Jesus' Fulfillment of Scripture
Jesus and the Davidic Covenant
An Eternal Kingdom

Psalm 2

The Message

2 ^1-6 Why the big noise, nations?
Why the mean plots, peoples?
Earth-leaders push for position,
Demagogues and delegates meet for summit talks,
The God-deniers, the Messiah-defiers:
“Let’s get free of God!
Cast loose from Messiah!”
Heaven-throned God breaks out laughing.
At first he’s amused at their presumption;
Then he gets good and angry.
Furiously, he shuts them up:
“Don’t you know there’s a King in Zion? A coronation banquet
Is spread for him on the holy summit.”

^7-9 Let me tell you what God said next.
He said, “You’re my son,
And today is your birthday.
What do you want? Name it:
Nations as a present? continents as a prize?
You can command them all to dance for you,
Or throw them out with tomorrow’s trash.”

^10-12 So, rebel-kings, use your heads;
Upstart-judges, learn your lesson:
Worship God in adoring embrace,
Celebrate in trembling awe. Kiss Messiah!
Your very lives are in danger, you know;
His anger is about to explode,
But if you make a run for God—you won’t regret it!

For Reflection

Why is it that we humans think that we are in charge, that we can possess the world, that we can control our destinies?  Have we learned nothing from our past?  Dominators and domination systems have always failed.  Attack after attack on the righteous have failed to thwart God's plan for reconciling humans to God. The Kingdom of God has been, is now and will be.  

Pray

Pray for the tyrants so they will see the wisdom in righteousness.  Pray for the persecuted so that they will find hope in the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Pray for the martyrs whose courage inspires us.