God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished. (Rom 3:25)
As we saw a few days ago, salvation in the Old Testament is the same as salvation in the New Testament. This verse clearly shows that the blood of Christ also covers the sins of those who lived before the time of Jesus, but trusted God for their salvation. God did not overlook their sin, but simply withheld the punishment for it against the day Christ would become the atoning sacrifice.
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