Salvation Then and Now

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. (Is 43:25)

God is the only Savior (see v11), and he always has been – even in the Old Testament, even to the Jews. What we know, which was not revealed to them, is how he blots out our transgressions: through the blood of Christ. Nothing about the nature and manner and source of salvation has changed from Old Testament times until now. Jesus said, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.” (Jn 8:58) The Old Testament saints trusted God for their salvation from sin, which was coming and they knew not how. But they knew that by faith they were forgiven.