The Gathering of the Kings of the Earth
Psalms 2 is prophetic of a yet future day, though of the up to a certain point fulfilled in the past, as Acts 4:25-30 implies. Read Psalms 2 along with its application in Acts 4, and note the contrast. The kings of the earth did set themselves against Christ when He came in lowly grace; the rulers amongst the Jews did so too. But in Acts the Psalm is quoted no further than to show this hostility. The results in judgment are not touched on; no word about Jehovah having them in derision and vexing them in His sore displeasure. Christ was not placed as King in Zion; on the contrary, He was nailed to the cross. True, He has been placed higher than Zion, even in glory, and from thence His hand is stretched forth, not to “vex” in judgment, but to “heal” in grace. When this parenthetical period of grace is over, the gathering together against Christ of kings and rulers with apostate Israel will once more take place, to end in their complete discomfiture and destruction.
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