ONE FAMILY PLAN
The Sovereign Lord
Sovereignty defined (Merriam-Webster):
1 : SUPREME EXCELLENCE or an example of it
2a : SUPREME POWER especially over a body politic - b : freedom from external control : autonomy - c : controlling influence
3 : one that is sovereign; especially : an autonomous state
The free dictionary online:
adj.
1. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state.
2. HAVING SUPREME RANK OR POWER: a sovereign prince.
3. Paramount; supreme: Her sovereign virtue is compassion.
4. a. Of superlative strength or efficacy: a sovereign remedy.
b. Unmitigated: sovereign contempt.
Autonomy defined:
1 : the quality or state of being self-governing; especially : the right of self-government
2 : self-directing freedom and especially moral independence
3 : a self-governing state
Sovereign is ABSOLUTE POWER!! ...IN COMPLETE ABSOLUTE CONTROL!!!
Hebrew
113 'adown aw-done' or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}; from an unused root (meaning to rule); SOVEREIGN, i.e. controller (human or divine):-- LORD, MASTER, OWNER. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-"
Greek
δεσπότης - 1203. despotes des-pot'-ace perhaps from 1210 and posis (a husband); AN ABSOLUTE RULER ("despot"):--Lord, master.
We, the living, WILL ALL come to realize God Almighty is indeed SOVEREIGN!!
"The decision is announced by messengers, THE HOLY ONES DECLARE THE VERDICT, SO THAT THE LIVING MAY KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL KINGDOMS ON EARTH AND GIVES THEM TO ANYONE HE WISHES AND SETS OVER THEM THE LOWLIEST OF PEOPLE."(Daniel 4:17, NIV)
Nebuchadnezzar was tested and tried UNTIL he realized THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
"You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. SEVEN TIMES WILL PASS BY FOR YOU UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MOST HIGH IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL KINGDOMS ON EARTH AND GIVES THEM TO ANYONE HE WISHES." (Daniel 4:25)
"You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. SEVEN TIMES WILL PASS BY FOR YOU UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MOST HIGH IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL KINGDOMS ON EARTH AND GIVES THEM TO ANYONE HE WISHES." (Daniel 4:32)
"He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, UNTIL HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE MOST HIGH GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL KINGDOMS ON EARTH AND SETS OVER THEM ANYONE HE WISHES." (Daniel 5:21)
The Sovereign Lord
"Our God is a God who saves; FROM THE SOVEREIGN LORD COMES ESCAPE FROM DEATH." (Psalm 68:20)
"FOR YOU HAVE BEEN MY HOPE, SOVEREIGN LORD, MY CONFIDENCE SINCE MY YOUTH." (Psalm 71:5)
"I WILL COME AND PROCLAIM YOUR MIGHTY ACTS, SOVEREIGN LORD; I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, YOURS ALONE." (Psalm 71:16)
"he will swallow up death forever. THE SOVEREIGN LORD WILL WIPE AWAY THE TEARS FROM ALL FACES; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken."(Isaiah 25:8)
The Freewill Illusion
"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ...THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS: 'IN THE PRIDE OF YOUR HEART YOU SAY, "I AM A GOD; I SIT ON THE THRONE OF A GOD IN THE HEART OF THE SEAS." BUT YOU ARE A MERE MORTAL AND NOT A GOD, THOUGH YOU THINK YOU ARE AS WISE AS A GOD.'" (Ezekiel 28:2)
