How long did God deal with the Jew under the Law?
God dealt with the Jew under the Law for 2,000 years, spanning from Abraham until the Apostle Paul comes on the scene. During that period, Israel was the focus of God’s dealings, while Gentiles were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and without Christ.
Les explains that Ephesians 2:11-12 looks back to the time while God was dealing with the Jew under the Law. Paul reminds Gentiles that in times past they were Gentiles, called uncircumcision by those called the circumcision made by hand. At that time, the Gentiles were without Christ and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel. Les teaches that this period lasted all those 2,000 years from Abraham until the Apostle Paul comes on the scene. An alien is a foreigner with no rights because he is not a citizen, so Gentiles were outside that commonwealth while God was dealing with Israel under the Law.
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: