"Property of Jesus Two"

"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." (Psalms 2:9) I don't know why, but I had a vision of MC Hammer jigging across the stage, singing, You can't touch this!; kinda weird, isn't it? But really, the ones that choose not to be subject to following anything that is of God, let alone Jesus Christ, have made a choice that some of them believe is liberating them; as if following God will place them into bondage. I see God tilting His head, as in a questioning jester, saying, You have no clue what bondage really is; do you? There are a couple different rods that the Lord uses on His people; one is used for correction, which is a Shepherd's staff; and then there is the other, which is this rod of iron! There is nothing to do with correcting the people that He uses this rod on; only that of correcting a situation that is on the earth. The word "break" that is given in the context of what is being said is reinforced in the next statement, because they are the same breaking. It means to shatter into pieces, as in to destroy them, so that the only thing that is noticeably left, is the shattered pieces of what they once were. If you have ever broken a statue, vase, or something of that sort, and then tried to put it back together; if the pieces are big enough, and have not been broken into to many pieces, then you might have some luck; but if the item is shattered into a thousand pieces, you get the dust pan and sweep it into the trash: that is the kind of breaking that we are talking about here!!! The damage that will be done will be infinitive; which is what happens to something that is pulverized, it is utterly destroyed. But you might be thinking, What happen to the gentle Jesus? Well, let's just say that there are two edges to that Sword! One is for gentleness towards the humble and the penitent, the other is for annihilation of the proud and the rebellious. However; Jesus Christ has earned the right to proclaim justification upon the saved, and judgement upon the damned; because both are His property, and both are His possessions, to do with as He sees fit. As we look again at Revelation chapter five, there is a very important thing that happens leading up to the explosion of praise that is shown at the end of the chapter. The scroll that is in the hand of Him which sits on the throne, is the title deed to all that is upon the earth, in it's entirety, but with one important issue: that no one was found worthy to open it, or to even look into it. The reason that John was weeping in verse four, was because no one was found worthy to open the book, and to judge the earth; thereby bringing liberty to those that were set free, and judgement to those that were rebellious. However, in verse five, one of the elders around the throne proclaims, "Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof". There is two very different depictions of Jesus given; where here we have the Lion, meant to devour; yet, as John beheld Him in verse six, it says, "stood as a Lamb as it had been slain", which is the redemptive depiction. Then, as we read in verse twelve, we can see the explosion of praise that is brought forth: "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever". This sounds to me like there is no one left out of this chorus of singers; not even them which care not to participate!!!