It was ultimately faith that saved in both the OT and NT, faith in obeying what God command you to do at each time period.
...in the OT, the Jews were saved by faith in what God revealed to them. And what did God reveal to them during that time? "Keep the Law of Moses, circumcise your male kids, and offer an animal sacrifice every time you sin."
Just like us today therefore, the OT saints were all sinners who needed to have their sins atoned for and forgiven to be saved, which requires the shedding of blood .. Hebrews 9:22. But, as has already been discussed in this thread, the blood of sacrificed bulls and goats saved no one in OT times .. e.g. Hebrews 10:4, so how were the OT saints' sins atoned for and forgiven
Thanks!
~Deut
Romans 3
23 All have sinned* and fall short of the glory of God.
*(for what it's worth, here, in the culminating verse of the first three chapters of Romans, is an example of "sin" being used in its verb form by the Apostle Paul)
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