John Piper Sermons Does Christ Rule the Nations Now?
This new sermon by Pastor John Piper titled “Does Christ Rule the Nations Now?” is what we are bringing to you to listen to and meditate on.
Pastor John answers this question by stating that there are at least three ways God rules over the nations — or we could say three stages in history in which God brings the nations into complete submission.
First, there’s the absolute, all-embracing, all-pervasive rule of God’s providence over all nations at all times and in all places. Daniel 4:17, Proverbs 8:15,. In other words, God governs the actions of sinful rulers, like Herod and Pilate, to accomplish his purposes, without himself ever sinning. So, the first way to think about God’s rule over the nations is that it is total, constant, and infinitely wise and just — now and always.
Second, God puts his incarnate Son, Jesus Christ, on the throne of the universe at his right hand and with all authority in heaven and on earth.
Third and finally, the stage of God’s rule over the nations that is yet to be from where we stand now is going to begin at the second coming of Christ.
So, during the second stage, Christ is mainly invisible as the one who wields the power of providence and salvation. But that will change at the second coming of Christ. He will no longer be invisible — he will no longer reign invisibly from heaven — but will himself stand forth and be visibly, bodily
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