What exactly were the services of God that Israel had?
Israel's service of God was the tabernacle and priesthood system, beginning when God gave Moses the tabernacle and established Aaron as high priest. It included how priests operated, how the tabernacle and later temple were set up, how sacrifices were offered, and the feast days of their religious calendar.
Les explains that “the service of God” in Romans 9:4 refers to the whole worship system that began when God gave the tabernacle to Moses and set up the priesthood with Aaron as high priest. It was all part and parcel of the system of law, not merely the Ten Commandments. The services were how the priests operated, how the tabernacle was set up, how later the temple was set up, how the sacrifices were offered, and the setting up of all the feast days throughout their religious calendar year. Les teaches that all of this looked forward to the coming Redeemer and the plan of salvation.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
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When did the service of God begin in Israel?
The service of God in Israel began when God gave the tabernacle to Moses and then set up the priesthood with Aaron as the high priest.