With whom did God deal from Abraham through New Testament times according to Les?
From Abraham through the Old Testament and well into New Testament times, God dealt with the Jew only, with an exception here and there. Gentiles in times past were in the flesh, non-Jews, not part of the Abrahamic family or covenant, called uncircumcision by the circumcision.
Les explains that beginning with Abraham and all the way up through the Old Testament and well into the New, God dealt with Jew only—Jew only, with an exception here and there. Paul then puts the frosting on the cake, reminding Gentiles that in times past they were Gentiles in the flesh, non-Jews, not part of the Abrahamic family or covenant, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision. In plain English, the circumcised Jew would call a Gentile uncircumcised.