What did God do after Israel had been 1,500 years under the law?
After Israel had been 1,500 years under the law in bondage, God suddenly stepped in and changed the format. This was a dramatic shift in His dealings with mankind, not a change in God Himself, who never changes, but another instance of His changing the economy or format.
Les explains that Israel had been 1,500 years under the law, in bondage, but then the flip side came: all of a sudden God stepped in and changed the format. Les emphasizes that God Himself never changed, yet the format was changing throughout human history. He illustrates this by going back to the Garden of Eden: life in the garden was totally different from life after the garden, with sin, opposition, weeds, thorns, and the curse. After the flood, God again set up a different economy for man—meat eating was permitted, whereas before the flood there was no law and order, no prescribed system of worship, and they did not kill anything to eat. So after Israel’s long period under the law, God once more stepped in and changed the format.