Proverbs 6:16-19 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: (17) A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, (18) An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, (19) A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
NOTE: Wicked: From the root word: wick; meaning: twisted as we twist the wick to set it in a wax candle.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations: Three thousand years ago, King David, the author’s father of today’s text rhetorically questioned, Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Psalms 2.
From the Tower of Babel unto today, futile man has not changed. In his pride, he has to attempt to thwart God’s purposes. He tries to justify himself by passing laws allowing behaviors that God has forbidden. He plunges into the esoteric to find the keys to hidden wisdom. He tries to understand prophecy thinking to change the course of history. Every generation forgets the sovereignty of God; each generation has to learn to see God for itself.
Let there be no mistake here. We may sit and devise wicked imaginations of all sorts and kind, but this text brings us to the ultimate, to the epitome of wicked imaginations: the rejecting of God’s laws and subsequently, the killing of the Messiah. Since Cain’s rejected sacrifice man has tried to establish his own rule and ways. Since the beginning of time governments have rejected God’s control through His appointed Messiah. Their only way is to reject His statute, and when He finally comes to pay a visit, to kill Him.
Here is King David’s answer to the question; can I say it better?
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
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