When was the law given after Abraham?
The law was given 500 years after Abraham. Moses and the children of Israel received it at Mount Sinai, where the whole nation was placed under it. This confirms the law came centuries after Abraham, not through him, but through Moses.
Les explains that the law came first, 500 years after Abraham, when Moses and the children of Israel were at Mount Sinai and received the law. The whole nation was put under it. He emphasizes that the law was severe, a burden, and a yoke of bondage that Israel could not even bear. It did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. The law is associated with Hagar and Ishmael, representing the flesh and bondage, while grace and freedom are represented by Isaac.