Yes — the Tribulation is the prophesied seven-year period in which God pours out His wrath on the world after the rejection of the Messiah, climaxing with Christ set as King on Zion.
Psalm 2:1-6 describes the Gentile nations and the people of Israel taking counsel together against the LORD's anointed, then God speaking in wrath and vexing them in sore displeasure. Les Feldick identifies that wrath with the final seven years of Daniel 9. The Tribulation will be especially directed to Israel, but it will affect the whole world, and it ends with the believing remnant entering Christ's rule from Zion.
Psalm 2:1-6 — Psalm 2 lays out the rebellion of the nations and Israel against the LORD's anointed, followed by God's wrath and the setting of His King on Zion — the exact sequence Les uses to explain the Tribulation.
Matthew 24:9-10 — Jesus describes what will happen to the Jews once the tribulation begins — affliction, death, and hatred by all nations.
Psalm 2:1-6 pictures a rebellion of the Gentile nations and the people of Israel against the LORD and His anointed. In verse 5, God says He will 'speak unto them in his wrath' and 'vex them in his sore displeasure,' and verse 6 immediately places the setting of God's King on the holy hill of Zion after that time of wrath. In Matthew 24:9-10, Jesus describes what will happen when this period begins: those He is addressing will be delivered up to be afflicted and killed, and they will be hated of all nations; many will be offended, and they will betray and hate one another. These passages provide the prophetic foundation for a coming time of divine wrath that touches both Jew and Gentile.
Les Feldick connects Psalm 2 directly to the crucifixion. He points out that Psalm 2:2 was fulfilled when the Roman (Gentile) rulers and the Jewish rulers took counsel together on the night of Christ's arrest and in the kangaroo court that led to His death. After Israel and the nations rejected and crucified the Messiah, God sat in heaven and laughed, then according to Psalm 2:5 spoke to them in wrath and vexed them in sore displeasure. That wrath, Les says, is the Tribulation — the final seven years of Daniel 9. Les emphasizes that the Tribulation is not love, mercy, or grace; it is God's wrath. It is a terrible period that will be especially directed toward the nation of Israel, although it will come on the whole world. It could have followed immediately after the ascension, but God's prophetic program has an 'until' — the times of the Gentiles — that must run its course first. Once the seven years begin, Israel will be delivered up to be afflicted and killed and hated by all nations. At the midpoint of the Tribulation the Antichrist will defile the temple and turn on the Jewish people, and the last three and a half years will be beyond human description. By the end of the seven years God will deal with Israel in righteousness: the unbelieving element will suffer His wrath and judgment, while the believing remnant will enter the glory of His rule and reign when Christ sets up His kingdom from Zion.
Psalm 2:1-2 describes the Gentile nations raging and the people of Israel imagining a vain thing, and both their rulers taking counsel together against the LORD and His anointed. Verse 5 then says God will speak to them in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure. Les Feldick teaches that this set of verses is the Old Testament prophecy of the final seven years of tribulation, and that verse 6 immediately points to Christ being set as King on Zion after that time.
In Psalm 2 the offenders are the heathen/Gentiles and the people/Jews — kings of the earth and rulers of Israel act together against God's anointed. Les teaches that the Tribulation will come on the whole world but will be especially directed to the nation of Israel. He applies Matthew 24:9-10 to the Jews, who will be delivered up to be afflicted, killed, and hated by all nations when the seven-year tribulation begins.
Les teaches that after the Messiah was rejected and crucified, the Tribulation could have followed right on the heels of the ascension, so that Christ could have returned and set up His kingdom. Instead, God's program has an 'until': the times of the Gentiles must run their course, and then the last seven years of Daniel 9 will come in with its horrors. Psalm 2:5-6 places the wrath first and then the setting of the King on Zion.
Les teaches that at the midpoint of the Tribulation the Antichrist will come in and defile the Temple. He will then turn on the Jewish people, who had enjoyed a semblance of religious freedom in the first three and a half years. That midpoint triggers the last half, which is the wrath and vexation of God described in Psalm 2 and is beyond human imagination.
According to Psalm 2:6, after the time of wrath and vexation God says, 'Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.' Les teaches that the seven years are cut short in righteousness: the unbelieving element of Israel suffers God's wrath and judgment, while the believing remnant comes into the glory of Christ's rule and reign when He sets up His kingdom from Zion.
Gentiles and Israel United Against the Messiah
Les shows that Psalm 2:2's picture of kings and rulers taking counsel together was fulfilled when Roman and Jewish leaders conspired to arrest and crucify Christ.
God's Wrath Identified as the Tribulation
Les teaches that the final seven years of tribulation are God speaking to the nations in wrath and vexing them in sore displeasure, followed by Christ's rule from Zion.
Tribulation Especially Directed to Israel
Les teaches that the terrible period of wrath and vexation is seven years and is especially aimed at the nation of Israel, after which God sets His King on Zion.
Jewish Suffering When the Tribulation Begins
Les applies Matthew 24:9-10 to Jews who will be delivered up, afflicted, killed, and hated by all nations once the last seven years of Daniel 9 begin.
Times of the Gentiles and the Final Horror
Les teaches that the seven-year tribulation comes only after the times of the Gentiles have run their course, and that its last three and a half years are beyond human imagination.
Righteous Dealings with Israel
Les teaches that during the seven years God deals primarily with the Jew in righteousness, so that the unbelieving element suffers wrath while the believing remnant enters His kingdom.
Wrath Rather Than Grace After the Ascension
Les teaches that the tribulation could have followed immediately after the ascension, but it is God's wrath, not love, mercy, or grace, and would have led directly to Christ's reign.
Antichrist at the Midpoint
Les teaches that at the midpoint of the Tribulation the Antichrist defiles the Temple and turns on the Jewish people, triggering a last half that is beyond human description.
Psalm 2:1: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
This verse shows both the Gentile nations and the people of Israel in rebellion against God.
Psalm 2:2: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Les applies this to Roman and Jewish rulers taking counsel together to put Christ to death.
Psalm 2:4: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
This describes God's response to the nations' rebellion before His wrath is poured out.
Psalm 2:5: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Les identifies this wrath and vexation as the Tribulation.
Psalm 2:6: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
This is the event that Les says follows the Tribulation — Christ's rule from Zion.
Matthew 24:9: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Jesus describes what Jewish believers will face when the tribulation begins.
Matthew 24:10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
This shows the breakdown and betrayal that will mark the tribulation period.
Yes. Les Feldick identifies the Tribulation as the last seven years of Daniel 9, which is God's wrath and vexation described in Psalm 2:5. He says Scripture designates this whole period of wrath and vexation as seven years.
Les says it could have followed right on the heels of the ascension, so that Christ could have returned and set up His kingdom. But in God's actual timeline, it is delayed until the times of the Gentiles have run their course.
Les teaches that at the midpoint the Antichrist comes in and defiles the Temple and turns on the Jewish people. The last half is what Psalm 2 calls the wrath and vexation of God and is beyond human description.
No. Les emphasizes that God is not speaking in love, mercy, or grace; He speaks in wrath and vexes in sore displeasure. That is the Tribulation.
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