Rage Of The Heathen

RAGE OF THE HEATHEN

(Inspired by the political assassination of Charlie Kirk)

2 Samuel 1:17–27)

“The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen!” (v.19)

PROLOGUE: A WORLD SHAKEN BY VIOLENCE

When a public figure is assassinated—Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, and now Charlie Kirk—the world trembles. The noise is loud. The grief is deep. The questions are raw and immediate.

I. THE FIRE THEY COULDN’T PUT OUT

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his “American Comeback Tour.” Authorities have called it a political assassination, and a high-powered rifle was recovered nearby. The shooter remains at large.

II. RAGE OF THE HEATHEN

Psalm 2 opens with a haunting question:

“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His Anointed.”

The early church quoted this in Acts 4 after Peter and John were arrested. They applied it to Herod and Pilate, who thought they could crush Jesus’ mission by killing Him. But the believers prayed with confidence: even rulers only do what God’s hand and plan have already determined.

III. THE DEVIL’S OLD PLAYBOOK

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:8:

“None of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

That’s the devil’s mistake every time: he thinks violence can stop God’s plan.

• Crucifixion was meant to silence Jesus, but it opened the floodgates of salvation.

• Stoning was meant to silence Stephen, but his vision of Christ standing in heaven launched Paul’s conversion and the spread of the gospel.

• An assassin’s bullet ended Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, but it did not end his dream—it catapulted the civil rights movement forward with unstoppable momentum.

The devil keeps pulling the same play from the same worn-out book, and every time it backfires.

IV. OUR MOMENT OF GRIEF

Now we stand in fresh grief. Charlie Kirk has been struck down. We mourn him, we honor him, and we feel the weight of loss.

But if history—and Scripture—tell us anything, it is this: attempts to squash truth only scatter sparks into a wildfire. One silenced voice multiplies into a thousand.

The enemy thought the cross was the end—but it was the beginning. The enemy thought the stones would bury Stephen—but they planted Paul. The enemy thought the gun would end King’s dream—but it gave a whole people courage to march on.

And now—what the enemy thought would silence Charlie must instead call us to speak louder, bolder, clearer.

V. CARRY ON THE WORK

If there is any purpose to be gleaned from this tragedy, it is this: we can no longer lean on activists like Charlie to do our work for us.

• If you admired his boldness, then be bold.

• If you valued his message, then repeat it, teach it, live it.

• If you followed his example, then now is the time to become an example yourself.

Silence is not an option. Dependence is not an option. This is the moment where ordinary men and women say, “If his voice is gone, mine must take its place.”

EPILOGUE: The Rage That Backfires

The heathen still rage. The rulers still plot. But God still reigns. And every attempt to choke out truth has always become the very soil where truth grows strongest.

So grieve—but don’t stop. Mourn—but don’t quit. If Charlie has been called home, then we who remain must rise up, take what is in our hands, and carry the work forward.

Because the devil’s rage has backfired once again.