Psalm 2

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God’s Creation of Mankind

Genesis 1 & 2:

1. God created mankind in his image, to reflect God’s character.

2. God declared mankind should represent God by ruling in God’s name over the rest of creation.

3. God told man and woman to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth... with more images of God!

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God’s Covenant with Adam in Creation

A. People should reflect God’s character.

B. People should represent God and rule over creation.

C. There was a chain of command:

† God ruled over man.

† Man represented God and ruled in God’s name over the human family.

† Man with the human family represented God and ruled in God’s name over the rest of the world.

Genesis 3

Satan in the guise of a snake influenced the woman; the woman influenced the man; the man disobeyed God, so all was topsy turvy.

The results were bad:† Satan ruled the Earth.† The Earth was cursed.† People now were separated from God.† People now were corrupted in nature.

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When Adam and Eve sinned

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God’s Promise of Deliverance

Genesis 3.15

God promised that one man [seed of the woman] would someday conquer Satan and deliver people and the Earth from the effects of sin. He would be the Deliverer.

One man would someday fulfill the original intention for all people, reflecting the image of God and representing God by ruling in his name.

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Nations

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God’s Covenant with Abraham

Genesis 12-50

God promised Abraham...

1.God would bless and protect his family;

2.God would make his family into a great nation; and

3.Through this nation, God would bless all the families of the Earth.

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God’s Covenant with Abraham

A. Israel was to reflect God’s character.

B. Israel was to represent God and rule over the nations.

C. There was a chain of command: † God was over the King. † The King represented God and ruled in God’s name over Israel. † The King with Israel represented God and ruled in God’s name over the rest of the world.

D. The Deliverer would come from this nation of Israel.

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Similar Covenants... and similar problems...

In Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, Moses was the man God placed over the nation [though he was not called a king], to equip the nation to represent God well. The people often rebelled.

After Moses, Joshua ruled the people. Again, there was rebellion.

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When Joshua died, various Judges and then Saul, the first king, ruled, but the people often rebelled. [Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel].

In 2 Samuel, David became King. God made a covenant with David too, and it had all the important elements:

A. reflecting God’s character

B. representing God, ruling in his name

C. obeying the chain of command

D. the promised Deliverer who [God revealed] would come through David and be a King of Israel

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Psalm 2

Psalm 2

What is God’s plan for bringing justice to the world today?

Psalm 2

What is happening in the world today is no surprise to God, and he has a plan

to bring justice to the world through Jesus Christ, the anointed king and judge.

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The four voices in Psalm 2 represent the players in the three circles depicting the Abrahamic Covenant:

† God

† God’s Anointed King

† A Narrator from Israel

† Kings of the other nations

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Narrator: 1Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?

2The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together

Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

Gentiles: 3“Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!”

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Narrator: 1Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?

2The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together

Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

Gentiles: 3“Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!”

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Narrator: 1Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?

2The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together

Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

Gentiles: 3“Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!”

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Narrator: 4He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.

5Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,

God: 6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Anointed: 7“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me,

God: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

8Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,

And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

9You shall break them with a rod of iron,

You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

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2 Samuel 7:12-16: “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me…

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2 Samuel 7:12-16: “…when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, but My loving-kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”

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God’s Covenant with David

† He shall build a house for my name...

† I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me.

† I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever... Your house and your kingdom shall endure before me forever; your throne shall be established forever.

Anointed: 7“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me,

God: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

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Hebrews 5:5: “So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’”

Psalm 2 is about Jesus!

Anointed: 7“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me,

God: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

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Romans 1:1-4: “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God, the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Anointed: 7“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me,

God: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

8Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,

And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

9You shall break them with a rod of iron,

You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

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Narrator: 10Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth.

11Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling.

12Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in

Him!

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Matthew 26:63: ... And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

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Narrator: 12Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in

Him!

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The same old rebellion repeated as Israel’s religious leaders conspired with the Romans

to put their rightful king to death.

Matthew 23:33: [Jesus speaking to the Pharisees]“You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?”

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Narrator: 12Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in

Him!

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Nations

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Narrator: 12Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in

Him!

Learn what the Bible story is about and then live out your part in it.

Be encouraged by God’s plan to bring justice and deliver the world from the effects of sin.

Put your hope in deliverance to salvation and resurrection to eternal life,

not in deliverance from worldly problems.

Be passionately devoted to God through Christ.