“Keep not thou silence, O God: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, And consulted against thy hidden ones.”
Psalm 83:1-3 KJV
The last of Asaph’s psalms, “God, you have to do something! Don’t be silent and just sit idly by. Can’t you see what they’re doing? All your enemies are stirred up in an uproar! They despise you, Lord. In their defiant arrogance they rise up to host their secret council against your people. They conspire together to come and harm your cherished ones—your hidden ones.” In the old covenant, the children of Israel cried out to God time and time again, and God answered their prayers. In the new covenant God gave all authority for Jesus to come to earth as Man and through His sacrifice on the Cross cancelled the power of sin, death and hell over mankind. Through the new covenant, He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. The Church has now been given the authority that Adam lost and Christ restored back to mankind for He said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Let’s walk in this authority given to the Church by Jesus our Lord Himself. Amen!
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