Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
The "them" spoken to are the kings, rulers, priests and judges who refused God's counsel and acted their own will against Christ to put Him to death. Its setting is the mock trial in the judgment hall and the tomb of Christ who was slain for the sins of the world. God and the angels were unseen witnesses of that trial, observing every action and recording every taunt for judgment. Before speaking, God sits in the heavens laughing in derision at these opposers.
The speaking in wrath and troubling in sore displeasure takes place at Christ's resurrection triumph, when their power and their guard are shown impotent and unable to carry out their will against Him or hold Him. At that time the prince of darkness with his apostate army would have kept the tomb sealed forever if possible. At that time God the Father, followed by angels and the heavenly host guarding the sepulcher, walked around the tomb with majestic and terrible tread.
The wrath belongs with setting Christ as King on the holy hill of Zion, declaring Him to be the Son, giving Him the nations for an inheritance and the farthest parts of the earth for a possession, to break opposers with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. It belongs with warning kings and judges to be wise and instructed, to serve the Lord with fear, to rejoice with trembling, and to honor the Son lest they perish when His wrath is kindled even a little, since those who set counsel at nothing and despised reproof eat the fruit of their own ways.
The "them" spoken to are the kings, rulers, priests and judges who refused God's counsel and acted their own will against Christ to put Him to death. Its setting is the mock trial in the judgment hall and the tomb of Christ who was slain for the sins of the world. God and the angels were unseen witnesses of that trial, observing every action and recording every taunt for judgment. Before speaking, God sits in the heavens laughing in derision at these opposers.
The speaking in wrath and troubling in sore displeasure takes place at Christ's resurrection triumph, when their power and their guard are shown impotent and unable to carry out their will against Him or hold Him. At that time the prince of darkness with his apostate army would have kept the tomb sealed forever if possible. At that time God the Father, followed by angels and the heavenly host guarding the sepulcher, walked around the tomb with majestic and terrible tread.
The wrath belongs with setting Christ as King on the holy hill of Zion, declaring Him to be the Son, giving Him the nations for an inheritance and the farthest parts of the earth for a possession, to break opposers with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. It belongs with warning kings and judges to be wise and instructed, to serve the Lord with fear, to rejoice with trembling, and to honor the Son lest they perish when His wrath is kindled even a little, since those who set counsel at nothing and despised reproof eat the fruit of their own ways.