Galatians 3:19

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Galatians 319

• What purpose then does the law serve? It was
  added because of transgressions, till the Seed
  should come to whom the promise was made and it
  was appointed through angels by the hand of a
  mediator.
• Notice the word added - means the previous law
  (Patriarchal law) was not done away but the Law
  of Moses was added to what they already were under

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Ephesians 211-12

• 11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in
  the flesh--who are called Uncircumcision by what
  is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by
  hands--
• 12 that at that time you were without Christ,
  being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and
  strangers from the covenants of promise, having
  no hope and without God in the world.

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Ephesians 213-14

• 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far
  off have been brought near by the blood of
  Christ.
• 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both
  one, and has broken down the middle wall of
  separation,

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Ephesians 215-16

• 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that
  is, the law of commandments contained in
  ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new
  man from the two, thus making peace,
• 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God
  in one body through the cross, thereby putting to
  death the enmity.

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Getting Technical

• Did the Patriarchal Age end
• When Jesus died on the cross?
• When Peter preached on Pentecost? (Acts 2)
• When gospel was preached to Samaritans? (Acts 8)
• When gospel was preached to Cornelius, a gentile?
  (Acts 10)

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Truth Magazine

• Meanwhile, God did not abandon the remainder of
  the world! Contrary to the thinking of some, the
  Patriarchal Law did not cease with the giving of
  a special law to the Jews. Rather it continued to
  serve as the Law of God for all the Gentiles or
  (non-Jews) till Jesus came and nailed both old
  Laws to the cross. The Law of Moses continued
  till Pentecost and the Patriarchal Law continued
  to Cornelius.
• http//www.truthmagazine.com/archives/volume48/11
  20June2003.pdf

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Examples

• Jethro, father-in-law of Moses

• And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses'
  father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for
  Moses and for Israel His people--that the Lord
  had brought Israel out of Egypt.
• Exodus 181

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Examples

• Jethro, father-in-law of Moses
• Balaam, also a Midianite

• Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of
  Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house
  full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond
  the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
• Numbers 2218

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Examples

• Jethro, father-in-law of Moses
• Balaam, also a Midianite
• Nineveh

• So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed
  a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest
  to the least of them.
• Jonah 35

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Examples

• Jethro, father-in-law of Moses
• Balaam, also a Midianite
• Nineveh

• And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city,
  in which are more than one hundred and twenty
  thousand persons who cannot discern between their
  right hand and their left--and much livestock?"
• Jonah 411

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Truth Magazine

• God absolutely did not abandon the entire Gentile
  world for 1500 years until Jesus came. In Acts
  102, we learn that Cornelius feared God and
  that he had taught his house do the same. He was
  devout, he helped the poor, and he was steadfast
  in prayer. Even though he had a covenant
  relationship with God, he, like those Jews on
  Pentecost, needed to hear from Peter what he
  needed to do!
• http//www.truthmagazine.com/archives/volume48/11
  20June2003.pdf

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http//preachersstudyblog.com/2010/08/the-end-of-t
he-patriarchal-age/

• From this study some facts emerge
• Cornelius was not a Jew, therefore a Gentile,
• Cornelius was not a Christian prior to Peters
  visit in Acts 10,
• Cornelius was lauded by the Spirit as a devout
  man who worshiped God,
• Prior to the conversion of Cornelius the gospel
  was not intended for them.
• We may conclude that for Gentiles, the
  Patriarchal Age continued until Cornelius and
  then came to an end.

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Conclusion

• The Jews were in covenant relation with God.
  However, they needed to hear the gospel of Christ
  in order to enjoy the remission of sins,
  membership in the body of Christ, and citizenship
  in the Kingdom.
• It was exactly the same with Cornelius. Though he
  was in covenant relationship with God, he needed
  to hear the gospel of Christ. God was granting to
  the Gentiles repentance unto life. Yes, the
  time had come . . . in every nation he that
  feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is
  accepted with him.

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