Could an old testament saint be born again, justified, saved having the indwelling Spirit of God
Channel: Signpost2Christ
Date: 2019-11-12

Important to note.

Could the old testament believer be born again, justified and given the indwelling gift of the Holy Spirit?

Abraham was justified through faith, however today because of the cross of Christ and the spilling of His precious Holy Blood, His finished work then He is the only way to become justified, saved, Born again of His righteousness and Holy Spirit but pre the cross the bible teaches the just shall live by faith in the Lord and God who was to come as it is ordained for the New testament dispensation for all mankind Jew and gentile alike, Faith alone in Jesus Christ alone, The Word of The Almighty living God who has come and died for the sins of all mankind.

This bible study of the book of Job shows a type I believe of the born again believer justified through faith, even a type of Christ I would say in Job's sufferings, and an old testament believer pre Christ also justified by faith alone, according to the Word of God, repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ the Lord, and possibly pre the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants with Israel? 

During Moses dispensation the law was given for disobedience, unbelief and apostasy for the majority of Israel, to keep Israel in the way until Messiah came to give up His life and suffer the sins of the world (Isaiah 49 : Zechariah:11:7-14 ;13:6-7 KJV), however the just still lived by faith (Habakkuk 2:4 KJV) and where saved through faith in God and His righteousness and the law was given to convict the guilty of unrighteousness which the keeping could not justify the believer and practitioner of it, Job I believe, in a sense shows a type of those religious Jews going about to establish their own righteousness other than God's righteousness as it does religious Christians today, however the Jews are still blessed with the righteousness of God today and sanctified and like any, the only way in this dispensation post the cross of Christ to become justified and saved, to be born again (John 1 ; 3:7 KJV) is through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone, God's only begotten Son, the Son of God and Word of God and The Lord, God and Saviour of all mankind.

Because the operation of Christ's finished work, His death burial and His resurrection granting the believer the indwelling fullness of God which remained a mystery to the old testament saints, but by Christ's pre-eminence they could vicariously receive the indwelling Holy Spirit by grace before His work was completed but unlike the church saint they could not receive of the fullness before the operation of Christ was appropriated which is my conclusion from studying His Word.

* Interesting to note from the book of 1 Samuel which mentions Samuel's father Elkanah, wife of Hannah, was an Eprathite from a province called Ramathaim-zophim who decended  from Jeroham whose son was Elihu, could there some relation to the Spirit filled Elihu who witnessed the Word to Job which book mentions he was a Buzite of the kindred or relations of Ram:  but who was the son of Barachel and not Tohu as the Elihu related to Samuel was, they are from the same people of mount Ephraim at least which would place the book and person of Job post the Abrahamic covenant making Job a covenant Jew or Israelite in all probability.