Leaders of This World: Your Judgement Will Come

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Therefore, kings, be wise;
be warned, you judges of the earth.

Serve Adonai with fear;
rejoice, but with trembling.
 Kiss the son, lest he be angry,
and you perish along the way,
when suddenly his anger blazes.
How blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 2:10-12

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

      Who do the leaders of the world fear?    Other leaders and the powers they wield?  Their own people--the ones who could remove them from their seats of power should they decide to rebel against the leadership?   World leaders put on a confident face as they perhaps should, but there is no more promise of security in this world for them than for any of us.

       Some leaders may speak of a god or of the Living God, but are those only words with no true actions to back them?   Have we seen leaders of the scope of King David in recent history or even in all the millennia since David reigned?    Empires have fallen throughout history as have their leaders.

         A nation might wield its power for a period, but judgement will bring down every nation that does not bow to God and accept Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah.  A Son has come, but what nation has truly taken refuge in Him.

         We write our own fates.  A nation is judged by its actions.

If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.  There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
John 12:47-48

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Sing Out All Ye God's People!

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Some nations boast of their chariots and horses,
    but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 20:7

New Living Translation (NLT)

       I'd like to believe that the United States is boasting in the name of God, but sadly our nation on the greater part rejects God and has a tendency to rely on the power of weaponry, technology, and the force of man.   Nations that stay on that track are destined for a future crash.  The fastest gun is eventually sought out by an upstart gunman looking to usurp power for his own gain.

       Individually we can put our faith in the Lord of Lords, the Mighty God of the Universe, and we can be saved from the torment of eternal suffering.  The world gives us the world in its sad temporality.   Now is not tomorrow.   No matter how hard we grasp and cling to the present, we can never keep it.   Memories may remain, but they are an insignificant replacement for a glory that can be ours in eternity.

       You have a choice in your own destiny, but is that choice the best one you can make.   A day of judgement is coming.  Will you be lifting your voice in a heavenly choir of praise to the Lord?   Or have you rejected God and given your trust to things of this weary world?   Do you even think about any of this?

        A precipice lies ahead on your darkened path as you journey through life.   Don't fall into that pit of despair and separation from your Creator.   Be lifted on the wings of love and be ready to sing for eternity.

And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and marvelous are your works,
    O Lord God, the Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations.
 Who will not fear you, Lord,
    and glorify your name?
    For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
    for your righteous deeds have been revealed.

Revelation 15:3-4

New Living Translation (NLT)

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What's Wrong With Sin? Everybody's Doing It.

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God, who is enthroned from of old,
    who does not change—
he will hear them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.

Psalm 55:19

New International Version (NIV)

        Blasphemers abound in our age.  They always have, but there seems to be a greater blatancy about it these days.  Sinners find all sorts of excuses and justifications for what they do.   Evil is relative.  Everything is good in its own way.   

        None of this is especially new.   Sin and the acceptance of sin has been around since Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise.  But in our age sin is like a badge to proudly wear to show all of the world that we are liberated from the oppression of God.   Satan must be gloating over this state of affairs in the world. 

        The devil is having his day now, but God waits patiently for the day when judgement will come to all and the devil will get his due.  There is a way out for all sinners.   Are you listening?

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:17

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