Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: On that note, how would you say that those who knew nothing of Jesus were saved? What I mean is this: certainly those in the OT did not have the atvantage of hindsight that we enjoy today. They more than likely paid little or no attention to a prophesy about some future messiah. And plus, the only people that had this luxury of potential belief in Jesus (if in fact they had some messianic prophesy to go by) were the Israelite community. This is a very limited amount of people who would have had any type of chance to believe in a future Messiah figure. I do not understand how the majority, if any, of the OT people could have had a saving faith in Jesus. My point is, I think that faith in Jesus was not necessary. I believe that they simply had to acknowledge that Yahweh was God, and they had to have a relationship (of faith and obedience) with Him. This was enough for God, and His grace covered them. Any thoughts? |