Why did Jew and Gentile reject Christ's rule in Psalm 2?
Jew and Gentile rejected Christ's rule because they refused God's sovereign rule in their affairs. They took counsel together against the Anointed, saying they would break the Godhead's bands asunder and cast away their cords, declaring, "We will not have this man to rule over us." Israel and Rome together carried out this rejection.
Les explains that Psalm 2 asks why the heathen, the non-Jew Gentiles, and the people—the Promised Covenant people—imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth and the rulers of Israel take counsel together. Even though Acts lays blame on Israel for crucifying Christ, Rome carried it out; Pilate made the decree. Israel and the Romans together turned against the Anointed, which means Christ and His Messiahship. They said, "Let us break their bands asunder," that is the Godhead's, and "let us cast away their cords," meaning God's sovereign rule. They rejected all that, because Christ had come to proclaim He was the King and ready to set up the Kingdom. Jew and Gentile alike said, "No way, we'll 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.