Amazing Facts
The Absolute Monarch.
There are currently seven absolute monarchies active globally, the smallest of which is the Vatican, with the pope as its sovereign. However, the Bible predicts that there will be, someday soon, only one ruler: Jesus Christ. In the verse for today, Jesus quotes from Psalm 2:9, the first of the Messianic psalms, which prophesies what will happen to those nations that rise up in rebellion against God’s government: Christ will “rule them with a rod of iron.”
Let’s take a closer look at this “rod of iron.” A rod is like a scepter, a symbol denoting a king’s authority. Christ’s rod is mentioned twice more in the book of Revelation: in 12:5, describing Jesus’ birth as “a male Child,” and in 19:15, at Jesus’ triumphant second coming. What sort of rod does Jesus carry, and what does it have to teach us?
The reason Christ came to Earth was to save humanity. As such, He is called “the good shepherd” (John 10:11), who leads His sheep, us, to the green pastures of everlasting life. The rod of His kingship is that of a shepherd: “Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). To His people, Christ’s governance is a “comfort.” It brings love, not tyranny; peace, not terror; freedom, not chains. But when nations arise to attack His people, as they do at the end of time, Christ defends His country. His rod becomes to them one that cannot be broken or conquered, strong as “iron.”
As for “the potter’s vessels,” Jeremiah presents a powerful illustration of what happens to those who turn from the God of heaven to worship other gods: “I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel” (Jeremiah 19:11). So also, Daniel saw that the great image that depicted the kingdoms of this world “were crushed together, and became like chaff … the wind carried them away” (Daniel 2:35). These descriptions parallel the final outcome of the fallen church.
When Jesus challenged the religious leaders to recognize Him as the Messiah, the “chief cornerstone,” He said, “Whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder” (Matthew 21:42, 44). Have you been broken in order to receive your inheritance?
Lord Jesus, with You on my side, I know I have nothing to fear. Though the enemy is mighty, You are mightier still.
For Further Study: Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:1–10; Daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. Revelation 2:27
The Absolute Monarch.
There are currently seven absolute monarchies active globally, the smallest of which is the Vatican, with the pope as its sovereign. However, the Bible predicts that there will be, someday soon, only one ruler: Jesus Christ. In the verse for today, Jesus quotes from Psalm 2:9, the first of the Messianic psalms, which prophesies what will happen to those nations that rise up in rebellion against God’s government: Christ will “rule them with a rod of iron.”
Let’s take a closer look at this “rod of iron.” A rod is like a scepter, a symbol denoting a king’s authority. Christ’s rod is mentioned twice more in the book of Revelation: in 12:5, describing Jesus’ birth as “a male Child,” and in 19:15, at Jesus’ triumphant second coming. What sort of rod does Jesus carry, and what does it have to teach us?
The reason Christ came to Earth was to save humanity. As such, He is called “the good shepherd” (John 10:11), who leads His sheep, us, to the green pastures of everlasting life. The rod of His kingship is that of a shepherd: “Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). To His people, Christ’s governance is a “comfort.” It brings love, not tyranny; peace, not terror; freedom, not chains. But when nations arise to attack His people, as they do at the end of time, Christ defends His country. His rod becomes to them one that cannot be broken or conquered, strong as “iron.”
As for “the potter’s vessels,” Jeremiah presents a powerful illustration of what happens to those who turn from the God of heaven to worship other gods: “I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel” (Jeremiah 19:11). So also, Daniel saw that the great image that depicted the kingdoms of this world “were crushed together, and became like chaff … the wind carried them away” (Daniel 2:35). These descriptions parallel the final outcome of the fallen church.
When Jesus challenged the religious leaders to recognize Him as the Messiah, the “chief cornerstone,” He said, “Whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder” (Matthew 21:42, 44). Have you been broken in order to receive your inheritance?
Lord Jesus, with You on my side, I know I have nothing to fear. Though the enemy is mighty, You are mightier still.
For Further Study: Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:1–10; Daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. Revelation 2:27
Amazing Facts
The Absolute Monarch.
There are currently seven absolute monarchies active globally, the smallest of which is the Vatican, with the pope as its sovereign. However, the Bible predicts that there will be, someday soon, only one ruler: Jesus Christ. In the verse for today, Jesus quotes from Psalm 2:9, the first of the Messianic psalms, which prophesies what will happen to those nations that rise up in rebellion against God’s government: Christ will “rule them with a rod of iron.”
Let’s take a closer look at this “rod of iron.” A rod is like a scepter, a symbol denoting a king’s authority. Christ’s rod is mentioned twice more in the book of Revelation: in 12:5, describing Jesus’ birth as “a male Child,” and in 19:15, at Jesus’ triumphant second coming. What sort of rod does Jesus carry, and what does it have to teach us?
The reason Christ came to Earth was to save humanity. As such, He is called “the good shepherd” (John 10:11), who leads His sheep, us, to the green pastures of everlasting life. The rod of His kingship is that of a shepherd: “Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). To His people, Christ’s governance is a “comfort.” It brings love, not tyranny; peace, not terror; freedom, not chains. But when nations arise to attack His people, as they do at the end of time, Christ defends His country. His rod becomes to them one that cannot be broken or conquered, strong as “iron.”
As for “the potter’s vessels,” Jeremiah presents a powerful illustration of what happens to those who turn from the God of heaven to worship other gods: “I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel” (Jeremiah 19:11). So also, Daniel saw that the great image that depicted the kingdoms of this world “were crushed together, and became like chaff … the wind carried them away” (Daniel 2:35). These descriptions parallel the final outcome of the fallen church.
When Jesus challenged the religious leaders to recognize Him as the Messiah, the “chief cornerstone,” He said, “Whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder” (Matthew 21:42, 44). Have you been broken in order to receive your inheritance?
Lord Jesus, with You on my side, I know I have nothing to fear. Though the enemy is mighty, You are mightier still.
For Further Study: Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:1–10; Daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. Revelation 2:27
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