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Psalm 2

Proposition: You should yield to King Jesus.

In what sense do the nations rage against the Lord's anointed? There are
at least four fulfillments of this prophecy.

David

David was the Lord's anointed (1 Samuel 16:13). He dashed the nations
around him (2 Samuel 8:1-14) and ruled over them (2 Samuel 5:12), by
God's enablement (2 Samuel 7:8-9). David was an initial fulfillment who
showed that the nations raged against the Lord and His anointed.

Jesus Christ

In Acts 4:24-28, the believers applied this teaching in Psalm 2 to the
nations who conspired to get Christ crucified. Herod (Luke 23:7-11) [the leader of the Jewish people at that time], Pontius Pilate (Matthew
27:2-26) [the regional, Gentile governor from Rome] , and the Jewish
people (Matthew 27:25), all conspired together in the crucifixion of
Christ. It turns out this was God's predetermined plan to provide an
atonement for our sins. Christ fulfilled this prophecy in Psalm 2 when
the nations conspired together against Him at the crucifixion.

Jesus Christ

Revelation 19 shows that the nations will again rage against the Lord
and His anointed when Christ returns. At this time, He will dash the
nations to pieces, stomping them in the winepress of the fury of God's
wrath (Revelation 19:15). 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 shows that when Christ returns, He will punish those who do not love the truth of the gospel
with everlasting destruction, away from the presence of God. He will
then rule over the nations with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15). At
Christ's return, the nations again will rage against the Lord and His anointed.

Unsaved Men

Romans 8:7 says that the natural man is at enmity against God. All men,
in their fallen state, oppose God and that which they know to be His
will. There is no neutral ground. You are either for Christ, or you are against Him (Matthew 12:30). No one who has not been born again through
faith in Christ's death and resurrection for their sins, yields to King
Jesus. We all, in our sinful state, apart from God's grace, rage against
the Lord and His anointed. We see this today in society and in the
governments of the world. Everything which is wrong and morally
perverted is glamorized and enforced. Everything which is true and right
gets persecuted and censored. The nations currently rage against the
Lord and His anointed, because all the unregenerate within them are at
enmity against the Lord and His anointed.

Exhortation

Trust in the King today. Believe that His death met God's righteous
demands against your sin (1 John 2:2), and rely on that work alone to
make you right with God (Ephesians 2:8-9). It is only when you trust
Christ as Savior, that God enables you to yield to Him as your king
(Romans 6). If you're already trusting Christ as Savior, then show that
today, by yielding to King Jesus in your daily walk (Colossians 2:6).
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By dying on the cross, Christ canceled the legal debt of our sins
against God (Colossians 2:14), and God validated this victory by raising
Him from the grave (Romans 1:4). God is now able to justly declare
sinners righteous (Romans 3:26) and spare them from His future wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10). This grace is freely given to all who place their
trust in Him (Romans 6:23). Put your faith in the Lord and call on His
name to be saved (Romans 10:9-13):

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