Last week I uploaded chapter one of this 150-chapter project I started back in 2008. Only 4 chapters were complete. I’ve started working on chapter 5 this week. We will see how many chapters I can get done this year. Enjoy another story from the life of Blessed.
Psalm 2
1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying.
3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6) Yet have I set my king upon my Holy hill of Zion.
7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
8) Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12) 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.
Blessed sat in the dining nook of his tree-house, reading the morning paper. It was a quiet, peaceful morning in Rivers of Water. The sun shone brightly through the window, the birds sang in the branches of his tree, the aroma of spring blossoms filled the air that breezed gently through the window. The Headlines of the newspaper provide a dramatic contrast to Blessed’s idyllic breakfast scene:
Heathen Rage against LORD:
Kings and Rulers create counsel
Pledge to ‘Break Bands Asunder’
DATELINE HEATHEN – In a prepared statement, the Counsel of Heathen today announced plans for independence from the LORD and his Anointed heir.
“We will break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us” the members of the council declared.
The Counsel of Heathen is made up of most of the kings and rulers of the earth from the territories that have been under the nominal rule of the LORD since recorded time began. The council was formed initially as a way for these leaders to express their grievances to the LORD, but has ended up as a non-too-veiled declaration of independence from his rule.
Their statement continued with a list of complaints again the LORD, his meddling in their abilities to rule as they please in their own demesne. They state their purpose to make this a peaceful break, unless the LORD chose to be the one to raise war against them.
When the press corps reported the news of the counsel’s statement to the LORD, his first response was a non-too pleasant laugh from his heavenly throne.
“I shall give my son, my anointed, these heathen for his inheritance, and he shall rule them all from his throne on Zion,” the Lord said when he finally responded with words. “He shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them to the ground like a potter’s vase.”
The LORD warned the kings to “be wise” and return their fealty and reverence to Him and the heir. As part of that fealty, they need to appear in Zion to kiss the Son and reconfirm their oaths of allegiance, or he promised his armies shall soon put all the lands of Heathen to waste.
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