How Were OT Saints Forgiven???

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

They were saved by faith

Enoch, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did not have any scriptures at all.

The Torah begun with Moses, and even then Faith still was the way people were saved. The Law only made their sin obvious and showed them a better way to live.

The first Christians did not have a New Testament, they used the Torah of Moses to preach about Jesus.

Amen! So, Jesus is also in the OT, as well as the NT. The OT souls had faith in the work of Calvary to come, and in the Messiah... and in the NT, we have faith in the work of Calvary that took place, and in the Messiah.

And, whenever Peter and Paul mentions "scriptures" in the NT, they are not referring to their own writings, but they are referring to Torah. Romans 4:3, Romans 11:2, Gal. 4:30, II Tim. 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20, 2 Peter 3:16... these all say "scripture" and at the time of these writings, there was no such thing as the NT then, only the Torah scriptures, so...

The Torah was the scripture for the church of the NT.

So, indeed, our faith in the Messiah is what saves us, both OT and NT souls.