“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying], Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” (Ps 2:1-4 AV)
The recent attacks on our nation came to mind. In fact, all over the world, those who hate Jehovah are attacking nations that traditionally recognize the God of all creation. As time marches on, it is only going to get worse. The God-haters will not sit by and allow the truth of the gospel to have free rein. The question above is what stood out at me this morning. It is rhetorical. It is meant to show the futility of rebellion against the Creator. The response to this world-wide rebellion is the return of Jesus Christ to set up His kingdom in righteousness and holiness. All the rage the heathen show at the holiness of God will not change a thing. Their anger and wrath will be short-lived. When Jesus returns, all those who hate God will be disposed of. Jesus will enter His kingdom with those who have trusted in Him. All others will be destroyed. This is the right of the Creator. He has the right to do whatever He wishes with that which He has created. That includes the heathen who rage against Him. The question above is a very simple question. One that is meant to produce an ‘aha’ moment. But it won’t.
There is a principle expressed in our constitution that understands this truth. We all know the concept of slavery is morally reprehensible. But why? We know it is an evil that should not be tolerated. But why? In the natural world, there is no understanding of this. Honey bees have a queen, the worker, and the drone. These three castes have specific responsibilities in the hive and have no option but to fulfill that task. Once their task is done, their lives are done. There is no free will. There is no option to change what one was created to do. Other highly socialized creatures behave the same way. Mankind, on the other hand, has no right to own another human being. When we see the laws of slavery as they appear in the Bible, think indentured servant. The master paid a debt for the servant and he is no indentured to him until the debt is paid. Once the debt was paid, the servant had the option to choose freedom, or become a permanent servant. But it was his choice. So, where do we get the idea that slavery is an evil that should never be tolerated? The second paragraph of our Declaration of Independence starts, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” In other words, slavery is absolutely wrong because we are all created by the same God and therefore have no rights that can infringe on the liberty of others.
What is lost on the heathen is the same truth that protects them against abuse is the same truth that demands submission to their Creator. This is why the question is rhetorical. It makes no sense to fight against the abuse from mankind based on equality of creation and then turn around and rage against the Creator that grants that right. To think the Creator will create and surrender His right to that which He creates would then open the door for immoral slavery. If God is the Creator and it is by this fact, we are all created equal and thus protected from enslavement, it must stand to reason the uniformity of our creation must also demand submission to He who created us. This is why rebellion is so unreasonable. By rebelling against our Creator, we also surrender all rights to His protection. The best thing to do is cease the rage. Surrender to the will of the Creator. He will do what He pleases with that which He has created. To fight against it surrenders one’s own mercy.
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