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KnightofShikari posted...

so what about the humans who lived before the bible? are they doomed forever because God chose not to send Jesus down?

Men on earth before Jesus were saved in much the same way we are today.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

This is the first prophecy of the first coming of the Messiah, "her seed" being Christ, and "thy seed" being sin. "thou shalt bruise his heel" refers to the crucifixion of Jesus, and "it shall bruise thy head" refers to Satan's inevitable demise. An injury to the heel will heal in time, but an injury to the head is fatal.

This faith in God and the promise that he would send a redeemer is what saved them, and our faith in God and belief that he has sent a redeemer is what saves us. When the children of Israel were in the Wilderness, God gave Moses the guidelines of a sinless life. The purpose of the Law of Moses was to show them that they couldn't live a perfect life, and to lead them to the realization that they needed a savior. The Passover was symbolic of Christ's sacrifice, the Israelites were to kill a lamb without spot or blemish and apply the blood to their doorposts. It had to be spotless to symbolize Christ's purity, and the blood was to represent the blood Christ shed, which is metaphorically applied to us when we are saved.