Why Are the Nations on the Rampage?
In the face of growing hatred and persecution, we can find comfort and strength in the reality of Jesus Christ, who will overcome Satan and establish his kingdom.
In this sermon, the speaker addresses the growing problems and tensions in the world, causing people to live in fear. The speaker highlights the hatred and conspiracies of nations against God, as described in the second Psalm. However, the speaker finds comfort in the words 'in vain,' knowing that Jesus will appear and destroy the nations with his breath, establishing his eternal kingdom. The speaker encourages listeners to sing and praise Jesus as the coming King, as this brings a sense of victory and protection against the powers of hatred. The sermon emphasizes that despite the increasing anti-Christian sentiment in the world, people will come to recognize who Jesus truly is, and God's help will be closest in times of great need and persecution.
Full Transcript
God lives and works today, yet problems and tensions are growing, and people are living in fear. What can we do? Today's meditation by Basilia Schlink has an answer. Unleashed are evil forces sent from below, demonically increasing, hell's evil powers grow.
The nations hate each other, and they persecute those who still honor God. Perhaps you feel the same way I do when you listen to the daily news report of world events. It's enough to alarm anyone.
We're living in an age threatened by revolutions and nuclear wars, a time when many nations are raging in hatred against each other. And that's not all. Today we can see the situation described in the second psalm.
Nations are conspiring in hatred against God. In the end, all the nations of the earth, as Holy Scripture tells us, will turn against Jesus in hatred. When I began to become afraid of this hatred against God, there were two words that comforted and strengthened me.
They were the words, in vain. Psalm 2 says, why do the nations conspire and the people plot in vain? Jesus will appear and destroy them with the breath of his mouth. He will become Lord of the nations of this earth, and will establish his kingdom for eternity.
And that will happen quite soon. In that day, not a single kingdom will be able to rebel against him again. Not a single nation will be godless.
This is the day that we are approaching. Only against the background of this reality, that is, the nations are the rampage and the full power of Satan, can an even greater reality be revealed, the reality of Jesus Christ, who will overcome Satan. Our world is becoming more and more anti-Christian.
However, at the same time as never before, people will come to recognize who Jesus Christ really is. Even in the midst of persecution, we will experience that wherever the need is greatest, God's help is closest. We will experience that the light comes during the night.
Jesus will come so close to us that all the horror of war and persecution will fade away in his presence. I can testify, I have already tasted something of this hellish anti-Christian era with its effects. Yet, to the same degree and a thousand times more, I have tasted something of the foreshadowed kingdom of heaven with its eternal joy and everlasting comfort.
When I began to praise the victory of Jesus Christ, to look forward to the day of his coming, and to sing of him as the coming King, then it seemed as though the powers of hatred against God were already held back. They could no longer make me afraid. Jesus, the coming King, stood before me.
Jesus, the King, full of might and glory. And he will demonstrate his might wherever there is great need and tribulation. You will experience this also if you reckon with the reality of Jesus and sing of the coming King, praising him for his love, power, and glory.
He comes today to his own in night and tribulation. Come, sing to Jesus' name, divine Hosanna to your bridegrooms of light Hosanna in the highest You have been listening to a program written by Basile Schlenk of the Little Land of Canaan. To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website www.canaan.org. That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot org.
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Sermon Outline
- The Reality of the Nations' Rampage
- The Reality of Jesus Christ
- The Call to Reckon with Reality
- Sing of the coming King and praise his love, power, and glory
- Experience the reality of Jesus in our lives
Key Quotes
“Why do the nations conspire and the people plot in vain? Jesus will appear and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.” — Basilea Schlink
“Jesus will come so close to us that all the horror of war and persecution will fade away in his presence.” — Basilea Schlink
“Jesus, the King, full of might and glory. And he will demonstrate his might wherever there is great need and tribulation.” — Basilea Schlink
Application Points
- We can experience the reality of Jesus in our lives by reckoning with his love, power, and glory.
- Singing of the coming King and praising his love, power, and glory can bring comfort and strength in times of need and tribulation.
- We can trust in Jesus' promise to come and establish his kingdom, bringing eternal joy and comfort to all who believe.