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Lesson Summary:

The LORD warns a rebellious world of destruction if they persist in taking a stand against His Anointed.

Focus Passage: Psalms 2

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. The World’s Futile Rebellion (2:1-3)

Principle: Humanity’s Rebellion Cannot Thwart God’s Plan.
Application: How is the world openly rebelling against God today? How are you guilty of opposing God’s plans for your life?
Scripture Reference

⁹“Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me,
¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
Isaiah 46:9-10 (NASB)

II. The LORD’s Furious Response (2:4-9)

Principle: The LORD’s Anointed Will Crush The World’s Rebellion Against God.
Application: What comfort and encouragement do you receive as you understand the person and work of the LORD’s Anointed, the Lord Jesus Christ?
Scripture Reference

¹¹And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
¹²His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
¹³He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
¹⁴And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
¹⁵From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
¹⁶And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Revelation 19:11-16 (NASB)

III. The LORD’s Final Warning (2:10-12)

Principle: A Rebellious World Still Has Time to Receive the LORD’s Anointed.
Application: How have you responded to the soon coming king, the LORD’s Anointed, Jesus Christ?
Scripture Reference

¹⁶“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
¹⁷For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
¹⁸He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:16-18 (NASB)