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That Certain Victory

It might seem strange. In fact it may even appear to be that which should not have been written in our holy Bible. For in Psalm 2:4 we read, '"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."

However, if you turn to Psalm 37:13 and Psalm 59:8 , you will find the same statements. For God is not laughing because He is pleased with what He sees and hears. That He shall have them in derision reveals that He considers all the works of the unbelievers to be folly. The idea is that our God considers all the attempts of the ungodly to destroy His church to be sheer folly. The point is that our God does not worry. He does not in fear watch Satan, the antichrists, and the whole world of unbelievers as they attack and try to destroy His church. All things are always completely under His control.

Satan with all the fallen angels and human enemies of God's church have their plans, and think that they will succeed in getting the godless kingdom of the Anti-Christ established and victorious. But the almighty God, our covenant Father, knows the folly and hopelessness of their plans.

Here is a truth we should hold on to tightly. Here is that which should make us laugh, not in the sense of expressing delight in the world's attempt to set up its devilish kingdom, but in the peace of mind and joy that all is well.

The world is today striving desperately to do what the unbelievers tried when they began building the tower of Babel. But they failed then and are going to fail again. The kingdom of the Antichrist will stand briefly. But rejoice in the truth that even in this the ungodly world shall serve God's plan and purpose. Satan, the Antichrist, and all the ungodly are but tools in God's hand to work all things together for our good. Our victory is sure.

Read: Psalm 37:1-17 .

Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Ezekiel 10Ezekiel 11:1-25 
Hebrews 6:1-20 
Psalm 105:16-36 
Proverbs 27:1-2 
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Quote for Reflection:

"Abraham was truly the covenant-head of his posterity in the line of Isaac and Jacob, in whose descendants the promises made to him were fulfilled. It was in virtue of this covenant with Abraham, that the Jews inherited their distinguished privileges as a nation ... which brought them into the relation of a ‘peculiar people’ to Jehovah; and hence, in his patriarchal character and acts, he stood forth as the representative or federal head of the nation, so far as all the promises, privileges, and institutions of the Judaical were concerned. He was both their natural progenitor and their covenant-head, by the appointment of God ... Therefore, when Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek as a priest of the most High God, and received a blessing from him, it was a historical fact intentionally introduced by God’s providence, with a view to its becoming a feature of the type (so to speak) which Melchizedek, in his history and functions, was foreordained to present, of the supreme and eternal High Priest." F. S. Sampson