The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

I want you to go on a long journey in a sense with me this morning,

scripturally speaking.

And I want to begin by reading a portion of the Old Testament.

Turn to Psalm 2.

Psalm 2.

One of the popular realities in our current culture is fantasy, futuristic, speculative, fantasy.

The Word of God talks about the future, but it's not fantasy and it's not speculation.

We hear this morning to tell you the future, the future of the world.

As God has revealed it, He is the Creator and the consummator of His creation.

In Psalm 2 you hear these words, why are the nations in an uproar and the people's

devising a vain thing.

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the

Lord and against His anointed saying, let us tear their fetters apart and cast away

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