Daniel 4:35
"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His Hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?"
God is the God of all nations and He does what He will do among the nations freely. None can stay His Hand or say to Him, "What doest Thou?" Nothing happens upon this earth but what comes from His Sovereign Hand. "Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus" (Romans 9:20)? "Our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased" (Psalm 115:3).
"Who raised the Righteous Man from the east, called Him to His foot, gave the nations before Him, and made Him rule over kings" (Isaiah 41:2)? Christ is that Righteous Man raised up from the east by God His Father. He is that One Who came and earned a righteousness, established it and upon completion of His work, God the Father imputed it to a people that He purposed to save from eternity.
God has a particular people called Israel which means a "prince with God," not speaking of natural Israel, but of a Spiritual Israel that God has chosen to save: "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light:" (1 Peter 2:9). "Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and Thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (Isaiah 41:14).
Regardless of what the world says or does, there are sinners throughout the world, in every tribe, nation, and tongue (Revelation 7:9) who are the apple of God's eye, chosen sinners for whom Christ came, lived, died, and rose again. He did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Nor did He come to try to save everybody (John 17:1-12). If any are lifted in pride and think themselves something, to be one of God's chosen, He reminds us who we are, "thou worm." If we get our backs up against one another and our heads lifted in pride, remember it is nothing but one worm lifting up its head against another worm, crawling over another. Still worms regardless.
Anything we are is only by God's Grace, the work of the LORD Jesus Christ, Who came and accomplished the salvation of His people. He came as the Conquering King, He came as the Deliverer of His people, the Captain of Salvation.
"But God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by Grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His Grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by Grace are ye saved through Faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:4-9).
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