Why did Jew and Gentile alike reject Christ in Psalm 2?
Both Jew and Gentile rejected Him because He came proclaiming that He was the King and was ready to set up the Kingdom. They refused God's sovereign rule, saying they would not have this man rule over them; Israel and Rome together turned against the Anointed.
Les teaches from Psalm 2 that the heathen or non-Jew Gentiles, and the people, meaning the Promised Covenant people, along with the kings of the earth and the rulers of Israel, took counsel together and imagined a vain thing. Even though Acts lays the blame on Israel for crucifying Christ, Rome carried it out; Pilate made the decree. Israel and the Romans together turned against the Anointed, which is another word for Christ and His Messiahship. They said, Let us break their bands asunder, that is, the Godhead's, and cast away their cords, meaning God's sovereign rule. Les explains that Christ had come to proclaim He was King and ready to set up the Kingdom, but Jew and Gentile alike said, No way, we will not have this man to rule over us. God the Father in heaven then laughs and holds the nations and Israel in derision.
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
More Questions
What did the nations and rulers do in Psalm 2 when they conspired against the Lord and His Anointed?
In Psalm 2, the nations and their rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed and declare, "Let us break their bands," rejecting God's desire to rule over them as King.
In Psalm 2:3, what is the human race really saying about the Messiah?
The words of Psalm 2:3, 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us,' are what the human race said about the Messiah, meaning 'We will not have this man to rule over us' and 'Away with Him, crucify Him.'