Psalm 2 English Standard Version

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

¹ Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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 burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
⁶ “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

⁷ I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers 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, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Recognize the words related to worldly people, their motivations and their desires.

Can we answer the question posed in verse 1? It will not be found in our hearts but rather in our mind and emotions. Rage and plots are the province of the mind. We see in ourselves how that might feel because we have lived in the world and can easily recognize what enrages us and what we have plotted that did not work out as we expected.

We can relate to those thoughts.

Then see with our spiritual eyes what the Lord says.

Philippians 3:8-9 English Standard Version

⁸ Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Imagine a chalk board used in teaching.

Write the lie.

Then write the truth.

Both appear on the chalk board have to be dealt with.

Paul had the best Old Testament teaching available. He took it all and threw it in the trash, removing it from sight.

We are human and the idea of removing every memory is impossible to those who have lived long lives faced with many lies, many experiences, and many abuses.

How can we just ignore our memories?

That is accomplished by living a life of faith in Christ who dwells in our hearts. It is not head knowledge we seek but heart knowledge. One ancient teaching indicates that the heart is the true seat of choice.

When truth dwells in our hearts we can choose truth over memory and act out of faith and not experience.

This concept is not of the world, it is Kingdom living. No one with maturity expects the old babes in Christ to practice living by faith immediately. We all need to learn to listen to spiritual reasoning.

Examples of spiritual reasoning are found throughout the bible but we need to search it out to see it.

Seeing with these spiritual eyes is new to all the babes in Christ, young and old.

Let us look at Psalm 2 and see what happened in the world and the spiritual response that God shows us.