Psalm 2: Why Do The Nations Rage? (Psalm 2:1-12) | Matthew Maher | Landmark Church

Psalm 2:1-3

Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.”

Man’s rule apart from God’s rules will always be unruly.

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The bonds of the Bible are intolerable to the heart of the rebel.

Psalm 2:4-6

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. 5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure: 6 “Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.”

The insurrection of hell cannot overthrow the installation of heaven.

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Psalm 2:7-9

“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You. 8 Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Jesus rules the universe by decree not democracy.

We can be broken before Christ or we will be broken by Christ.

Psalm 2:10-12

Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

There is no refuge from Christ; there is only refuge in Christ.

Additional Scriptures Referenced: Acts 17:24-31; Luke 23:12; Acts 4:25; Psalm 49:20; Proverbs 1:25-27; Psalm 37:12-13; Ezekiel 43:7; Psalm 132:13-14; Jeremiah 3:17; Isaiah 2:2-4; Acts 13:33; John 19:11; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28; Psalm 72:1; Psalm 82:8; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 110:1-2, 5-6; Revelation 2:26-27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15;

John 16:8-11