Bow Your Knee: You Have Two Options
By Mark R. Rushdoony
God has decreed a word that will not return unfulfilled, "Unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear" (Isa. 45:23; cf. Rom. 14:11). Paul quotes this as specifically applicable to the person and name of Jesus Christ (Phil. 2:10). That makes it very clear -- we will all bow before God. The only question remaining is the circumstances of our bowing, for there are two ways in which we bow before God.
The word translated bless in Scripture is barac, which means to kneel. For man to bless God, as in "Bless the Lord, O my soul" (Ps. 103:1), is for man to kneel, to bow in submission before Him. Man blesses God by obeying Him in word, thought, and deed. To bless God involves a recognition of who God is and our place before Him.
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God has decreed a word that will not return unfulfilled, "Unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear" (Isa. 45:23; cf. Rom. 14:11). Paul quotes this as specifically applicable to the person and name of Jesus Christ (Phil. 2:10). That makes it very clear -- we will all bow before God. The only question remaining is the circumstances of our bowing, for there are two ways in which we bow before God.
The word translated bless in Scripture is barac, which means to kneel. For man to bless God, as in "Bless the Lord, O my soul" (Ps. 103:1), is for man to kneel, to bow in submission before Him. Man blesses God by obeying Him in word, thought, and deed. To bless God involves a recognition of who God is and our place before Him.
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