Was everyone in the ancient world besides Israel a pagan worshiper?
Yes. In the populated world of that era, every human being except Israel was steeped in paganism and polytheism, worshiping many gods. Israel alone, coming from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, was God’s separated covenant people and had knowledge of the one true God.
Les teaches that ever since the Tower of Babel, the whole human race until Abraham was saturated in paganism and polytheism, the worship of many gods. When Israel comes on the scene as His separated, different covenant people, they are the only people on earth. Les notes that the populated earth was then around the Mediterranean area, into the Middle East, and maybe out to China, but in that area every human being except those coming out of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were pagan worshipers of the many gods. He adds that all these people of the world were steeped in paganism, and Israel alone was that little group, that little nation, with a knowledge of the one true God. He also points out that the plagues against Egypt were directed against Egypt’s gods, proving their pagan worship had nothing to do with Him and that He could destroy them at will.