Psalm 2
How many people get angry with a "god" they don't believe in?
Talking of God on the TV program QI turns the usually extremely affable host Stephen Fry into a raging fanatic against faith.
This psalm talks of similar ideas - kings, rulers and nations rise up against god and his chosen one (In hebrew this word is Messiah in Greek it is Christ) saying let us throw off their shackles and break their chains.
In some cases the ruling classes have managed to throw off the "chains and shackles" of faith and morality and the results have usually ended in the deaths of innocent poor people who hold a different view.
God in heaven laughs at these "enlightened" people and scoffs them.
He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them with his wrath.
God established his king on mount Zion in Jerusalem.
Jesus quoted verse 7 "You are my son, today I have become your father"
God promises to hand the nations to his son as his inheritance with the ability to break the nations and rule over the kings.
The critics of faith will object to this psalm no doubt - objecting that the church and God want to keep humanity in chains and prevent mankind from reaching our full potential.
Having learned about our "Full potential" in the death camps of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, the Islamic State actions in the middle East and actions by people who have "thrown off" the old fashioned responsibility and morals. I think living in a land where the legal system is rooted in a long association with the Christian faith is a far better prospect.
How many people get angry with a "god" they don't believe in?
Talking of God on the TV program QI turns the usually extremely affable host Stephen Fry into a raging fanatic against faith.
This psalm talks of similar ideas - kings, rulers and nations rise up against god and his chosen one (In hebrew this word is Messiah in Greek it is Christ) saying let us throw off their shackles and break their chains.
In some cases the ruling classes have managed to throw off the "chains and shackles" of faith and morality and the results have usually ended in the deaths of innocent poor people who hold a different view.
God in heaven laughs at these "enlightened" people and scoffs them.
He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them with his wrath.
God established his king on mount Zion in Jerusalem.
Jesus quoted verse 7 "You are my son, today I have become your father"
God promises to hand the nations to his son as his inheritance with the ability to break the nations and rule over the kings.
The critics of faith will object to this psalm no doubt - objecting that the church and God want to keep humanity in chains and prevent mankind from reaching our full potential.
Having learned about our "Full potential" in the death camps of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, the Islamic State actions in the middle East and actions by people who have "thrown off" the old fashioned responsibility and morals. I think living in a land where the legal system is rooted in a long association with the Christian faith is a far better prospect.
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