The Old Testament saints looked forward to Christ's Redemptive Work as their Saviour just as we look back on it. Hence, as demonstrated in the preceding posts, Job could say, "I know that my REDEEMER liveth", and David fully understood the doctrine of repentance (see Psalm 51).
The Hebrew religion was not the Judaism of today. It was an entirely Messianic religion, with forward-looking ordinances, types, etc., albeit with an emphasis - from the time of Moses onward - on redemption laregly within one nationality, yet still cognisant of redemption expanding to all nationalities eventually.
