When was Israel lost according to this teaching?
According to this teaching, Israel was lost when Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. That sinful act caused God to lose control of the embryonic nation, which then ended up in Egypt and remained under the Egyptian yoke for 215 years until the Exodus.
Les teaches that Israel was lost when Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery. He explains that this was sinful and wrong, but when they did that, God lost control of the little nation of Israel, even though it was still embryonic. As a result, they ended up in Egypt, and for those 215 years they were under the Egyptian yoke, until they finally came out, as recorded in the book of Exodus.