THE CAST OF CHARACTERS IN THE CONTINUING CONFLICT
TEXT: Psalm 2
SUMMARY: The certainty of God's ultimate victory over the wicked in the continuing conflict between good and evil is presented with dramatic effect in Psalm 2, as we view the conflict from the point of view of the wicked, of God the Father, of God the Son, and of the blessed
I. THE AGITATION OF THE GODLESS, vv. 1-3.
A. The Disease of the Heart.
B. The Plans of the Rebels.
II. THE COMPOSURE OF THE FATHER, vv. 4-6.
A. He remains at ease;
B. He Laughs at them; but then...
C. He Troubles Them, vv. 5-6.
III. THE SURETY OF THE SON, vv. 6-9.
A. In His Relationship to the Father as God's Anointed.
B. In His Possession of an Inherited Kingdom.
VII, “Of God’s Covenant,” para. 3: This covenant is revealed in the gospel; first of all to Adam in the promise of salvation by the seed of the woman, and afterwards by further steps, until its full discovery was completed in the New Testament; and it is founded in that eternal covenant transaction that was between the Father and the Son about the redemption of the elect; and it is alone by the grace of this covenant that all of the posterity of fallen Adam that ever were saved did obtain life and blessed immortality, man being now utterly incapable of acceptance with God upon those terms on which Adam stood in his state of innocency.
IV. THE COMFORT OF THE BLESSED, v. 10-12.
A. Man’s Part in the Great Battle.
B. Who are the Blessed? |
