Psalm 2

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Psalm 2

A PSALM OF DAVID: Messiah’s Kingship and Kingdom

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (This is the great gathering of the mighty armies of the Antichrist against Christ in Rev., Chpt. 17.)

2 The kings of the Earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His Anointed (the Lord Jesus Christ; this is the Battle of Armageddon), saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us (man has ever tried to disassociate himself from God; the first organized effort was the building of the Tower of Babel [Gen., Chpt. 11]; this last great organized effort will be the Antichrist, who will seek to overcome Christ once and for all; as the first failed, so will the last).

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh (man’s great efforts against Christ only produce a “laugh” on the part of the Creator): the LORD shall have them in derision (holds them in contempt).

5 Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure (this pertains to the Second Coming).

6 Yet have I set My King upon My Holy Hill of Zion (which will take place immediately after the Second Coming; the “Blessed Man” of Psalm 1, and the “Crowned King” of Psalm 2 are the One and Same Divine Person, the Messiah, the Son of Man, the Son of God; in both Psalms, He stands in contrast to the first Adam as Man and King in the Earth and over the Earth).

7 I will declare the decree (the Father gives the Son sovereign power over the Universe): the LORD has said unto Me, You are My Son (the Lord Jesus Christ); this day have I begotten You. (What day? The day this was decreed in Heaven, even before the foundation of the world. It speaks of the Plan of God to redeem humanity, by God becoming Man, and going to the Cross [I Pet. 1:18-20.)

8 Ask of Me, and I shall give You the heathen for Your Inheritance (speaks of two things: the defeat of the Antichrist at the Battle of Armageddon, and the evangelization of the world), and the uttermost parts of the Earth for Your possession (Christ will rule the entirety of the world in the Kingdom Age, and not the Antichrist).

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel (meaning that the Kingdom Age will come in with great violence; it pertains to the Second Coming, when the Lord will smite the nations [Ezek., Chpts. 38-39; Dan. 2:34-35]).

10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the Earth (in other words, let this be a warning to you; don’t side with the Antichrist).

11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling (the idea is, the Lord is going to win out).

12 Kiss the Son (the Lord Jesus, meaning to embrace Him), lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little (once again, it speaks of the coming Battle of Armageddon). Blessed are all they who put their trust in Him (which holds for all people for all time).