I firmly believe that Jesus Christ has always been the object of saving faith throughout the centuries. Old Testament saints were saved by believing in Him. 1. Did not the Lord Jesus exist from all eternity before His incarnation (John 1:1‑18)? 2. Was it not the pre‑incarnate Christ who walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the Garden and preached the Gospel to them (Gen. 3:1‑15)? 3. Did not the pre‑incarnate Christ appear in human form to Abraham and promise him a son (Gen. 18:13, 17‑33 of John 8:56‑58)? 4. Did not the pre‑incarnate Christ appear in human form and wrestle with Jacob and bless him (Gen. 32:24)? 5. Did not Moses meet and believe in the pre‑incarnate Christ (Ex. 3:3‑6, 14 of John 8:58; Heb. 11:24‑27)? 6. Did not David exhort all to trust in the Son of God (Psa. 2:11, 2)? 7. Is it not true that the Lord Jesus is pictured as the Savior in Psalms 22, the Shepherd in Psalms 23 and the Sovereign in Psalms 24 (John 10)? 8. Is it not true that the Jehovah of the Old Testament in many instances is the Jesus of the New? 9. Are not we explicitly told that Old Testament saints trusted in Christ and received life from Him (I Cor. 10:4)? 10. Did not Abraham hear of Christ in the Gospel message which we heard from Christ (Gal. 3:8, 16)? 11. Did not the Old Testament prophets speak about Christ “by the spirit of Christ which was in them” (I Pet. 1:11)? 12. Did not Agur in Prov. 30:4 reveal that he knew of the Son of God? 13. Does not Heb. 4:2 explicitly state that Israel heard the gospel during the wilderness wanderings but that it did not profit them “not being mixed with faith” (4:2 3:16‑19)? The Old Testament saints believed in the pre‑incarnate Christ. No one can read such passages as Psalms 2 without coming to this conclusion.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:44:18 +0000
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