zion

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:59.160
 to lay down

00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:01.039
 the blood of the Savior

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:02.980
 to ransom captive

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.340
 not only Israel

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.940
 but all the ends

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.720
 of the earth.

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.940
 And this brings us

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.100
 then to the early church.

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.480
 God pours out

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.200
 the Holy Spirit

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:13.440
 on His church

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.300
 in Acts 2.

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.480
 And we read in Acts 4

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.400
 like we saw today

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:20.059
 that Peter and John

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.800
 had a display

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.680
 of God's power

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:24.240
 in the early church

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:25.680
 and for that disruption

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.620
 they were arrested.

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.260
 Here's the rulers

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.780
 of the earth

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.640
 mounting in power

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:29.860
 against the church,

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.140
 against the anointed

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.920
 and His people.

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:35.300
 And while they were arrested

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.240
 and they come back

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.800
 and they tell of

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.820
 this great deliverance,

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.280
 notice what happens.

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.860
 It's the church

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.860
 gathers all together

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.120
 and they pray.

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:44.420
 They pray what we read earlier

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.920
 and they pray

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.600
 through Psalm chapter 2.

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.500
 See how we're to pray

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.180
 the Psalms?

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.380
 Did you catch that

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.019
 when we read that?

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.880
 This is from Acts chapter 4.

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.380
 They read,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:40:04.619
 Acts 4 goes on to say,

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:06.480
 For truly in this city

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.900
 there were gathered together

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:09.760
 against your holy servant Jesus

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.740
 whom you anointed.

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:15.380
 Acts 4 interprets Psalm 2 for us.

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.760
 For Jesus now

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:18.039
 while they're being persecuted

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:19.619
 and as they pray,

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.460
 in church,

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.480
 we need to pray more.

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.739
 When we come back together

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.179
 in August,

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.059
 that needs to be

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:25.119
 the heartbeat of what we do.

00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:26.839
 They prayed together

00:40:26.839 --> 00:40:27.699
 in one accord

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:28.960
 through Psalm 2

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.980
 and we're told

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.079
 there was an earthquake.

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:34.000
 That's how much it rattled

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.059
 the kingdom of heaven

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.839
 right here.

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.639
 This little church,

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.279
 they're praying.

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.500
 The earth shook.

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.880
 God comforted them.

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.079
 He says,

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.880
 I am with you.

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:47.019
 Both Herod and Pontius Pilate

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.240
 along with the Gentiles

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:49.500
 and the people of Israel,

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.980
 they may do whatever.

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.260
 All they do,

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:54.360
 it's only whatever your hand

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.440
 and your plan

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.420
 had predestined

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:57.440
 to take place.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.160
 That's what the church

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:59.460
 prays in Acts 4.

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.280
 So now Lord,

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:02.079
 look upon their threats

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.960
 and grant to your servants

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:05.400
 to continue to speak

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.860
 your word with boldness.

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:10.200
 Do you see the application

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:12.140
 of Psalm 2 for the church?

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.960
 While we are in His

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.559
 spiritually inaugurated kingdom,

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:17.779
 longing for His consummate kingdom,

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:22.679
 Israel had the promise.

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.460
 We now, the church

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.239
 with the Holy Spirit,

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:26.239
 we have the fulfillment.

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:31.079
 Israel had David and Solomon.

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.839
 We church,

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.079
 we have Jesus Christ,

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.980
 God Himself.

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.440
 Israel had earthly Zion.

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:39.819
 We have heavenly Zion.

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:42.320
 Christ is ascended.

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:44.039
 He is enthroned.

00:41:45.600 --> 00:41:47.059
 He is raised from the dead

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:48.160
 in His glorified body

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:50.860
 and He rules over the earth.

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.240
 We sing,

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.600
 Mine are days here

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:56.080
 as a stranger,

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:58.019
 pilgrim on the narrow way.

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.760
 One with Christ,

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.340
 I will encounter harm

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:02.900
 and hatred for His name.

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.700
 But,

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:06.380
 Mine is armor for this battle,

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:08.720
 strong enough to last the war.

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.300
 And He has said,

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:13.079
 He will deliver safely

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.280
 to the golden shore.

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:18.160
 Jesus Christ reigns.

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:21.440
 We are His militant,

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:23.599
 persecuted church on earth,

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:26.380
 but our King reigns from heaven.

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:31.780
 1 Corinthians 15, 25 says,

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:33.579
 Christ must rule

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:36.240
 until He puts all enemies

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:38.300
 under His control.

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.119
 Do you see that?

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.300
 Christ must rule

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:42.840
 until He puts all His enemies

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.200
 under His control.

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:46.400
 He is ruling,

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.780
 but yet He is putting His enemies

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:50.079
 under His control.

