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Originally Posted by Luke
There are verses that prophecy the blood atonement - Isaiah 53 for example, but there is no indication in the old testament that saints looked forward to this.
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Amazing, Isaiah 53 was on my mind just now also:
Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
The fact is that the OT saints in Isaiah's day and afterward DID have these prophecies about the Lord Jesus Christ. It might be an assumption to say that none of them were looking forward to seeing them fulfilled, maybe some were, including Isaiah himself? Of course, he never saw it come to pass in his time.