Kiss The Son Series

Title: Kiss the Son

Text: Psalm 2

Introduction:

If you read the news or simply look at the world around you, it is easy to feel that everything is spiraling out of control. Nations rage against one another. Leaders plot and scheme. In boardrooms and in classrooms, the authority of God is mocked, His laws are called chains, and His people are often marginalized. It can feel like the world is in open, and often successful, rebellion against its Creator. It can feel like God has lost control.

Psalm 2 is God's definitive response to that feeling. It is a divine drama in four acts that pulls back the curtain of human history and shows us what is really going on from heaven's perspective. It reveals the utter foolishness of fighting against God, it declares the unstoppable authority of His enthroned King, Jesus Christ, and it presents every human being with an urgent and eternal choice: either face the King's judgment or find blessed refuge in His grace.

Act I: The Rage on Earth (vv. 1-3)

The drama opens with the psalmist looking out at the world in stunned disbelief. “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?” He sees a global conspiracy in motion. “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed.”

This is a picture of humanity united in a single, futile cause: rebellion against God and His chosen King, the Messiah. Their rebellious slogan is shouted in verse 3: “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” They see God's good and perfect law not as a framework for freedom and flourishing, but as oppressive bondage. They want to be their own gods, their own kings, and their own lawgivers. This is the timeless spirit of human sin, a story that began in the Garden of Eden and continues in the headlines of our world today.

Act II: The Laughter in Heaven (vv. 4-6)

The scene dramatically shifts from the chaotic war rooms of earth to the serene throne room of heaven. What is God’s reaction to this global insurrection? Is it fear? Is it panic? No. It is laughter.

“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” From God's eternal perspective, humanity's grand rebellion is a pathetic and laughable absurdity. A congress of ants plotting to overthrow a mountain would be more threatening. God’s laughter is not one of amusement, but of absolute, uncontested sovereignty.

His laughter then gives way to a divine declaration. While the kings of the earth are still holding their meetings and drawing up their plans, God announces that the contest is already over. “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” The rebellion is too late. The outcome is not in doubt. God’s King is already on the throne.

Act III: The Decree of the King (vv. 7-9)

Now, for the first time, the King Himself speaks. In the New Testament, we learn this is none other than Jesus Christ, God’s Anointed One. He reveals the unshakeable foundation of His authority: a divine decree from God the Father.

“I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.” The book of Acts tells us this decree was publicly declared to the world when God raised Jesus from the dead. The resurrection was God’s ultimate proof that Jesus is His Son and the rightful King of the world.

And what is the inheritance of this King? It is the very nations that rage against Him. “Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” His authority is absolute. He will rule with a “rod of iron,” a symbol of perfect, unbending justice that will shatter all proud and persistent rebellion like a clay pot.

Act IV: The Choice for Humanity (vv. 10-12)

The drama does not end with a scene of destruction. It ends with a merciful, urgent appeal. The psalmist, speaking with the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, turns to the rebellious rulers of the earth and gives them counsel.

“Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.” He is calling them to abandon their foolish rebellion and joyfully submit to the one true King.

The final ultimatum is presented as a clear and personal choice. “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way.” In the ancient world, to kiss the king’s feet or hand was a profound act of allegiance, submission, and loyalty. This is a call for every person to bow the knee to King Jesus.