Blessed Are All Who Take Refuge in Him (Psalm 2)

[Sung Psalm: 2]

Psalm 2 starts by asking a question, and this question provides the backdrop for the entire Psalm. "Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?"

Remember that the Psalmist is writing this at a time when Israel was called to be a kingdom of priests. Israel was supposed to mediate the blessings of God to the nations. But the nations did not seem very interested in receiving God's blessings. The kings of the earth set themselves against the Lord, And the rulers take counsel together against Yahweh and his anointed.

The nations are not coming to Jerusalem, beating down the door to hear the Word of the LORD; they are coming to Jerusalem, beating down the door to destroy the Lord's Anointed king!

But the Psalmist understands that the Davidic king, sitting on David's throne, is the embodiment of Israel. All that God has promised to Israel is going to be fulfilled in their anointed king.

God laughs at the enemies of Israel, because he has established the Son of David in Zion. And the dominion of the Son of David is going to extend to the whole earth.

Because the Son of David is also the Son of God...