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Why do the nations rage,

And the people plot a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves,

And the rulers take counsel together,

Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,

“Let us break Their bonds in pieces

And cast away Their cords from us.” (Psalm 2:1-3)

It’s easy to project this outward: “Look how bad THEY ARE!!”

I must remember that I am part of a NATION, ruled by a “KING OF THE EARTH”

BETTER STILL, remember that they manifest IN ME.

What do these Nations & Kings of the earth IN Me rage against?

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)

Heavenly Secrets, 2034 – After everything (heavenly) with (people) perished, that is, all love to God, so that as a result the will for what is good existed no longer, the human race was separated from the Divine. For nothing other than love effects conjunction, and when love has been reduced to nothing, disjunction has taken place. And when the latter has taken place destruction and annihilation follow. At that point therefore a promise was given concerning the Lord’s Coming into the world, who was to unite the Human to the Divine, and by means of this union was to join (to the Divine) the human race that was abiding in Himself through faith grounded in love and charity.

But once faith springing from love did not remain any more in the world the Lord came and united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence so that these were completely one, as He Himself states explicitly. At the same time He taught the way of truth to the effect that everyone who believed in Him, that is, who loved Him and what was His, and who abided in His love, which is a love directed towards the entire human race and so towards the neighbour, would be conjoined and thus saved.

Once the Human had been made Divine, and the Divine made Human in the Lord, an influx of the Infinite, or the Supreme Divine, took place with (people) which could not possibly have manifested itself in any other way. Also by means of that influx the dreadful false persuasions and the dreadful desires for evil were dispersed with which the world of spirits had been filled and was constantly being filled by souls streaming into it from the world; and those who were actuated by such persuasions and evil desires were cast into hell and so separated. Unless this had been done the human race would have perished, for it is by means of spirits that the Lord rules the human race. …

The rod of iron …

You shall break them with a rod of iron;

You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ” (Psalm 2:9)

QUOTED in Revelation 2:27, also …

She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. (Revelation 12:5)

Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. (Revelation 19:15)

AC 4976.9 – ‘A stick of iron’ stands for the power of spiritual truth within the natural, for all natural truth that has spiritual truth present within it possesses power. ‘Iron’ means natural truth, 425, 426.

And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” (Rev 6:15-17)

Now therefore, be wise, O kings;

Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Serve the Lord with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,

And you perish in the way,

When His wrath is kindled but a little.

Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. (Psalms 2:10-12)

OTHER VIDEOS:

Wrath of the Lamb – https://youtu.be/E5xvYIeKRYI

The Wrath of God (Things you can get wrong reading the Bible) – https://youtu.be/9hYcAlBEm7c