What was the religious state of the world when Christ came?
At the time of Christ, the whole world was steeped in idolatry, paganism, and mythology, with the exception of the Jews, who should have had knowledge of the one true God. Yet even Israel was in spiritual darkness, as the prophecy of darkness covering the earth and gross darkness the people indicates.
Les teaches that the whole world at the time of Christ was steeped in idolatry, paganism, and mythology, with the exception of the Jews, who should have had a knowledge of the one true God. But they were in spiritual darkness. He points to the prophecy of chapter 60 where darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people, even Israel. Jesus came to the nation of Israel as the light of the world to reveal who He was and why He had come. Israel should have known who He was.