Who was the Law given to when Moses received it on the mountain?
When God called Moses up into the mountain in Exodus, He gave the Law to Moses, who then carried it down and delivered it to the nation of Israel. Israel came under the Law, not the rest of the world; only Israel received the Law’s mode of operation.
Les explains that when God called Moses up into the mountain back in Exodus, He gave the Law to Moses, and Moses took it down the mountain and gave it to the nation of Israel. He emphasizes that Israel came under the Law, not the rest of the world—just Israel. But as Romans 3 says, all the world came under the condemnation power of the Law and proved that no one is righteous, no not one. Nevertheless, the mode of operation of the Law was given only to Israel. Later, Paul’s apostleship reveals doctrines not of Law but of Grace, which is primarily to the Gentiles but also includes the Jew.