Which other scriptures emphasize God's authority over nations like Psalm 18:45? Psalm 18:45—The Launchpad “Foreigners fade away and come trembling from their strongholds.” David celebrates how the Lord makes hostile nations submit. That same theme threads its way through the rest of Scripture. Core Passages in the Psalms • Psalm 2:8-9 — “Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance… You will break them with an iron scepter.” • Psalm 22:28 — “For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.” • Psalm 47:2, 8 — “How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth… God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.” • Psalm 72:11 — “May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.” • Psalm 82:8 — “Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.” • Psalm 86:9-10 — “All the nations You have made will come and bow before You… You alone are God.” • Psalm 110:5-6 — “The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge the nations…” Prophetic Voices • Isaiah 40:15, 22-23 — “Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket… He reduces the rulers to nothing.” • Isaiah 45:5-6 — “I am the LORD, and there is no other… so that all may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that there is no one but Me.” • Jeremiah 18:7-10 — At any moment God can uproot or build a nation, and His decision hinges on that nation’s response to Him. • Daniel 2:21 — “He removes kings and establishes them.” • Daniel 2:44 — “The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed… It will crush all those kingdoms.” • Daniel 4:17 — “The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He wishes.” • Daniel 4:34-35 — “His dominion is an everlasting dominion… He does as He pleases with the peoples of the earth.” Christ’s Direct Claim • Matthew 28:18 — “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” Jesus places every realm—spiritual and political—under His rule. Apostolic Confirmation • Acts 17:26 — “He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.” • Romans 13:1 — “There is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been appointed by God.” The Final Word in Revelation • Revelation 11:15 — “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” • Revelation 19:15-16 — “He will rule them with an iron scepter… KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” Why It Matters Today • Every headline sits under God’s sovereignty. • National rise or collapse is never random; the Lord is directing history toward Christ’s eternal kingdom. • Believers can serve confidently, pray earnestly, and witness boldly, knowing no culture, government, or border lies outside the reign of our King. |
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