Psalm 2

This is a Song of the King and the Kingdom.

It is entirely and strictly prophetic.

The entire Old Testa­ment Scriptures are not only historical and spiritual, they are typical and prophetical. The Second Psalm looks forward to the coming of CHRIST.

The people of the world want sin, impurity, and their own way. They "rage," and plan to get rid of GOD's chosen king. GOD shall laugh. The wicked, Christ-rejecting multitudes are destroyed, and CHRIST reigns supreme.

The Song closes with a word of exhortation to close in with the of­fers of mercy, repent and be reconciled, and an assurance of pardon and peace upon the one condition of "trust" in GOD. "Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

Verse 8 so often used by missionaries as a promise of salvation for the heathen is not a Gospel text at all. "Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen," is interpreted and expounded in the next verse, "Thou shalt break them," "Thou shalt dash them in pieces." The Song sets forth the triumph of CHRIST and the destruction of the heathen.

This world is headed for the judgments of God. A few may "be wise," and "serve the LORD," and be "blessed," but the majority are to be broken with "a rod of iron," and "dashed in pieces like a potter's vessel."

CHRIST, the rejected SAVIOUR and LORD, shall be the King over all the earth.

We mention only a few of the possible Topics and Texts:

(1) Big Questions of the Bible. "Why do the heathen rage. . .?" (verse 1).
(2) A Deriding and Dis­pleased Deity. "He... shall laugh" (verses 4-5).
(3) The Triumphant CHRIST. "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill" (verse 6).
(4) The Destruction of the Wicked. "Thou shalt break them" (verses 8-9).
(5) A Ringing Call to Reconciliation. "Kiss the Son" (verse 12).
(6) A Closing Beatitude. "Blessed . . . trust" (verse 12).

"I thought of many expressions of Rutherford's this morning, before I was up. I feel one the burden of the song: 'I lay my head to rest on the bosom of Om­nipotence.' While I can keep hold of this, it shall be a fine day, whether it rains, hails, or shines." - Cecil