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:51.980
 That's how you can have hope

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.760
 and happiness

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:55.240
 in a world that rages against God.

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:57.199
 You look again and again

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:58.259
 to His Holy Son

00:42:58.259 --> 00:43:00.419
 on the hill of Zion in heaven,

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.679
 His anointed King,

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:03.779
 and you heed His warning.

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:06.319
 Rejoice with trembling.

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:09.399
 The Holy King reigns.

00:43:09.959 --> 00:43:11.279
 Take refuge in Him.

00:43:12.419 --> 00:43:14.119
 Well, the fourth significance here

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.919
 from Psalm 2

00:43:14.919 --> 00:43:18.779
 is the coming of Christ's

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:19.979
 consummate kingdom.

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:23.639
 Jesus tells the parable

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.939
 in Luke 19, 12,

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:27.399
 that can be hard to understand,

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.379
 but listen to this

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:29.479
 in light of Psalm 2.

00:43:29.919 --> 00:43:31.859
 This is Luke 19, verse 12.

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:34.399
 A nobleman went into

00:43:34.399 --> 00:43:35.659
 a far country

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:37.119
 to receive for himself

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.759
 a kingdom

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:40.000
 and then return.

00:43:40.839 --> 00:43:42.119
 This is Jesus' parable.

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:44.619
 But His citizens hated Him

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:46.679
 and sent a delegation after Him

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:46.939
 saying,

00:43:46.939 --> 00:43:48.599
 we do not want this man

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.679
 to reign over us.

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.399
 There's scene one.

00:43:52.459 --> 00:43:53.219
 When He returned,

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:55.159
 having received the kingdom,

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:57.199
 He ordered these servants

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:58.419
 to give account

00:43:58.419 --> 00:44:00.739
 and to pay their dues.

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:03.599
 Verse 10 of Psalm 2.

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:05.019
 Be wise now,

00:44:05.399 --> 00:44:05.939
 therefore,

00:44:06.359 --> 00:44:07.159
 O ye kings,

00:44:07.859 --> 00:44:08.739
 be instructed,

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:10.759
 ye judges of the earth.

00:44:10.979 --> 00:44:12.679
 There is a day of reckoning

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:13.559
 that's coming.

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:16.799
 Psalm 2, verse 9.

00:44:17.359 --> 00:44:18.579
 He will break them

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:20.079
 with a rod of iron.

00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:21.139
 He will dash them

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.979
 into pieces

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:24.059
 like a potter's vessel.

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.179
 There is no refuge

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:26.260
 from Him.

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:29.340
 Be wise.

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:31.460
 Serve the Lord.

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:34.500
 In his final sermon

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.480
 of his life,

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.900
 the medical doctor

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.619
 turned preacher,

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.599
 Martin Lloyd-Jones

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.539
 in London,

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:42.059
 this was the sermon text

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.579
 he preached

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.460
 up in Scotland.

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:46.740
 Many still remember

00:44:46.740 --> 00:44:48.639
 and were moved to tears.

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:50.800
 This is this old man

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:52.320
 calling all

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.579
 to serve the Lord,

00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:55.300
 rejoice with trembling,

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.280
 kiss the sun.

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.480
 And that's how he made sense

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:01.740
 of the Great Depression,

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:03.119
 the two world wars,

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:05.119
 the misery of billions of people.

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:07.699
 This is but the wrath of God

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.740
 kindled but a little.

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.659
 The world hangs

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.659
 like on that bungee,

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:12.779
 the spiky rocks down below.

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:14.239
 The Lord is preserving

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:14.759
 this world

00:45:14.759 --> 00:45:16.319
 but for how much longer?

00:45:16.759 --> 00:45:18.079
 Take refuge in Him now.

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.599
 His consummate kingdom

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.779
 is coming.

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:22.279
 Romans 2, 5 says,

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:23.940
 Because of your hard

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.539
 and impenitent heart,

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:27.139
 you are storing up

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:28.039
 wrath for yourself

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:29.279
 on the day of wrath

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.859
 when God's righteous judgment

00:45:30.859 --> 00:45:32.039
 will be revealed.

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.599
 You'll either get

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:34.399
 eternal life

00:45:34.399 --> 00:45:36.019
 or you'll get the wrath

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.819
 and fury

00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:38.420
 of a holy God

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:39.279
 who will set

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:40.299
 all things right.

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:42.379
 There will be tribulation

00:45:42.379 --> 00:45:43.299
 and distress

00:45:43.299 --> 00:45:44.719
 for every person

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:45.940
 who does evil,

00:45:46.399 --> 00:45:47.759
 says Romans 2.

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:51.319
 So how does Christ do this?

00:45:51.379 --> 00:45:52.199
 How does His kingdom

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.920
 come on earth?

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 One of our catechisms

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 answers it this way.

