Why Do the Nations Rage?

By: American Decency Staff

"Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 'Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.'"(Psalm 2:1-3)

What an apt description of today's culture. It's almost as if the Author knew how this great nation established on His precepts would now be abandoning his loving, defending walls of protection, scorning them as "bonds" holding us back.

As anyone whose head is not buried in the sand knows, Western Civilization has come a long way from those moral protections in a very short amount of time.

There have already been notable court cases which have silenced Christian businesspeople unwilling to endorse the homosexual lifestyle. Meanwhile, not only Christian-owned companies, but even many Christian ministries, are being forced to violate their religious beliefs by providing insurance coverage for abortifacient drugs under the new healthcare law. There are very legitimate concerns that these troubling trends will leak into other facets of everyday life as religion is relegated to a "personal" issue and becomes more and more unwelcome in public.

So, the days are getting darker, but Psalm 2 gives great hope. I love the first line of the Psalm, "why do the nations rage?" as in, what's the use?

But the rest of the chapter is even better:

⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.
⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
⁶ “As for me, I have set my King
    on Zion, my holy hill.”

⁷ I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”

¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear,
    and rejoice with trembling.
¹² Kiss the Son,
    lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
    for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

What an encouragement for the Church! What a reminder of Who is really in control as our culture drifts farther and farther from the mooring of Christ!

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