Ps 67 4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.
Selah
God created man to rule and govern the earth. Man by nature is industrious. This is why after man had fallen into sin, he began to use his gifts to create a nation. God provided all men with the opportunity to succeed in using their own gifts in order to establish economic success that would promote the general welfare of all men.
But when man fell into sin, he began to prevent his neighbor from the opportunities of success that was promised in the creation covenant. Original sin was conceived by the idea that man could be successful by becoming his own god. But the idea that was introduced by the serpent would end in the destruction of Gods creation.
God created the earth by speaking all things into existence. The smallest particle is a display of the being of God. Everything that exist are sustained by all of the words of God. Reality is the unity of all of the words of God. We say that sin is more than an action. Sin introduces a threat to Gods unity that is displayed in one word of God defining all of the words. Man is opposed by the threat of redefining Gods word in order to create a false image. Because God cursed man and the entire creation, He made it impossible for man to act under the original constraints in his role of ruling the garden. When God established the curse ,man was unable to meet the demands of the law, unite himself with Gods desires in the creation covenant, unite his will with God in creating the future, being able to depend upon the goodness of God, and seeking to please God by the destructive desire to comply with the law in his own strength.
If God had not pronounced death upon all things when man sinned then He would have ceased to be a just God.All of the words that governed the creation and order of all things would have become the foundation of disorder and destruction. In order for God to contain the original unity of creation, He had to oppose the system of man by recreating all things. If God had not cursed the entire creation then the threat of the opposition in corruption would have brought about the disorder of the earth and the destruction of man. The smallest departure from God is a desire to kill God. This threat of the smallest opposition would have destroyed man. God not only applied His justice in the curse but He gifted man with the pronouncement of the curse in order to overcome the opposition in the corruption. Any attempt to please God without the pronouncement of the curse is the desire to curse God and oneself.
The Psalmist is teaching that the nations are being created by the perfect word of God. God established the re creation of all things by giving man authority to pronounce the law, covenants, curses , decrees , statutes and promises. These pronouncements are the desires of God given to the nations to unify Gods creation. The praise of the earth is the holistic practice of recreating the nations by the pronouncements. When the nations are constrained in the unity of the word of God then man is brought back to the original mandate to rule the earth. God is always absolutely just in applying the blessing and the cursing perfectly to the creation. The pronouncements lead us to desire the unity of all creation.
6 Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.
Selah
God created man to rule and govern the earth. Man by nature is industrious. This is why after man had fallen into sin, he began to use his gifts to create a nation. God provided all men with the opportunity to succeed in using their own gifts in order to establish economic success that would promote the general welfare of all men.
But when man fell into sin, he began to prevent his neighbor from the opportunities of success that was promised in the creation covenant. Original sin was conceived by the idea that man could be successful by becoming his own god. But the idea that was introduced by the serpent would end in the destruction of Gods creation.
God created the earth by speaking all things into existence. The smallest particle is a display of the being of God. Everything that exist are sustained by all of the words of God. Reality is the unity of all of the words of God. We say that sin is more than an action. Sin introduces a threat to Gods unity that is displayed in one word of God defining all of the words. Man is opposed by the threat of redefining Gods word in order to create a false image. Because God cursed man and the entire creation, He made it impossible for man to act under the original constraints in his role of ruling the garden. When God established the curse ,man was unable to meet the demands of the law, unite himself with Gods desires in the creation covenant, unite his will with God in creating the future, being able to depend upon the goodness of God, and seeking to please God by the destructive desire to comply with the law in his own strength.
If God had not pronounced death upon all things when man sinned then He would have ceased to be a just God.All of the words that governed the creation and order of all things would have become the foundation of disorder and destruction. In order for God to contain the original unity of creation, He had to oppose the system of man by recreating all things. If God had not cursed the entire creation then the threat of the opposition in corruption would have brought about the disorder of the earth and the destruction of man. The smallest departure from God is a desire to kill God. This threat of the smallest opposition would have destroyed man. God not only applied His justice in the curse but He gifted man with the pronouncement of the curse in order to overcome the opposition in the corruption. Any attempt to please God without the pronouncement of the curse is the desire to curse God and oneself.
The Psalmist is teaching that the nations are being created by the perfect word of God. God established the re creation of all things by giving man authority to pronounce the law, covenants, curses , decrees , statutes and promises. These pronouncements are the desires of God given to the nations to unify Gods creation. The praise of the earth is the holistic practice of recreating the nations by the pronouncements. When the nations are constrained in the unity of the word of God then man is brought back to the original mandate to rule the earth. God is always absolutely just in applying the blessing and the cursing perfectly to the creation. The pronouncements lead us to desire the unity of all creation.
6 Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
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