Jesus is King of all the earth

The psalm of today’s liturgy reads:

“I myself have set up my king

 on Zion, my holy mountain.”
I will proclaim the decree of the Lord;
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
This day I have begotten you.”

“Ask of me and I will give you

The nations for an inheritance
And the ends of the earth for your possession.
You shall rule them with an iron rod;
You shall shatter them like an earthen dish.”

And now, O kings, give heed;

Take warning, you rulers of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice before him;
With trembling rejoice.  (Psalm 2)

That king is Jesus, to whom the Father has given the nations for an inheritance. All the ends of the earth belong to Jesus, who is the ruler of all that exist. All that is not of God shall be destroyed. All that denies God shall not survive the grave!  Evil will not triumph.  The powerful and the arrogant, the proud and the greedy of this world, those who deny justice to the poor, to the widow and to orphans, to the sick and impoverished, the infirm and the needy, those who treat others with disdain and prejudice shall be shattered “like earthen dishes.”    Those, however, who serve the Lord with reverence by serving the poor and destitute, righting  the wrongs of society in which they live, confronting injustices and untruths, proclaiming liberty to captives—in short, living as Jesus lived, obeying the commandments of God and fulfilling the will of the Father—will rejoice with the Lord for all eternity!