"In the generations gone by" In the ages previous to the New Covenant or Gospel Age. "He permitted all the nations to go their own ways" That is, God allowed men to depart from Him without immediate judgment (Romans 1:18). The word permitted does not mean that God approved of their departures and neither does it mean that God saved those who departed, but simply, allowed such to happen without an immediate punishment. Yet the Old Testament is filled with examples of God sending righteous men to the Gentiles and examples of God judging pagan nations (Jeremiah 2:1 ff; Jonah, Daniel).

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Old Testament