Why do the heathen rage? Part 2

Imagine a vain thing? That's what mortals do when they conspire against God, with or without the aid of demons. They did it in Noah's day. They did in at the Tower of Babel. The results were not favorable for the rebels.

But one thing the Bible demonstrates so clearly for us is that each new generation resorts to rebellion. It has always been that way. We can see it in our own world today. All we have to do is hang around and live long enough.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us this truth: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."

It's true of all manner of rebellions, too. There's no new form of rebellion under the sun. The evil men do today is no worse than the evil they did in Noah's day, prompting God to destroy all life save one family.

We can't save ourselves with a carbon tax or by banning air travel or by eradicating plastic straws.

That's why God tells us in Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they shall be as wool."

What do we need to do? "Be willing and obedient," He says. Just return to Him and His ways.

There isn't any sin you can commit that hasn't been committed – or forgiven.

"But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it," Isaiah 1:20 says.

I've been meditating on Psalm 2. There's so much wisdom there.

"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?" asks the psalmist. "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. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

God is speaking to us still today in this generation with the same message He has always had for us throughout the eons.

Trust in Him – and His Son.

There is no other way – no other prudent path, no other road that leads to life.

He commands: "Let's reason together." It's irrational not to walk with God. How many times must we see the folly of the way of the heathen? Why do the heathen still rage against Him? Why do they imagine a vain thing – that there is life in the way of rebellion against God Almighty?

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