How long were people kept under the Law before faith came?

People were kept under the Law until the Faith was afterwards revealed, but the passage does not specify a number of years. The text describes them as shut up under the Law, burdensome, with no way out, until the faith came. The mystery had been hidden from the beginning of the world, or ages, or Adam.

Les teaches that before the Faith Way came, people were kept under the Law, burdensome as it was, shut up with no ulterior way out, until the Faith which should afterwards be revealed. He points to Ephesians 3:9, explaining that the mystery or secret had been hid in God from the beginning of the world, or the ages, or Adam, and was kept secret all the way up through the Old Testament. Now in Galatians 3:14, salvation came to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ.

What was our condition under the Law before faith came?

Before faith came, we were kept under the Law, burdened and shut up, with no alternative way of escape, until the faith that should afterward be revealed. The Law held us in custody, as it were, because the secret of God's grace had not yet been disclosed.