How Were People Saved in the Old Testament?

When Adam and Eve first sinned, God promised that one of Eve’s descendants would crush Satan and provide salvation for sinful humanity (Gen. 3:15). Even Job, who lived before the Hebrew patriarchs, knew his Redeemer lived (Job 19:25–27). But how were people saved before Christ died and rose again? Some believed they were saved by works or by keeping the Mosaic Law. But the apostle Paul wrot