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Worship and Prophecy Through the Psalms

Session 7 The Coming Judge – Psalm 2 (part 2)

7 “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.’” 10 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. (Psa. 2:7-12)

I. THE COMING JUDGE

A. The Father gave David a prophetic glimpse of the eternal rule of Jesus as the coming King and
Judge over the nations. Jesus will come in power and authority to set up a kingdom that has
previously been unequalled.

14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples,
nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not
be destroyed. (Dan. 7:14).

B. Even before the coming of the Messiah, David established that the One who was coming would
be the Son of God. The religious leaders of Christ’s day were offended because He claimed
equality with God as His Son (Jn. 5:16-18; 8:58-59; 9:7; 10:31-39), and yet David had already
prophetically decreed this.

C. The author of Hebrews later cites this Psalm to establish Jesus’ supremacy over the angels (Heb.
1:5-7). This revelation was true in Hebrews, was true at Jesus’ resurrection, and will be true
when Jesus takes final authority over all nations of the earth and sets up His millennial kingdom.
Prophetic words can have partial fulfillment in seasons of our lives. David died without seeing
the fullness of his prophecy, but God did not forget His Word.

II. THE PARADOX OF EMOTIONS

A. A theme throughout the book of Psalms is that God is a deeply feeling, emotional God. What
logically follows is that we serve a God who is not intimidated by our emotions. Throughout
Scripture, we see the Father in various stages of emotions—grieved over sin, moved with
compassion, angry over injustice, lovesick and longing for His people.

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B. One of the great deceptions Satan has unleashed against a generation is the false belief that God
is distant and unconcerned with our lives. Paul said that we had a Great High Priest (Jesus) who
was well acquainted with our sufferings (Heb 4:15). Part of the beauty of what Jesus did for us
on the cross is that He destroyed forever the argument that God is unable to understand what we
feel. The anger that God had against sin in our world was so great that He knew none of us
could carry it, so He chose instead to unleash it upon Himself. This is the height of love.

C. The picture David is giving us of God in Psalm 2 shows us some of the different emotions and
attributes of God. He laughs, mocks, chastens, terrifies, acknowledges Fatherhood, establishes
inheritance, and delegates authority simultaneously.

D. God does not suspend one emotion to feel another. In His anger, He loves passionately. In His
mercy, He is unwaveringly just. When we approach the Father, we must do so with an
understanding that His judgment is always fair, and He is always consumed by His love for us
even in the midst of His discipline.

E. John quoted this Psalm in Revelation 19, when He spoke of Jesus setting up His kingdom and
ruling over the nations with a rod of iron. Iron shows the strength of His authority—iron breaks
and smashes all things. The authority that Jesus will wield will crush all things that stand in
opposition to His kingdom and His purpose. Daniel saw a portrayal of this under prophetic
anointing as God gave him the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks
in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will
break in pieces and crush all the others. (Dan. 2:40)

F. The unquestioned authority that Jesus will wield when He comes in power is the same authority
that He gives to us when we overcome. We practice operating in His authority in our efforts to
overcome the evil one. When we persevere until we triumph over sin, the Lord develops
strength and spiritual maturity in our lives, and we prove ourselves faithful to administer His
authority with justice.

26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give
power over the nations— 27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall
be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have received from My
Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star. (Rev. 2:26-28)

21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of
your lord.’ (Mat. 25:21)

III. RESPONDING TO AN EMOTIONAL GOD

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A. David ends the psalm with an admonition for us to embrace the Son. Jesus is the living Word
who became flesh and lived on earth (Jn. 1:14). When He encountered Satan in the wilderness,
He stated that our life comes by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Mat. 4:4). To
kiss the Son means that we must live our lives enthralled by the Word.

B. The Lord told Elijah that He had reserved for Himself 7,000 who had not bowed to Baal or
kissed him (1 Kin. 19:18). A common practice among idolaters in the Old Testament was to kiss
their hand in honor of their idol, or to kiss the idol in an expression of devotion. What we honor
with our lips what we revere with our hearts.

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had
gained much; 26 if I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon
moving in brightness, 27 so that my heart has been secretly enticed, and my
mouth has kissed my hand; 28 this also would be an iniquity deserving of
judgment, for I would have denied God who is above. (Job 31:25-28)

2 Now they sin more and more, and have made for themselves molded images,
idols of their silver, according to their skill; all of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice [Or "those who offer human
sacrifice"] kiss the calves!” (Hos. 13:2)

C. The Shulamite bride in Song of Solomon (a symbol of the Bride of Christ) opened the book
asking that her beloved would kiss her with the kisses of his mouth (SoS. 1:1). As the Bride, we
implore that the Father would stir our hearts to passion for the life of the Word proceeding from
His mouth—that we might respond to His calling with wisdom and understanding.

D. In Psalm 2, David has prophetically presented Jesus, the coming judge who will rule over the
nations of the earth when He sets up His Millennial kingdom and prepares the earth for the day
that the Father, Himself, comes to live with us (Rev. 21:3). His final warning is to every
believer, that we would study the Word and develop intimacy with Jesus before it’s too late.

E. In the judgment that is coming against sin in the earth, the only place of safety we have is to be
rooted and grounded in the Word.

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