What is the rightful place of nations in God's grand design?

Paul Washer addresses the centrality of nations in God's plan as seen in the Scriptures. From the beginning with Adam and significantly in the covenant with Abraham, the promise was that God's glory and message would spread throughout the world. The holistic theology emphasizes that the mind of God always had a vision for nations. There is a divine desire to gather a people from every tribe and every language. God is not only working towards this, but it will indeed be accomplished.

The real question that arises for us as believers is whether we will participate in this grand plan or forfeit the privilege. Participation means playing a part in the greatest work that God has ever embarked on. The challenge is to not shun this privilege but to embrace it, understanding that it is an integral part of God's plan from the very beginning.

Isaiah 40:5 (NKJV): 'The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.'

We're often asked, you know, what are the most important passages? For me, it's in Isaiah that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord cover the land as the water covers the sea, or Malachi 1.11, that his name be great among the nations from the rising to the setting of the sun. There has always been, from the beginning, from Adam, emphasized greatly in the covenant with Abraham, that one day the promises would go out into all the world. And I think that not so much, there are specific verses, but if your holistic theology is right, You see the nations in the mind of God from the very beginning and the desire to gather a people from every tribe, from every language, and He's doing it. Now the question is, and He's going to do it, Not only is he doing it, it's going to be accomplished.

The question is, are we going to participate? Or are we going to shun the privilege of participating in the greatest work that God has ever done. That's the question.