All the nations you have made
will come and worship before you, Lord;
they will bring glory to your name.
Psalm 86:9
Question: Are “all the nations” of the world currently worshipping God?
No.
Were they in time of the Psalmist?
No.
Has there ever been a moment when all the nations have ever worshipped God in unity?
No.
Therefore, what is this Psalm? How can it say, “all the nations … will worship.”
It's prophecy.
At one of the early crescendos in the book of Revelation, the Apostle recounts the triumphant glimpse of this future unity of peoples and nations ...
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Rev 7:9-10)
This is prophecy. And according to Revelation, when are the nations worshiping together?
In heaven. Before the throne.
As long as we are on earth -- and before we get to heaven and enjoy the New Jerusalem -- there will be sin. And thus no unity.
But something better's coming.
In Christ's Love,
a future palm waver
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