What is Psalm 2:1 asking according to Les?
Psalm 2:1 asks why the heathen Gentiles rage and why Israel imagines a vain thing. The word 'vain' means useless activity, as Solomon used it. So Scripture is asking why the people of this world, Jew and Gentile alike, constantly exercise for nothing.
Les teaches that Psalm 2 is an outline of the Old Testament program, and it contains no hint of the mystery of the Gentile bride or body of Christ; everything there is promises made to Israel. In verse 1, the question is why the heathen—the non-Jew, the Gentiles—rage, and why the people, Israel, imagine a vain thing. The word 'vain' is best defined as Solomon used it: 'vanity, vanity, all is vanity,' an activity of uselessness. So the Scripture is asking why the people of this world, Jew and Gentile alike, just constantly exercise for nothing.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
More Questions
In Psalm 2, who are the heathen and the people?
In Psalm 2, the 'heathen' are the non-Jew/Gentiles and 'the people' are Israel, whose rulers take counsel with those Gentile kings against the Lord.
What does Psalm 2 outline about the Old Testament prophetic program?
Psalms chapter 2 gives a brief outline of the Old Testament prophetic program that was given to the Jew.
What does 'imagine a vain thing' mean in Psalm 2:1?
The 'vain thing' that the people imagine in Psalm 2:1 is their being so wrapped up with themselves that they do not want anything to do with a sovereign God.