Lately I have had an increasing opportunity to discuss events we are witnessing in America and around the world with many people. I see this as a great blessing from God and also as a responsibility that I do not take lightly.
Several passages have risen to the top of these many discussions as they represent focal points to seeing and understanding world events.
The Bible serves as a remarkable filter in this respect. One of the most often asked questions is “What is wrong with the world today?” This type of question is almost always followed by “What can we do?”
The answer to these two questions is found in Psalm 2. In 12 verses the psalmist succinctly describes a timeless truth. That truth is this: when people abandon God terrible things happen.
Note Psalm 2:1 which reads in the New American Standard, “Why are the nations in an uproar and the people devising a vain thing?” The King James Version says, “Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?”
The root word for “uproar” or “rage” comes from a word that describes t ...
