How did people get saved in the Old Testament? Can you lose your salvation and what in the world happened to my house church.

My present sprinkle and you're another episode of theology in Iraq. I am so

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dig into these questions sent in from my supporters the first one says how

did those in the Old Testament get to heaven?

In light of that, why did we need the cross?

And this questioner wants to make sure that I'm not misunderstanding her question. She says I'm asking from a

purely logical point of view and can imagine that non-believers would be asking the same

question. So it's a great question. It's one that many people do wrestle with and yeah so I'm going to say that

throughout both testaments there is I mean there's some continuity and some discontinuity in its understanding of

salvation the one clear element of discontinuity you know things that are

different is that you know animal sacrifices were pretty

essential for salvation in the Old Testament and in the New Testament the sacrifice

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