Why Do The Nations Rage Against Christ?

Why do the nations rage 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.'

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 (Christ) on Zion, My holy hill.

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.'

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. (Psalm 2)

This Scripture eloquently describes what is happening today.

Today, this Psalm is being fulfilled before our eyes.

Today, the nations, their leaders and their peoples 

Are raging against Christ Jesus.

They are captive to sin and puppets of the evil one.

They want the chains of God Almighty,

His commandments, His Spirit, His Christ, done away with.

The Lord scoffs at them in their foolishness;

He is rebuking and terrifying them in His anger and His wrath

By the natural and unnatural disasters He is bringing upon them;

By giving them over to the deceitfulness of their wicked hearts.

The day is coming soon when Christ Jesus will return 

And reclaim the earth;

He will make the nations His inheritance; that is, what is left of them;

Those who love Him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.

The nations do not understand that in the eyes of God:

The nations are like a drop in a bucket;

They are regarded as dust on the scales.

Before Him all the nations are as nothing;

They are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.

He brings princes to naught 

And reduces the rulers of this world to nothing. (Isaiah 40)

Who of the nations and their leaders will kiss the Son, Christ Jesus?

Who will serve Him with fear and rejoice with trembling?

Why are the nations worthless before God?

Because they have rejected His perfect representative, 

His Christ, Jesus.

Today, the only refuge to be found is in Christ Jesus,

As has been true for every generation.

Blessed are those who take refuge in Him; they are priceless to Him;

Those who love Him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.

The dustbin of history is full of the nations 

That raged against God's Christ, Jesus!

Hitler's Germany is a recent example; he committed suicide

And Germany was reduced to rubble and poverty.

In the end every Godless nation will be brought to destruction.

The history of humanity is a history of two peoples:

Those who raged against God and His Christ, Jesus

And those who loved Him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.

The destiny of the Godless is the devil's hell, for eternity.

The destiny of those who love God is Paradise, Heaven, for eternity.