ColdSilverMoon
Puritan Board Senior
Clearly Old Testament saints were saved by grace through faith just as believers are today. In trying to deepen my understanding of Covenant Theology, specifically the administration of the Covenant of Grace in the OT, I'm still trying to wrap my brain around exactly what the nature of saving faith was in the OT. Was it faith in God in general? Faith in a future Messiah? Faith that God would somehow save them? Hebrews 11 implies that it was a general faith in God and His promises. Clearly salvation was not by works or faith in works. So what was the nature of saving faith before Christ?
My current view is something like this: saving faith in the OT was faith in God for salvation, which was evidenced by a love of the Law and a desire to keep it perfectly, with the realization that the works and sacrifices of the Mosaic Law themselves did not produce salvation, but were "types and shadows" of a greater mystery. Is this a fairly accurate statement, or am I off base?
Thanks in advance for any answers...
My current view is something like this: saving faith in the OT was faith in God for salvation, which was evidenced by a love of the Law and a desire to keep it perfectly, with the realization that the works and sacrifices of the Mosaic Law themselves did not produce salvation, but were "types and shadows" of a greater mystery. Is this a fairly accurate statement, or am I off base?
Thanks in advance for any answers...