Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
(Psalm 2:1-3 ESV)
The LORD sends His Messiah to the earth. How will He be received? Not Well. Just like the prophets sent before him, only worse. Just like the tennants dealt with the son of the Landowner. John puts it well in his introduction to the Incarnation: "His own received Him not." That is a nice way to say "Rejection." But this is not merely a mild, passive ignoring. It goes further. It is a hostile opposition to holiness and rightful rule, a shaking of one's fist at God. There is this thread, actually a thick rope, throughout history of mankind doing this. Today is no exception. Receive or reject. Trust or tantrum. Love or hate. Of all times of year, this season says: "What will you do with the Lord's Messiah?"
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