Why do the nations stumble over Israel and Jerusalem?
The nations stumble because a sovereign God is at work through Israel and Jerusalem. The world cannot comprehend how or why this small nation, only a few million people, is the litmus of the whole operation. They will stumble until Christ comes and becomes King of kings and Lord of lords.
Les explains that a sovereign God is at work, so the nations stumble over Israel and 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 of only a few million people is the litmus of the whole operation. God’s plan was that this covenant people would take His salvation and light to the Gentiles. Isaiah 42 and 49 identify the singular Servant, the Messiah, who brings rule and salvation to the Gentiles and to the end of the earth.