1. Jesus’
certain
victory

2. Psalm 2 / The nations reject the LORD
and his Christ
1Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the
earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD
Let us
and against His Anointed [Christ], saying, 3 “
break Their bonds in
pieces cast away Their
and
cords from us .”

3. French Declaration of the Rights of
Man and of the Citizen 1779
Law
Article 6: is the expression of
the general will ….

4. US Constitution 1787
We the
People…

5. Exodus 18 / Representational
government under God
17Moses' father-in-law [Jethro] said to him, “…You
shall represent the people before God…20 and you
shall warn them about the statutes and the
laws... 21…look for able men…, men who fear God,
who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place
such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of
hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22 And let them
judge the people at all times. Every great matter
they shall bring to you, but any small matter they
shall decide themselves…”

6. Deuteronomy 17 / Representational
government under God [again]
14 “When you come to the land which the LORD
your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in
it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the
nations that are around me,’ …16 But he shall not
multiply horses for himself… 17 Neither shall he
multiply wives for himself…nor shall he greatly
multiply silver and gold for himself.
18 “…he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a
book…and he shall read it all the days of his
life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and
be careful to observe all the words of this law and
these statutes.

7. BUT the nations don’t
want to be ruled but
men or women who
represent God and his
law.

8. Psalm 2 / God laughs at the wicked
4 He who sits in the heavens shall
Lord shall hold them in derision. 5
laugh
Then He shall speak to them in His
; the
wrath deep
, and distress them in His
displeasure: “Yet I have set My
6
King [Jesus] on my holy hill of
Zion.”

9. Psalm 2 / “Resistance is futile”
7 “I [ Jesus ] will declare the decree: The LORD has said to
I will
Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 Ask of Me, and
give You the nations for Your
inheritance , and the ends of the earth for Your possession. 9 You shall
break them with a rod of iron ; You
shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel .’”

10. We are privy to the
eternal counsel of
the Father to the
Son!!

12. Psalm 2 / Warning and promise
10 Now therefore, be wise , O kings;
Be instructed, you judges 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,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who
put their trust in Him .

13. Acts 4
They [Peter and John] raised their voice to God…: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all
that is in them, 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David[b] have said:
‘ Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the LORD and against His Christ.’
27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and
the people of Israel, were gathered together 28to do whatever Your hand and Your
purpose determined before to be done. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant
29
to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that
30
signs and wonders may be done through the name of… Jesus.”
31And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

14. Acts 13
26“Men and brethren, sons of the family of
Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to
you the word of this salvation has been
sent. 28…they asked Pilate that He should be put to
death. 30 But God raised Him from the dead. 32 And
we declare to you…that promise which was made
to the fathers. 33…[a]s it is also written in the
second Psalm:
‘ You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’

15. Hebrews 1
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:
“ You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?

16. Hebrews 5
5So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become
High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“ You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”

17. Revelation 2
26And he who overcomes, and keeps My works
until the end, to him I will give power over the
nations—
27 ‘ He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the
potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father.

19. Revelation 12
3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail
drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the
dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her
She bore a male
Child as soon as it was born. 5
Child who was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to
God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she
has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand
two hundred and sixty days.

20. Revelation 19
13He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood,
and His name is called The Word of
God….15 Now out of His mouth goes a
sharp sword, that with it He should strike the
He Himself will rule
nations. And
them with a rod of iron. He
Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness
and wrath of Almighty God.

21. U2 Sunday bloody Sunday
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me
who has won…
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won.

22. Can you
hear the
song?