How was a Jew saved between Abraham and Moses?
Biblical history is generally divided into three sections – Patriarchal (creation to Moses), Mosaic (Moses to Christ), and Christian (Christ and the establishment of the church to Christ’s second coming). In each of these periods God dealt with man differently. In the Patriarchal Age God spoke to the patriarchs; in the Mosaic Age he gave the Mosaic Law to Israel and continued to deal with the Gentile patriarchs outside of the Mosaic Law; in the Christian Age he speaks to us through his Son and the Spirit-given record of his Son in Scripture. Heb. 1:1-2. Scripture records some of God’s communication with the Patriarchs, but not all. Hebrews 11 establishes the fact that God spoke to men during the Patriarchal Age when it informs us that the Patriarchs obeyed based upon faith. Since faith comes by hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17), their faith had to be based upon some communication from God. For example, God must have commanded the type of sacrifice that Abel offered by faith. Cain’