How was God dealing with people during the Old Testament period?
Throughout the Old Testament, God dealt with His covenant people under the Law. The prophets wrote under the Law, and the people practiced it to the hilt. This continued until the death, burial, and resurrection were revealed as God's plan of salvation for Gentiles.
Les explains that all the way up through the Old Testament, God was dealing with His covenant people under the Law. All the prophets wrote under the Law, and the people practiced it to the hilt. He emphasizes that once the death, burial, and resurrection were revealed to Gentiles as God's plan of salvation, that becomes the starting point for believers. Les also uses John's Gospel, chapter 12, verse 20, to note that certain Greeks (Gentiles) came to worship, and he suggests they were curious bystanders rather than proselytes, illustrating the shift from the Old Testament Law economy to the new revelation.