27.What persons did God use to give the Law?

The Law of Moses was given through the agency of angels, and Moses received it from their hands and gave it to the people of Israel.

We find also in the Book of Hebrews that the Lord’s holy angels gave the Law:

For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward (Hebrews 2:2).

Notice also:

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for My name is in him (Exodus 23:20,21).

It is not clear to us what Paul meant by the following verse: Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. (Galatians 3:20)

After referring to Moses as a mediator, Paul points out that there must be two or more people involved in order for someone to act as a mediator, a go-between.

It seems obvious that Moses served as a mediator between the Lord, who spoke through angels, and the children of Israel to whom the Law was given. This part of verse twenty is clear.

It is the expression "but God is one" that is not clear. Translators who have attempted an explanation suggest that while angels and a mediator were involved as God and His people entered the contract of the Law of Moses, the promise given to Abraham was an act of God and Abraham’s part was only to receive it. No angels or mediators were necessary.

The Law required action by both the Lord and Israel, but the Gospel depends on God’s sovereign action, it is suggested. However, this interpretation cannot be true because the Kingdom of God depends on our actions as well as on God’s. Also, there is a Mediator between God and people—the Lord Jesus.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ; (I Timothy 2:5)

We would offer a different interpretation. We believe Paul merely is saying that God was one Person whom the mediator (Moses) represented, and Israel was the other person.