For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)
Salvation is always by the grace of God through faith in the His Word.
It has always been so from the beginning of time. Saints of old and new testament are saved in this manner, except that the mechanism of salvation is slowly revealed over time. Before the time of Moses, men had already approached God with sacrificed animals. God revealed through Moses a system of animal sacrifice. Finally in the Gospel, it was revealed that Jesus the Anointed One is the Lamb of God.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29 KJV)
He is to offer this bull just as he did with the bull in the sin offering; he will offer it the same way. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. (Leviticus 4:20 CSB)
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (Hebrews 10:4 ESV)
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