God's oversight board

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Psalm 89: [5] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.[6] For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?[7] God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

“We’re talking about the angelic creation in the heaven, gathered together. That’s not an assembly of saints on the earth; that’s in the heavens. I don’t know if you ever thought about how, among the angels, there are saints," says Richard Jordan.

“Daniel 4: [16] Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

“Nebby is going to go out and be like an animal for seven years in judgment because of his pride. That’s the decree in verse 16.

Verse 17: [17] This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

"Look at the last couple of words in verse 18: [18] This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

“That’s the angelic host. Satan has his angels and then there are what Paul calls the ‘elect angels.’

“Some of these guys, they’re out here watching. You know that verse that says the eyes of the Lord go to and fro in the whole earth.

“You know who the eyes of the Lord are? These people. I don’t know how you think God works, but He doesn’t have the universe in a place where He’s just got to be watching everybody all the time. He has emissaries, agents, looking over, in this case, the nation Israel.

“The watchers see what Nebby is doing, and by the decree of the watchers they’ve seen what Nebuchadnezzar’s doing as worthy of judgment and have issued a decree and a demand: ‘This has to be done.’

“They’ve made some decisions about what’s going on in Israel and in the Gentile kingdom. The decision to judge Nebuchadnezzar is said to be the decision that the watchers made. They’re over the business of these humans.

“Verse 24: [24] This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

“Well, whose decree is it? One verse says it’s the watchers and one verse says it’s the most High. Easiest way to understand that is to say, ‘Yeah, it’s both.’ The most High God has a will and then the watchers go out and apply that will and they participate with the Father in the administration of His activity.

Jeremiah 23:18: [18] For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

“The counsel here is a group of people who He gets together to advise Him; to tell Him His Word and discuss it. It’ really an administrative body; it’s like a board of the angelic world. They are designed to work together with Jehovah to carry out His business in the heavens and in the earth.

“God has His creation set up with an oversight board, as it were; watchers, eyes looking to administer His will.

“The great illustration of it is in I Kings 22. This passage is so strange that it gets people really jumping off the cliff, but it’s really not that strange."