"God has always had only one plan of salvation, and that is through
faith in the merits of Jesus Christ.
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 3:11.
"For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
From the very beginning every one who has obtained salvation has done so through faith in Jesus Christ.
We have the record in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews how that
by Faith Abel,
by faith Noah,
by faith Abraham...
---If he were not manifested until the last generation, it would be the same.
From the time when that promise was made, the record of which we have in Genesis 3:15 ("And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it [or he] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel"), there has always been salvation in Jesus Christ.
So that before Christ was literally lifted up on the cross, before the time of his manifestation at the first advent, there was the same power in him to save; and his general relation to the plan of salvation was the same then as now.
*Before His first advent there were certain ordinances introduced which were to occupy the same place and serve the same purpose as the ordinances of the church at the present time.
*With reference to these ordinances it is declared: "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." 1 Corinthians 11:26.
*And as often as they offered the sacrifices provided, as often as they performed any of those ceremonies in that time, it was always to show the Lord's death, because that was the central point."
W.W.Prescott
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 3:11.
"For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
From the very beginning every one who has obtained salvation has done so through faith in Jesus Christ.
We have the record in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews how that
by Faith Abel,
by faith Noah,
by faith Abraham...
It makes no difference in the general plan of salvation at what particular point of time Jesus Christ was manifested in the flesh.
---If he had been manifested in the first generation, it would have been the same. ---If he were not manifested until the last generation, it would be the same.
From the time when that promise was made, the record of which we have in Genesis 3:15 ("And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it [or he] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel"), there has always been salvation in Jesus Christ.
So that before Christ was literally lifted up on the cross, before the time of his manifestation at the first advent, there was the same power in him to save; and his general relation to the plan of salvation was the same then as now.
*Before His first advent there were certain ordinances introduced which were to occupy the same place and serve the same purpose as the ordinances of the church at the present time.
*With reference to these ordinances it is declared: "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." 1 Corinthians 11:26.
*And as often as they offered the sacrifices provided, as often as they performed any of those ceremonies in that time, it was always to show the Lord's death, because that was the central point."
W.W.Prescott