Why can't the world understand Israel's role in God's plan?
The world cannot understand Israel's role because it is a sovereign God at work, and the nations stumble over Israel and Jerusalem until Christ returns as King of kings and Lord of lords. Until then, they cannot comprehend why this small nation is the litmus of God's whole operation.
Les explains that the world does not know because a sovereign God is at work, and the nations stumble over Israel. They will stumble over Jerusalem until Christ comes and becomes King of kings and Lord of lords. Until then, the world cannot comprehend how and why this little nation, only a few million people, is the litmus of the whole operation. God's plan was to deal with the Gentiles through this covenant people, Israel, who were to take salvation and light to the Gentiles, as Isaiah 42 and Isaiah 49 indicate.