How did those in the Old Testament know Jesus? In what form did they know Him?
This verse seems to indicate that most people did not really know Him as we know the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 1:10-11 (KJV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
It seems to be people in the Old Testament were saved because they believed God - whatever He said to them at the time.
Jesus said that no one knows the Father and He had come to reveal them to His children. Luke 10:22
The writer of Hebrews says that "In times past God spoke through the law and the prophets" but in these last days has spoke to us through the Son.
Hebrews 1:1-3 (NASB)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
[SUP]2 [/SUP] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
The scriptures are obviously progressive revelation of the Lord and of the true nature of our Father. Jesus Himself is the exact representation of the true nature of our Father.
This verse seems to indicate that most people did not really know Him as we know the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 1:10-11 (KJV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
It seems to be people in the Old Testament were saved because they believed God - whatever He said to them at the time.
Jesus said that no one knows the Father and He had come to reveal them to His children. Luke 10:22
The writer of Hebrews says that "In times past God spoke through the law and the prophets" but in these last days has spoke to us through the Son.
Hebrews 1:1-3 (NASB)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
[SUP]2 [/SUP] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
The scriptures are obviously progressive revelation of the Lord and of the true nature of our Father. Jesus Himself is the exact representation of the true nature of our Father.