No — Psalms chapter 2 says nothing about the Gentile bride of Christ; it outlines Israel's prophetic program, and the bride of Christ was a secret hidden in God's mind.
The Psalm moves through Jew and Gentile rejecting the Anointed One, God holding the nations in derision, His wrath (the tribulation), and the Kingdom centered on Zion — all part of the Old Testament program for Israel. Les Feldick points out that the Church, the Age of Grace, is entirely absent from the Psalm because it was a secret kept in the mind of God until He revealed it through Paul.
Psalm 2:1-6 — The passage in question — it outlines Israel's prophetic program and never mentions the Gentile bride, the Church, or the body of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 — Where the bride of Christ is actually revealed — in Paul's epistles, not in the Psalms.
Psalm 2 opens with the question, "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?" Verse 2 says, "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed." Verse 4 answers from heaven: "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision." Verse 5 declares, "Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." Verse 6 then announces the Kingdom: "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." The Psalm moves from rebellion against the LORD and His Anointed, to divine derision, to wrath, and to the enthronement of God's King in Zion. Nothing in the text concerns the Gentile bride of Christ, the Church, or the body of Christ — the chapter is entirely occupied with the nations, Israel, the LORD, and His King.
Les Feldick teaches that Psalm 2 is "the outline of all the things that would happen concerning Israel" (Clip 1) — the Old Testament prophetic program given to the Jew. In the opening verses, "the heathen" (the Gentiles) rage and "the people" (the Jews) imagine a vain thing; their kings and rulers take counsel together against the LORD and His Anointed — the rejection that led to the crucifixion (Clips 1, 2, 6). Les then traces the rest of the Psalm as prophecy: God holds the nations in derision, then "he shall speak unto them in his wrath" — the seven years of tribulation — and finally verse 6 brings in the Kingdom, with God's King set on Zion (Clips 1, 3, 4). His key point for this question: "What's missing? Well, the Church, the Age of Grace. It isn't in here. Why? Because it's a secret held in the mind of God, and it will be a secret until God reveals it" (Clip 3). In the Old Testament format, Les explains, God's way of reaching the Gentiles was through Israel, as every Jew was to be a priest to bring Gentiles to a knowledge of God (Clip 5). The church as the "pure virgin bride of Christ" is a separate analogy that Paul introduces — "I am jealous over you" (2 Corinthians 11:2) — while Israel is the "adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah" (Clips 0, 7). Psalm 2 therefore gives no indication of the Gentile bride because that truth was hidden in God's mind until revealed later.
Psalm 2 lays out the Old Testament prophetic program in simplified form: Jew and Gentile reject the Anointed One (the crucifixion); God holds the nations in derision; God speaks in wrath — the seven years of tribulation detailed in Daniel; and then the King returns and Israel receives the Kingdom, with God's King set on Zion. Les says, "That's Psalms 2 in outline, and that's all the Old Testament knows." The Church Age has no place in this outline.
Because the Gentile bride belongs to the Church, the Age of Grace — and that was a mystery hidden in God. Les Feldick emphasizes that the Church is absent from Psalm 2 and the whole Old Testament: "It isn't in here. Why? Because it's a secret held in the mind of God, and it will be a secret until God reveals it." The bride-of-Christ truth was God's secret until it was revealed through the Apostle Paul.
Les points to the Apostle Paul. In 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul says, "I am jealous over you" — and Les reads this as Paul presenting the church as the bride of Christ. He distinguishes the church as the "pure virgin bride of Christ" from Israel, which is spoken of as the "adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah" — the picture of the book of Hosea. This bride/church analogy belongs to the revelation of the mystery, not to Psalm 2.
In the Old Testament format, God prepared Israel so that "every Jew would have been a priest of God to bring Gentiles to a knowledge" of God. The picture is Gentiles taking hold of the skirt of a Jew and saying, "We will go with you... for we have heard that God is with you." The Old Testament way to the Gentiles was through Israel — not through a Gentile bride. Psalm 2 belongs to that Israel-centered program.
The Bride Revealed in Paul's Epistles
Les introduces the church as the bride of Christ and turns to 2 Corinthians 11, where Paul says "I am jealous over you" — showing that the bride truth comes from Paul, not from Psalm 2.
Psalm 2 as Israel's Prophetic Outline
Les explains that Psalm 2 is the simplified outline of everything that would happen concerning Israel: Jew and Gentile reject the Anointed One, God holds them in derision, then speaks in wrath.
Heathen and People: Gentile and Jew
Les identifies the "heathen" of Psalm 2:1 as the Gentiles and "the people" as the Jews, taking counsel together against the LORD and His Anointed — the rejection that led to the crucifixion.
The Missing Church Age
Les shows that Psalm 2's outline runs from rejection and derision through tribulation to the Kingdom — with the Church entirely absent because it was a secret kept in God's mind until He revealed it.
Wrath and Kingdom on Zion
Les maps Psalm 2:5 to the tribulation ("he shall speak unto them in his wrath") and Psalm 2:6 to the Kingdom ("yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion").
Gentiles Reached Through Israel
In the Old Testament program Les sees every Jew intended as a priest to bring Gentiles to God — Gentiles would come to Israel, which is the framework Psalm 2 belongs to.
The Vanity of Rejecting God
Les reads Psalm 2:1-2 as showing both groups so wrapped up in themselves that they want nothing to do with a sovereign God.
Virgin Bride vs. Adulterous Wife
Les distinguishes the church as the pure virgin bride of Christ from Israel as the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah (the vision of Hosea) — a distinction drawn from the New Testament revelation, not from Psalm 2.
Psalm 2:1: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The opening question of the Psalm pictures the world's rebellion against God and His Anointed.
Psalm 2:2: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Jew and Gentile rulers unite in rejecting the Messiah — the heart of the Psalm's subject.
Psalm 2:4: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
God's response to man's futile rebellion against Him.
Psalm 2:5: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
The coming wrath that Les identifies with the tribulation.
Psalm 2:6: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
The Kingdom that follows, centered in Jerusalem on Zion.
2 Corinthians 11:2: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
The verse that reveals the church as the bride of Christ — a truth absent from Psalm 2.
Zechariah 8:23: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
The Old Testament picture of Gentiles coming to God through Israel — the program Psalm 2 belongs to.
No. Psalm 2 deals with Jew and Gentile rejecting the Anointed One, God's derision of the nations, the coming wrath, and the Kingdom on Zion. It says nothing about a Gentile bride. Les Feldick teaches that the Church Age is absent from the Psalm because it was a secret held in the mind of God until He revealed it.
Les Feldick teaches that Psalm 2 is the Old Testament prophetic outline for Israel: rejection, derision, tribulation, then the Kingdom. The Church, the Age of Grace, is missing because it was a mystery kept secret in the mind of God until He later revealed it through Paul.
Les points to the Apostle Paul. In 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul says "I am jealous over you," presenting the church as the pure virgin bride of Christ. Israel, by contrast, is pictured as the adulterous, restored wife of Jehovah, as in the book of Hosea.
Les Feldick says "the heathen" are the Gentiles (the non-Jews) and "the people" are the Jews. Both groups rage and imagine a vain thing, and their rulers take counsel together against the LORD and His Anointed.
Les explains that the vanity is that both groups are so wrapped up in themselves that they want nothing to do with a sovereign God — their activity amounts to nothing.
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