What is the tribulation described in Psalm 2:5?
Psalm 2:5 describes the tribulation as the period when God speaks to those who rejected the Messiah, not in love, mercy, and grace, but in wrath and vexation. It comes after the crucifixion and Israel's rejection, before Christ returns to set up His Kingdom for Israel, with no church age in between.
Les explains that Psalm 2:5 describes the tribulation as the time when God speaks to those who rejected the Messiah, not in love, mercy, and grace, but in wrath and vexation. The context shows Jew and Gentile together took counsel against the Lord and His Anointed, cast off His cords, and said they would not have this man rule over them. After the crucifixion, God laughs and holds them in derision. Then verse 5 follows: after rejecting the Messiah, the author of the king and kingdom, God speaks in wrath. Les identifies this as the tribulation. He notes no church age appears between those verses; the tribulation was to come after the crucifixion, then Christ would return and set up His Kingdom to the nation of Israel.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
More Questions
When does God speak to the nations in His wrath in Psalm 2:5?
After the nations rejected and killed the Messiah, God will speak unto them—the nations of the world as well as Israel—in His wrath, and this is the prophecy concerning the final seven years of tribulation.
What is the 'wrath and vexation' in Psalm 2:5 according to Les?
After people reject the Messiah in Psalm 2:5, God speaks to them not in love, mercy, and grace but in wrath and vexation, and this wrath is the Tribulation.