Key Verse: “But the One who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.” Psalm 2:4
Key Theme: God Presides over World Rulers and Their Conspiracies
Key Descriptives of God:
He who rules in heaven.
He who terrifies plotters.
He who puts in His anointed ones.
He who gives nations as an inheritance to His children.
Perhaps no Psalm has more relevance to us at this time. Psalm 2 begins by telling us that “kings” and “nations” are conspiring and plotting against God- and His anointed. “His anointed” can always mean Jesus— but it also speaks of anyone specifically chosen by God for a strategic assignment. David was “His anointed”, Cyrus was “His anointed” — while never even following God. Even Saul, the first king of Israel, was called by David “the Lord’s anointed.” Though Saul derailed, David was very resistant to do anything to him because he recognized God had purposed him in a special way and it was up to God to remove him. Today, President Trump serves as “His anointed” in our day in that he has been purposed by God in a very special way. As is clear in the above cases “His anointed” does not speak into their perfection of character. It is that they have a unique commissioning by God that must be honored.
In Psalm 2, it tells us that these global leaders are not only plotting against God and “His anointed”, but that they consider God’s righteous ways as “slavery” they wish to break free from. They openly walk in defiance to God seeking to create new lawless norms that allow them to violate every ordinance of God. It is why today these evil global leaders are the ones involved in sex trafficking, pedophilia, and extreme witchcraft. They have taken many high places in government (and in every one of the 7 mountains) and have been actively conspiring and plotting a plan designed to institutionally secure themselves forever. “Conspiracy theories” have always been backed by “conspiracy facts” because they have always existed since Lucifer’s original conspiracy. It is the nature of evil. God and His anointed are always in the way. Jesus was and is, the supreme “Anointed One” ALWAYS in the way. He already paid the price of redemption for the nations.
This is why this verse 4 becomes the highlight verse of the chapter though later in verse 8 God will famously say “Ask of Me and I will give you the nations as an inheritance.” We are not in enough faith to fulfill verse 8 if we haven’t absorbed who He is in verse 4. He is called “the One who rules in heaven” and if we are unclear about that we can not proceed to “Ask Him for the nations”. Today, as His face shines upon us He wants us to see Him as He who rules from heaven. While He has His face shining upon us with blessing – He is NOT doing so towards the plotters and conspirers. Towards them, His face carries a derisive and mocking laugh. It is a look given from a place of absolute power that only a Creator can have. After He laughs at them, verse 5 states that “in anger He rebukes them” and that He will be “terrifying them with His fierce fury”. It is a “fierce fury” born of seeing those He has created thinking they have usurped God as they manipulate world scenarios and enslave fellow created beings. He first derisively laughs at them because there is no law in heaven that restricts Him from withholding their very next breath— and they pompously conspire as if that were not so. It is necessary for us to look at Him today and see that face.
You have to be in an absolute position of power, to look at world conspirators who have taken 90% of the world resources and 90% of the world governments and be filled with derisive laughter towards them. Here in the 2020 “Summer of His Face Shining Upon Us” let us feel strengthened and encouraged by our God’s posture of absolute supremacy. He is not worried about the powerful positions the world criminals have taken over. He sees their ongoing deceit and treachery. He sees their “plandemic” against “His anointed” and He is not needing to call for reinforcements. He doesn’t need even one of His billions of mighty angels to assist Him. One stern look from Him crushes a mountain. The sinister world agenda we have discovered that rattles us profoundly is deemed pitiful by “the One who rules in heaven”. If He were not working a plan that entailed His sons and daughters growing up and understanding consequences they would all have been wiped out already. His patience with us and with His process is both the most amazing thing about Him and the most frustrating thing about Him. We are amazed at His patience with US- but often horrified at His patience with others- and with kingdom processes. He is sooooo patient.
It is worth addressing a frightening belief that many even Spirit-filled Christians carry today. The belief that “yeah He rules IN THE HEAVENS, but WE are who rule ON THE EARTH.” This belief will keep you in panic. Our ONLY ruling on earth is as an extension and in conjunction with His posture IN THE HEAVENS. The lie is that He rules the heavens and we INDEPENDENTLY of that rule the earth. That leads to operating as orphans rather than as sons and daughters. He says “Ask of Me the nations and I will give them to you as your INHERITANCE.” Orphans don’t get inheritance. Sons and daughters get inheritance. They don’t TAKE inheritance. They RECEIVE inheritance. Yes, He wants and encourages us feeling responsibility and taking ownership— but not so much so that we essentially remove Him from the equation. Us, without He who rules in heaven, is ALWAYS a losing equation.
Today, look at Him in His position of absolute power. Read His admonition to world leaders in the last verses of this chapter where He informs them to “serve Him with fear” or to be “dashed into pieces”. God can and does this- with or without us. He never delays because He “needs” us. He delays so we will responsibly, as His children, join in. His present rescue operation of the world had has minimal cooperation from us up to this point— but He is doing it anyway. That goes into the greatness of who He is. We are all about to do a whole lot of changing. Creator has exercised His right to a major RESET and we are in the swirl of it all. As in Noah’s days, He needs no permission or agreement from His created ones to “open up the deep” and release the “floodwaters”. However, He has sworn to Himself and promised us never to do that again and His present “flood waters” are against the conspirators of evil. Unlike the days of Noah, He has millions and millions who love Him and look to Him and that makes His promise of no absolute disaster very easy to fulfill.
Today, July 15, 2020, let’s take to heart the last line of Psalm 2. “But what joy for all who take refuge in Him!”
Written by: Johnny Enlow
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