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The triumphant Messiah

(Acts 4:23-31)
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Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
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Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
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“Let us draw off Their cords, || And cast Their thick bands from us.”
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He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them.
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Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
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“And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.”
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I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
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Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, || And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
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You rule them with a scepter of iron, || You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
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And now, O kings, act wisely, || Be instructed, O judges of earth,
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Serve YHWH with fear, || And rejoice with trembling.
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Kiss the Chosen One [[ or Son ]], lest He is angry, || And you perish [from] the way, || When His anger burns but a little, || O the blessedness of all trusting in Him!
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The triumphant Messiah

(Acts 4:23-31)
1
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed,(a) saying,
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“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
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He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord(b) will have them in derision.
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Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
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“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
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I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
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Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
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You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
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Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
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Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
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Give sincere homage to the Son,(c) lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Footnotes

(a)2:2 The word “Anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ”
(b)2:4 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
(c)2:12 or, Kiss the son
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