The Return of the King

Here is my outline for Sunday on this amazing psalm. Thank God the King is coming back. This is a stern warning for the leaders of  nations.

Psalm 2

The Return of the King

Psa 2:1  Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 

Psa 2:2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 

Psa 2:3  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 

Psa 2:4  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 

Psa 2:5  Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 

Psa 2:6  Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 

Psa 2:7  I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 

Psa 2:8  Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 

Psa 2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 

Psa 2:10  Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 

Psa 2:11  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

Psa 2:12  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

1. The Heathen’s Plan – vs. 1-3*
1. The heathen rage (Those that appose God are heathen and not Jewish; implying that in the end we, gentile believers, are grafted into God’s plan for the Jews) – vs. 1a*

                                                               i.            Romans 11:1-5 

2. The people imaging empty things. There is a war on knowledge. – vs. 1b*
3. Normally kings are out to serve themselves and their people, but in the future they will align themselves together against God. – vs. 2a*
4. Ruler or princes come together to plan their rebellion against God. – vs. 2b*

                                                               i.            Revelation 19:19 

5. The rebellion is against God and His Messiah – vs. 2c*
6. They want freedom from God’s written and natural law. – vs. 3*

                                                               i.            God’s written law (the Bible) môsêr

1.      Psalm 78:10 

                                                             ii.            God’s natural law (the laws of creation) ‛ăbôth

1.      Romans 1:19-20 

2.      Romans 1:27 

2. God’s Plan – vs. 4-9*
1. Step one: Laugh at them – vs. 4a*
2. Step two Mock them – vs. 4b*
3. Step three: Subdue them in His wrath – vs. 5a*
4. Step four: Terrify them in His anger – vs. 5b*
5. Step five: Put a King in Jerusalem – vs. 6*

                                                               i.      Zechariah 8:3 

                                                             ii.      Revelation 20:4 

6. Step Six: Make a declaration of the identity and divinity of the King – vs. 7*

                                                               i.            Philippians 2:5-6 

7. Step Seven: Put all people and lands under His Sovereignty – vs. 8*

                                                               i.            Philippians 2:9-11 

8. Step Seven: Allow Him to destroy the alliance of the rulers of this earth – vs. 9*

                                                               i.            Revelation 19:11-16 

3. God’s Warning to the Princes – vs. 10-12*
1. Be intelligent and listen up rulers. – vs. 10*
2. Serve the Lord with fear. – vs. 11a*
3. Rejoice with trembling. – vs. 11b*
4. Pledge yourself to the service of Jesus or He will be angry – vs. 12a*

                                                               i.            Romans 10:9-10 

5. Happy are those that put their trust in Jesus. – vs. 12b*

                                                               i.            John 3:16-17