“And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘In you shall all the nations be blessed.’” (Gal. 3:8)
“(They) all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.” (1 Cor. 10:3–4)
This covenant [of grace] was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the Gospel; under the law it was administered by promises, prophecies, sacrifices, circumcision, the paschal lamb, and other types and ordinances delivered to the people of the Jews, all foresignifying Christ to come, which were for that time sufficient and efficacious, through the operation of the Spirit, to instruct and build up the elect in faith in the promised Messiah, by whom they had full remission of sins, and eternal salvation; and is called the Old Testament.
(Westminster Confession of Faith, VII:V)
Through signs, shadows, and types, the Son of God was present in the Old Testament to effectually apply the benefits of His grace to His Old Covenant saints.
We are in Chapter 14 Abraham and the Gospel written by Ian Buchanan in the Unfolding by Timothy Brindle
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