What is God the Father's response in heaven to the nations' rebellion in Psalm 2:4?
According to Psalm 2:4, the One seated in the heavens responds by laughing, and the Lord holds the rebellious nations of the world and Israel in derision. Their united rejection of God's sovereign rule and His Anointed is met from heaven with laughter and derision.
Les explains that Psalm 2 describes Jew and Gentile alike, along with the kings of the earth and the rulers of Israel, taking counsel together and imagining a vain thing. Though Acts lays blame on Israel for crucifying Christ, Rome carried it out, and Pilate made the decree. Together they turned against the Anointed, Christ, rejecting God's sovereign rule, saying they would break the Godhead's bands asunder and cast away their cords. They refused Christ as King ready to set up the Kingdom, saying they would not have this man rule over them. Then verse 4 gives God the Father's response in heaven: He who sits in the heavens shall laugh, and the Lord shall have the nations of the world and Israel in derision. Verse 5 then begins with the word "Then."
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
More Questions
Why does God laugh at the rulers in Psalm 2:4?
God's laughing and holding them in derision in Psalm 2:4 are a result of the crucifixion/rejection of the Messiah.
Why does God laugh at mankind in Psalm 2, and what made their actions foolish?
God sits in the heavens and laughs at the foolishness and stupidity of mankind, because they had the King who could have set up His Kingdom but instead killed Him.