PT-2 of Psalm 2

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/15/2011 8:45:17 AM

 

 

My Worship Time                                                                     Focus:  Psalm 2 PT-2

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                      Reference:  Psalm 2

 

            Message of the verses:  In yesterday’s SD we learned from the commentary of Dr. Wiersbe that the second psalm can be divided up into four different voices and we looked at the voice of the nations in yesterday’s SD.  Today we will begin with the next voice that is speaking and that is:  Mockery—The Voice of God the Father (vv. 4-6).  “4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying, 6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.’”

 

            Dr. Wiersbe writes “If we fail to see Jesus Christ in this psalm, we miss its message completely:  His death (vs.-1-3, Acts 4:23-28), resurrection (v.-7, Acts 13:33), ascension and enthronement in glory (v.-6), and His return and righteous rule on earth (vs.-8-9, Rev. 2:9, 27; 12:5).

            Some of you have read what I have begun from the Gospel of Mark and as I have been studying the Gospel of Mark from the first chapter I have seen from it that Mark begins right away with telling about the King who is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  We see Jesus as the Servant in the book of Mark, but we also see Him as King in the book of Mark.  Isaiah tells of a suffering Servant that will come to take the judgment that we deserve from God for our sins and all those who receive the forgiveness that Jesus offers because of His death on the cross will not have to face the furry that God will bring about on those who refuse this forgiveness.  The nation of Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah, their King, for they said “we don’t want this man to rule over us.”  Jesus Christ now sits upon His throne beside His Father in heaven as King and at this time the Kingdom is a spiritual kingdom, yet there will be a time when King Jesus will return to the earth to rule over His Kingdom on earth for 1000 years as promised to the Jews, and seen in the book of Revelations, then King Jesus will rule in the eternal kingdom which is seen later in the book of Revelations.

            Verse four shows that there is no worry in heaven over the nations that are spoken of in the first part of this psalm for God the Father laughs at them, verses five and six show the anger of God for those who will not accept the forgiveness that is offered through the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

            Victory—the Voice of God the Son (vv. 7-9):  “7 ¶  "I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ’You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8  ’Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. 9  ’You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

 

            Let us take a look at Acts 13:32-33 to understand when it was that verse seven comes into fulfillment:  “32  "And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33  that God has fulfilled this promise to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ’YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.’”  (NASB)  (The NASB always puts the OT quotes in the NT by using all caps). 

 

            This verse shows that Jesus Christ is King and that we are now in the first part of His Kingdom as He rules from heaven for this is what God the Father decreed as we see in Psalm 2:7 and fulfilled as seen in Acts 13:33.

            When I was a young believer reading this verse I always thought that it referred to the birth of Jesus Christ, but now I see that is not true.  This refers to the resurrection of Christ, when He was “begotten” from the tomb and came forth in glory (See Rom. 1:4 and Hebrews 1:4 and 5:5).

            We see in verse eight that God the Father gives the nations to His Son to rule over.  Satan offered Christ this as seen in Matthew chapter four, but Christ refused it then, but God will give Him rule over all the nations and this will take place in the Millennial Kingdom mentioned above.  We see in verse nine that Christ will rule His Millennial Kingdom with a rod of iron.  There will be no ciaos taking place in the Millennial Kingdom with Jesus Christ as King on earth.

 

            Opportunity—the Voice of the Holy Spirit (vv. 10-12):  “  10 ¶  Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. 11  Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling. 12  Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!”

 

            We see in the first part of this Psalm that the Father decreed judgment, and also the Son’s victorious enthronement in heaven, so the wise thing for people to do now is to accept the forgiveness that is offered through Jesus Christ, for the Holy Spirit is calling sinners to repent during this period that we are now living in.

            We see in verse ten and eleven that the Spirit of God speaks to the kings and rulers, but  then in verse twelve He speaks to all, and urges them to trust in the Son.  We see in Romans chapter 13 that the leaders are accountable to God on how they rule and that is why the Spirit speaks to them first.  Dr. Wiersbe writes “The people are enraged against God mainly because their leaders have incited them.  They are ignorant because they follow the wisdom of this world and not the wisdom that comes from God (1Cor. 1:18-31).  They are proud of what they think they know, but they really know nothing about eternal truth.  How can they learn?  ‘Be instructed’ (v-10) from the Word of God.  The word also means ‘to be warned.’  How gracious the Lord is to save sinners before His wrath is revealed!”

            The Spirit now appeals to the will after He has instructed the mind and calls those rebels to stop serving sin (v-11).  When we become a true believer we understand what it means to both fear the Lord and to Love the Lord.  The fear we have for the Lord is reverence, the fear we have from our parents.  John writes in 1John 4:18 these words, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”  John is speaking of the kind of fear that involves punishment, but the punishment for our sins has been taken out on Christ on the cross as payment for our sins.

            The Spirit now appeals to the heart and He calls us to submissive love and devotion to the King.  And then we see the Spirit end with a word of blessing at the end of verse twelve. 

            Dr. Wiersbe concludes his commentary with these words:  “Psalm 1 opens with ‘blessed’ and Psalm 2 concludes with promised blessing for all who put their trust in the Son of god.  That promise still stands (John 3:16-18; 20:31).

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:   I suppose that some think that after accepting the Lord Jesus Christ into our lives that we have freedom to do whatever we want to do.  Paul deals with this subject in the book of Romans and answers with the words “May it never be.”  This is part of our love and respect for the Lord who gave up His life so that we might live eternally with Him. 

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1.       To love the Lord with all of my heart and to have the reverence for Him that I should.

2.       1Cor. 10:13.

3.       Phil. 4:11b.

 

 

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