OT Salvation

Q: How did people prior to Jesus (B.C. era) get saved? How did people in OT era get saved. 

A: It was the same way of salvation.

The OT tells of the coming Messiah, the NT reveals Him & He completed the work for mans Salvation.

>> OT believed in the coming Messiah and were saved based on that "belief in". 

>> NT believers are saved by "belief in" the Messiah who has come. 

Related Scripture Verses

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 

Mark 1: 15-16 

Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;  repent and believe in the gospel.”

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says Yahweh, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool

Ezekiel 18:32 

“For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord GOD. 

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some consider slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance

Acts 16:31

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved

Romans 10:9

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved

John 10:28

Jesus said, and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish⁠—ever; and no one will snatch them out of My hand

Acts 15:11

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.

1 John 2:2 

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world

Jesus said He was the Good Shepherd and He predicted that His flock would be greatly expanded: “I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” John 10:16

Romans 3:29  "is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also"

The Messiah was prophecied in Genesis in Eden, and throughout the OT more was revealed about Him. He was for everyone. Jesus was the Jewish Messiah, but He had come to offer salvation to everybody. The Messiah was to be a “light for the Gentiles” (Isaiah 42:6). So call on Jesus, because “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:21). 

What is the Gospel & how do people get saved?

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About Hell 

What if someone rejects Jesus and the Gospel?

God warns in Scripture, those who rebel and do not obey the Gospel will die in their sins and be sentenced to eternal Hell

Luke 13:3 

I tell you...unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

John 3:18-20 

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all the deception of unrighteousness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved

Hebrews 9:27 

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment

Theres no other name given to mankind by which they can be saved. Only Jesus. 

“For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit” ( I Peter 3:18 ).

“If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God” ( Hebrews 10:26-27)

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” ( Acts 4:12 ). 

There is a belief, belief of and a belief in, and a saving belief only a saving belief saves. True belief and false belief ( explained ). 

You have heard the truth, you are responsible for it. 

You will make a decision this moment. God brought you to know this saving message  today. 

So turn to Jesus today. Not only is tomorrow not promised, but eternity never ends and Hell is eternal. 

It is not a game, it is serious and real. 

Come to your senses. 

Believe in Jesus, trust in Him. Repent, surrender to Jesus, give your life over to Him, and ask Him to save you and make you born again (giving you spiritual life, & eternal life). Start your personal relationship with Him today. 

Jesus said, “and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.””

John 10:28-30