How will God speak to the people of the world in the tribulation?
Psalm 2:5 declares that during the tribulation God will speak to the people of the world in His wrath, not His love. He will vex and torment them righteously, with fairness and justice, because they have persistently reacted in unbelief despite His patiently poured-out love.
Les explains that the tribulation is the time when God finally withdraws His love and grace and it becomes His wrath. Psalm 2:5 is applied to that period: God will speak unto them—the people of the world—in His wrath and vex them. Les notes that "vex" means He will literally torment them. This is done righteously, with all fairness and justness, because God had so patiently poured out His love toward the human race, yet they continued to react in unbelief. Les identifies unbelief as the worst sin possible, the opposite of faith. Faith in His Word pleases God and produces obedience, but unbelief frustrates God. Les also connects this to Revelation 12:12, where Satan is literally kicked out of heaven and comes down to the earth.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
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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.