Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Ps  144 2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.
3 O LORD , what is man that you care for him,
the son of man that you think of him?

The Psalmist is drawing a parallel to the original command in the garden for man to subdue the earth and rule over Gods creation. In Psalm 8 he teaches 8  4what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor." that God has created all things according to His law, covenants , statutes, curses, decrees, and promises. He has given man the authority to rule the world by these 6 pronouncements. As long as man thinks thoughts after God , he will speak the words of God and will not slip into destruction. In this Psalm he is teaching that the original creation mandate  to rule the earth is established by Gods eternal government. The kingdom of God is established in Gods work in the history of redemption. God is bringing all things back to the original order by establishing His government through law.

God establishes the history of redemption through human government. God speaks all things into existence according to His law, covenants, curses etc. The Psalmist is showing that the goodness of God that is provided in salvation is worked out in unifying all things by the 6 axioms. We see that the words that describe Gods salvation like shield, rock, deliver, refuge, goodness, praise, fortress can only be present in the fullest sense when God reorders all relationships according to their true value in perfect unity. Gods spiritual kingdom on this earth overrules the earthly kingdoms by life and death pronouncements of the 6 axioms.

God cursed all things in response to the fall. God not only pronounced the curse in response to Adams sin but He extended the authority of the curse as written judgements of the violation of His law.  When sin entered the world man was unable to rule over the creation. But God reestablished mans authority in the incarnation. Before the fall man had unhindered power to rule over the earth. Man was implanted with Gods law and  was able to rule with  a kings authority. Each man was his own king. Gods eternal law establishes perfect unity in all relationships in justifying Himself as the Ruler over His creation. God reestablished the authority of the law by pronouncing His justice through cursing and blessing.

God has established the authority of His elect by life and death pronouncements. When Adam sinned man was reduced to redefining Gods law. This new way of creating government was ingrained into society from one generation to another. The Psalmist is teaching that the power of the curse is present in Gods eternal government that is established by destroying the evolution of this history of redefining Gods law. The power of lawful government to overturn the advancement of evil governments is worked out through the ultimate curse of war.  As Gods elect push the evil curse down by pronouncing the curse it is worked out in the death of the opposition in war.  The pronouncements of the perfect law of God are yea and amen.

The Psalmist teaches that God has chosen His earthly nation by giving them His law. The lawful nation is the engine in which God works to establish the history of Redemption. The gift of the law is God establishing His law, covenants, curses, statutes etc in order to bring unity and success to the nation of Israel. God established the creation ordinance by making Israel the new garden in which God reordered all things to work in unity for the purpose of reestablishing mans authority over the creation.

The mandate to rule the earth were pronounced in Israel in protecting the borders, teaching the new generation to pronounce the 6 axioms to promote unity through holistic posterity, inviting the blessing of God in receiving the fruits of His creation, and pronouncing the curse that silenced crime in the streets and brought safety within walls that surrounded the garden in order to keep the nations from invading. The kingdom of God was reestablished in His work of saving His nation by unifying all things in the work of His law. All of the attributes of salvation were established in the perfect work of the law, curses, covenants etc.