βBut unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellowsβΒ (Hebrews 1:8,9).
Behold, a kingdom like this world has never seen!
After watching nightly television newscasts, browsing news websites, listening to radio news bulletins, and reading newspapers and magazines, one cannot help but be depressed. There is such major social unrest and distress here in the United States and around the worldβviolence, racism, deception, lunacy, corruption, fraud, torture, murder, war, slander, injustice, vandalism, anarchy, greed, and so on. Evil is lauded as good and good is condemned as evil.Β Society has fallen apart!
The Bible believer isΒ notΒ shocked. Romans chapter 1 demarcates the depravity of the Gentile nations at the Tower of Babel (some 22 centuries before our Dispensation of Grace). Second Timothy chapter 3 describes the worldβs conditions as our dispensation winds down (much the same characteristics as Romans chapter 1). Society isΒ notβreforming,β improving, βevolvingβ into a species of higher life-forms. True, we have gained more knowledge over the millenniaβtechnology, medical science, et cetera. Nevertheless, we still have the same rotten sin nature that causes the horrific lifestyles of Romans chapter 1 and 2 Timothy chapter 3. Moreover, the evil world system driven by that sin in man, and governed by Satan, remains.
Thankfully, todayβs Scripture, quoting Psalm 45:6-7, anticipates the glorious day when the Lord Jesus Christ assumes the throne of Earthβs governments. (From Paulβs epistles, we learn He will also sit on the throne of the Heavenβs governmentsβColossians 1:16-20 and Ephesians 1:9-10.) There will be aΒ thoroughΒ cleansing ofΒ allΒ governments. Notable characteristics of the Lordβs kingdom will be a love forΒ βrighteousnessβΒ (Godβs standard of rightness) and a hatred forΒ βiniquityβΒ (inequality, crookedness, sinfulness). Father God will personally appoint His Son to that throne. In that day, He will make all things right, and judge that which is wrong. The universe will be unrecognizable. For once, righteousness will reign, and sin will be dealt with correctly and swiftly. Such paradise will beΒ βfor ever and ever!β source
