The document summarizes Psalm 2, which describes how nations conspire against God and his anointed king. God responds with anger and installs his king on Zion. God declares the king to be his son and says he will give the king rulership over the nations. Kings and rulers are warned to submit to God and his son to avoid his wrath. Those who take refuge in God will be blessed. The document notes that Psalm 2 contains prophecies about Jesus and his fulfillment of defeating rebellion and ruling over the nations. It encourages embracing God's purposes and taking refuge in his anointed son.

1. Psalm 2:1-3
Why do the nations conspire and the
peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth
take their stand and the rulers gather
together against the Lord and against His
Anointed One. “Let us break their chains,”
they say, “and throw off their fetters.”
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2. Psalm 2:4-6
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the
Lord scoffs at them. Then He rebukes them
in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath,
saying, “I have installed My King on Zion,
My holy hill.”
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3. Psalm 2:7-9
I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He
said to me, “You are My Son; today I have
become Your Father. Ask of Me and I will
make the nations Your inheritance, the
ends of the earth Your possession. You will
rule them with an iron scepter; You will
dash them to pieces like pottery.”
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4. Psalm 2:10-12
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned,
you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with
fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the
Son, lest He be angry and you be destroyed
in your way, for His wrath can flare up in a
moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in
Him.
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5. When we feel like singing the
sacred the LEAST, we need
to sing the sacred the MOST
The NT sees Psalm 2 as MESSIANIC as within
the first nine verses we encounter THREE
PROPHECIES that will find fulfillment in Jesus
God’s sovereignty doesn’t mean the absence
of REBELLION in the present; it only ensures
that it will not be SUCCESSFUL in the end.

6. The goal of their
conspiracy is their own
SELF-DETERMINATION
and INDEPENDENCE
from God.
God’s PURPOSES will be FULFILLED
The fact that God is never out of CONTROL
allows Him to be PATIENT in working out His
purposes.

7. FULFILLED PROPHECY builds
trust in what is yet to come.
The world threw its might against God while
UNKNOWINGLY fulfilling His purposes.
The big picture is embracing God and what
He is doing in His ANOINTED ONE
Once we take REFUGE in Jesus we are
blessed and a part of His KINGDOM.

8. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate if I am living in light of the big picture
or merely for day by day.
( ) Meditate on Psalm 73
( ) Reflect on what it means to take refuge in
Jesus.
( ) Think through what it means to acknowledge
God’s sovereignty
( ) Other________________________