Ps 141 Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6 their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave."
God has spoken creation into existence. He designed the creation by desiring the things according to His attributes. He spoke them into existence and they were created by His will. The natural revelation that has been created is showing that God is not indecisive when He acts. He simply speaks and it is accomplished.
We must understand that Gods special revelation is not a suggestion. God does not act pragmatically in order to get to a solution. We are taught that God does whatever He wants. There is no reason for God to be indecisive. He can redeem everything by simply creating and recreating them according to their value and purpose by a word. So every word of God special revelation are decrees. If the revealed words of God are laws that are written in stone then why are the opposition successful in acting against these decrees?
When God created Adam and Eve , He established His law in order to provide the symmetry and order of the creation. The law of God was not given to force man to act morally. It was given in order for God to work through all things according to their purpose and value. The law was more than a standard of goodness and order. Without the work of the law, nothing could be defined and there would not be a measure of blessing . The mandate for man to rule the earth would be of no consequence if the creation was thrown into chaos. So the law provided the basis for God to bring glory to Himself by His creation. The law established the perfect working of all things according to their value and purpose. The law is the foundation of all identity.
When man sinned God had to uphold the voice of the law. God had to pronounce death to His creation. We must understand that sin was present in the desire to redefine Gods word.3Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD ; keep watch over the door of my lips. 4Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies"If man had not been cursed then he would have destroyed the creation by devaluing Gods creation in the redefinition. God had created man to rule His creation but when man sinned He redefined Gods word to its destruction. God dealt with sin by judging every thought and intent in mans heart. If God had not dealt a swift judgement to sin and corruption then He would have been thwarted by another will outside of Himself. If God was prevented from acting by the opposition then His word could not be trusted. God had to be the first cause of all things in order to uphold the authority of His word.
In order for God to be just, He had to determine the end of all things. If there was another will outside of God that could change the purposes of God then He would need to judge that will according to a sliding scale. If God judged man according to his best efforts then Gods judgement would be pragmatic. Gods word could not be trusted. So God had to deal a death blow to all corruption by putting the power of the opposition under His control in the curse. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety."
But here is the problem. God did not create the first man as a robot. He created them to rule the earth as a free moral agent. God implanted His law into man in order to provide the foundation for man to be free to choose what man was most pleased to choose. God had created man as the intricate part of in ordering all things for His glory. In order for God to reestablish the unity of all things , He had to restore the mans authority in ruling according to His original purposes. The only way that God could reestablish mans freedom to rule over the earth was to prevent the sin and corruption from being successful by the curse. The original authority of man to rule over the earth is reestablished in the authority of Gods word that was accomplished in Christ rising up to the perfect line of blessing and the cursing. Christ established the authority of the law by fulfilling it. 8 But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD ; in you I take refuge-do not give me over to death."
God has gifted His elect with His perfect justice in pronouncing the law, covenants, curses, decrees, statutes and promises. As we pronounce the 6 axioms we rise up to the line of blessing and cursing. These pronouncements are the "words well spoken." God pronounced the end of all things according to blessing and cursing in His eternal counsel from before the foundation of the world. Salvation can only be a sure foundation and completely successful by God being faithful in His judgements because He controls all things according to the line of blessing and cursing. He has reestablished our authority over the earth by uniting His desires with our desires as we rise up to the perfect line of blessing and cursing.Ps 141 Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;" We push destruction under our feet by cursing the curse and we overcome all opposition in the blessing. 7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave."
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