When was the Law given to Israel?
The Law was given to Israel in 1500 B.C., when Moses came down off the mountain and introduced the Law to the nation of Israel. Before the written Law appeared, man could only go by conscience, but the Law made sin evident.
Les explains that Romans 5:20 says the law entered in 1500 B.C. when Moses came down the mountain and introduced the law to Israel. He notes the law entered so that the offense might abound—not to make it worse, but so that sin might be seen for what it really is. Until the written Law appeared, man could only go by conscience. But when the written Law came, there was no doubt that everything man was doing, even after searing his conscience, was breaking God's Law, and it became sin.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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When did the Law enter the human race?
The Law was introduced through Moses around 1500 B.C., when he came down from the mountain and gave it to the nation of Israel.