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 How does Christ execute

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.619
 the office of king?

00:45:59.899 --> 00:46:00.899
 Christ executes

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 the office of king

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 in subduing us

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 to Himself,

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 in ruling

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 and defending us,

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 and in restraining

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 and conquering

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 all of our enemies?

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 What type of king

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 is Jesus

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 as He reigns now

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 from heaven?

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 What is promised to us

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 about this king?

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 Psalm 110, verse 3 says,

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 Your people,

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 Your people

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 will offer themselves

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 freely

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 on the day of Your power

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 in holy garments.

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 His people stand

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 washed by His blood

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 in holy garments

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 before Him

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 as free,

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 grateful offerings.

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 It's their reasonable

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 service to Him.

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 That's the significance

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 of Psalm 2

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 for us today, church.

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 The psalmist urges you,

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 Be wise.

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 Be warned.

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 Serve the Lord with fear.

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 Serve the Lord,

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 captain of the sports team.

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 Serve the Lord, teachers.

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 Serve the Lord, mom and dads.

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 Serve the Lord, managers.

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 Be wise.

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 Fear the Lord.

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 A day of reckoning is coming.

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 Serve the Lord, older siblings.

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 Serve the Lord, grandparents.

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 You will give account one day.

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 Serve the Lord, deacons and pastors.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 Kiss the Son,

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 lest He be angry

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 and you perish by the way.

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 Revelation 4, 2

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 gives us one other

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 apostle's view

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 of the heavenly realm.

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 Here's how the apostle John

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 describes Christ

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 seated on His throne.

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 He says,

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 Behold, a throne stood in heaven

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 with one seated on the throne.

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 From the throne

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 came flashes of lightning,

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 rumblings,

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 peals of thunder.

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 And there's the heavenly court

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 and a countless host

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 before the King of Kings

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 declaring,

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 Holy, holy, holy

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 is the Lord God Almighty

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 who was

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 and is

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 and is

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 to come.

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 And that's our cry.

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 Christ exalted

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 is our song.

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 And we do this together.

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 This journey ours together

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 into that great forever.

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 We're almost home.

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 What song

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 anew we'll sing

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 round that happy throne.

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 Come, faint of heart,

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 we are almost home.

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 There was a very wealthy man

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 who collected classical paintings

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 worth millions,

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 every painting,

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 and his mansion

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 was filled with them.

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 His son had gotten

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 caught off to war

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 and one of the men

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 in the trenches

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 drew a sketch of his son,

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 his friend there aboard

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 and he respected him.

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 He had mailed

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 that little sketch,

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 that little portrait

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 back to the father,

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 this wealthy man

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 with the mansion.

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 When the man

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 and his wife died,

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 he had a very simple will.

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 Everyone came,

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 the wealthiest people,

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 you know,

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 from all the corners

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 of the earth

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 to try to bid

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 on each one of these pieces,

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 these paintings.

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 The first one

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 was this simple

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 little hand-drawn portrait

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 of the wealthy man's son.

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 No one wanted

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 to take a bid.

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 $50,

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 we'll drop it down,

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 $25.

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 $1,

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 anyone?

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 Finally,

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 someone took it.

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 Get things going.

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 And then the auctioneer,

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 let them know,

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 it's over,

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 auction's over.

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 The will simply says,

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 whoever takes the son

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 takes it all.

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 Blessed are all

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 who put their trust

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 in him.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 The Lion of Heaven

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 mounted the hill of Zion

00:49:41.619 --> 00:49:44.679
 as the bloody Lamb of God.

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 While we were yet

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 his enemies,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 It was the will of God

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 to crush him

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 like pottery.

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 He took the wrath of God,

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 the iron judgment

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 of the holy God

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 in your place.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 His mission

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 was to bless you,

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 to give you peace

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 with God.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 Blessed is anyone,

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 anyone,

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 anyone,

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 from any nation,

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 from the ends

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 of the earth

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 who takes refuge

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 in God's anointed,

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 the King

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 who sits on God's

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 holy throne,

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 His only begotten

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 Son.

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 Rejoice with trembling.

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 Take refuge in him.

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 Let's pray.

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 This is from

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 An Orthodox Catechism,

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 question 143.

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 Our Father in Heaven,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:18.099
 Rule us by your word

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 and spirit

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 in such a way

00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:21.679
 that more and more

00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:23.159
 we submit to you.

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 Keep your church strong

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 and add to it.

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:30.579
 Destroy the devil's work.

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 Destroy every force

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:35.019
 which revolts against you

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:36.380
 and every conspiracy

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:38.380
 against your word.

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 Do this until your kingdom

00:51:41.400 --> 00:51:43.039
 is so complete

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:44.079
 and perfect

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 that in it

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 you are all

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 and all.

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 Amen.