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. AR
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