Kiss The Son

Ps 2:11-12 reminds us that we are to approach an omnipotent God with reverence and awe: ‘Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a...

Sovereign Control

Psalm 2 is the first of the Messianic psalms. Along with Psalm 1, it forms an introduction to the book of Psalms (‘a joint preamble to the whole book’, in the words of Michael Wilcock). The private world of Psalm 1 opens out into the public world of Psalm 2; the...

Messianic Psalms

The Bible tells us God’s story of the world and the people in it, and there is a coherence to this story which demonstrates God is in ultimate control, working all things together for good. God’s plan of salvation is outlined in the first book (Genesis) and reaches...