• “Peace With Jehovah Requires That We Honor His Son, Jesus”: (10 min.)

  • [Play the video Introduction to Psalms.]

  • Ps 2:1-3​—Hostility toward Jehovah and Jesus was prophesied (w04 7/15 16-17 ¶4-8; it-1 507; it-2 386 ¶3)

  • Ps 2:8-12​—Only those who honor Jehovah’s anointed King will gain life (w04 8/1 5 ¶2-3)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Ps 2:7​—What is “the decree of Jehovah”? (w06 5/15 17 ¶6)

Hostility toward Jehovah and Jesus was prophesied

2:1-3

• It was prophesied that the nations would not accept Jesus’ authority but would insist on their own

• This prophecy had fulfillment during Jesus’ time on earth and has a greater fulfillment today

• The psalmist says that the nations mutter an empty thing, meaning that their purpose is empty and doomed to failure

Only those who honor Jehovah’s anointed King will gain life

2:8-12

• All who oppose the Messianic King will be destroyed

• By honoring the Son, Jesus, individuals can find safety and peace